Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
18 Jul 2016 Small Skipper 1 Adult Holme Park Quarry Nature Reserve Clawthorpe SD539782 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Poor conditions, cloudy
18 Jul 2016 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Holme Park Quarry Nature Reserve Clawthorpe SD539782 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Probably two
18 Jul 2016 Comma 1 Adult Holme Park Quarry Nature Reserve Clawthorpe SD539782 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Poor conditions, cloudy
18 Jul 2016 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Holme Park Quarry Nature Reserve Clawthorpe SD359782 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory Sunny and hot evening
18 Jul 2016 Common Blue 1 Adult Holme Park Quarry Nature Reserve Clawthorpe SD359782 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory very tattered and the worse for wear
18 Jul 2016 Small Copper 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391766 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
18 Jul 2016 Common Blue 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391766 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
18 Jul 2016 Ringlet 2 Adult Holme Park Quarry Nature Reserve Clawthorpe SD539782 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Please read previous day 17th July 2016 for these LNR sightings
18 Jul 2016 Green-veined White 2 Adult Holme Park Quarry Nature Reserve Clawthorpe SD539782 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Poor conditions, cloudy
18 Jul 2016 Common Blue 2 Adult Holme Park Quarry Nature Reserve Clawthorpe SD539782 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
18 Jul 2016 Purple Hairstreak 2 Adult Wetheral Viaduct Wetheral NY469546 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones in oaks in sheltered spot on south side of railway , at extreme (...)
18 Jul 2016 Large White 2 Adult Levy Beck Ulverston SD285775 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Landing on brambles
18 Jul 2016 Gatekeeper 2 Adult Levy Beck Ulverston SD285775 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 landed on brambles. 20C.
18 Jul 2016 Comma 2 Adult Levy Beck Ulverston SD285775 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Fighting for territory. Landing on brambles in full sun. 20C.
18 Jul 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD392735 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
18 Jul 2016 Meadow Brown 3 Adult Holme Park Quarry Nature Reserve Clawthorpe SD359782 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
18 Jul 2016 Green-veined White 3 Adult Levy Beck Ulverston SD285775 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Landing on brambles. 20C.
18 Jul 2016 Northern Brown Argus 3 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD392735 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
18 Jul 2016 Small Skipper 4 Adult Holme Park Quarry Nature Reserve Clawthorpe SD359782 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
18 Jul 2016 Ringlet 5 Adult Holme Park Quarry Nature Reserve Clawthorpe SD359782 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory
18 Jul 2016 Large Skipper 6 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD392735 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
18 Jul 2016 Large Skipper 8 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391766 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
18 Jul 2016 Meadow Brown 16 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391766 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
18 Jul 2016 Dark Green Fritillary 18 Adult Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD545790 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge
18 Jul 2016 Meadow Brown 25 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD392735 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell

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