Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
22 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 10 Adult Yewbarrow Wood Witherslack SD4333784042 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Overcast with bright intervals, 16C
22 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 5 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4334884383 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 17C
22 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 11 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD4341785326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16C. In wooded fringe below Yewbarrow.
22 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 8 Adult Longhow End Woods Witherslack SD4390383041 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Overcast, 15C
22 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 9 Adult High Crag Wood Witherslack SD4433685813 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16C.
22 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 4 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10:40am - 12:10pm, mostly sunny.
22 Jun 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 17c.
22 Jun 2021 Small White 3 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 17c.
22 Jun 2021 Small White 1 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow in Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
22 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4334884383 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 17C
22 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult High Fell End Witherslack SD4364683461 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Overcast, 15C
22 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult High Crag Wood Witherslack SD4433685813 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16C.
22 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10:40am - 12:10pm, mostly sunny.
22 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 17c.
22 Jun 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow in Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
22 Jun 2021 Small Skipper 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller My first in 2021
22 Jun 2021 Small Skipper 1 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow in Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 31303.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 21 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4338284588 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 70% sun, 17C
22 Jun 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 4 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4334884383 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 17C 31313.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 3 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD4341785326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16C. On eastern slopes of Yewbarrow.
22 Jun 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 5 Adult High Crag Wood Witherslack SD4433685813 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16C.
22 Jun 2021 Small Heath 10 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4338284588 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 70% sun, 17C
22 Jun 2021 Small Heath 3 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4334884383 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 17C
22 Jun 2021 Small Heath 5 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 17c.
22 Jun 2021 Small Heath 4 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow in Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
22 Jun 2021 Small Blue 9 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 17c.
22 Jun 2021 Small Blue 1 Larva Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD206687 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Found on kidney vetch at north end of site 31336.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Small Blue 2 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow in Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 31304.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Ringlet 1 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4334884383 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 17C
22 Jun 2021 Ringlet 6 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10:40am - 12:10pm, mostly sunny.
22 Jun 2021 Red Admiral 1 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10:40am - 12:10pm, mostly sunny.
22 Jun 2021 Pearl-bordered Fritillary 5 Adult Track to Dove Crag Patterdale NY392119 VC69 Westmorland Peter Ritson too far away to i d if S P F
22 Jun 2021 Northern Brown Argus 3 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4334884383 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 17C
22 Jun 2021 Northern Brown Argus 2 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD4341785326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16C. On eastern slopes of Yewbarrow.
22 Jun 2021 Mountain Ringlet 2 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY132023 VC70 Cumberland Keith Derrett Flying in sunshine.
22 Jun 2021 Mountain Ringlet 1 Adult Illgill head Santon Bridge NY168049 VC70 Cumberland Keith Derrett Resting in clump of grass
22 Jun 2021 Meadow Brown 1 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4338284588 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 70% sun, 17C. Very fresh male.
22 Jun 2021 Meadow Brown 30 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Jun 2021 Meadow Brown 3 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10:40am - 12:10pm, mostly sunny.
22 Jun 2021 Large Skipper 2 Adult High Crag Wood Witherslack SD4433685813 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16C.
22 Jun 2021 Large Skipper 8 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10:40am - 12:10pm, mostly sunny.
22 Jun 2021 Large Skipper 3 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow in Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 31300.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Large Skipper 1 Adult Lyvennet north of Littlebeck inflow Kings Meaburn NY619201 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Only saw the one - noticeably fewer butterflies around at this (...) 31319.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Green-veined White 1 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10:40am - 12:10pm, mostly sunny. 31381.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Dark Green Fritillary 5 Adult Yewbarrow End Witherslack SD4338284588 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 70% sun, 17C (plus around 10 unidentified large frits) 31321.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Dark Green Fritillary 11 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD4341785326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16C. On southern and eastern slopes of Yewbarrow. 20 (...) 31324.jpeg
22 Jun 2021 Dark Green Fritillary 3 Adult High Crag Wood Witherslack SD4433685813 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16C. 1 unidentified large frit.
22 Jun 2021 Common Blue 1 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD4341785326 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 50% sun, 16C. On eastern slopes of Yewbarrow.
22 Jun 2021 Common Blue 14 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 17c.
22 Jun 2021 Common Blue 6 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow in Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace

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