Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
24 Jun 2020 Common Blue 25 Adult Helsington Barrows Kendal SD4990 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Many more but couldn't count them all.
24 Jun 2020 Dark Green Fritillary 25 Adult Helsington Barrows Kendal SD4990 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Many more but couldn't count them all.
24 Jun 2020 Meadow Brown 25 Adult Helsington Barrows Kendal SD4990 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Many more but couldn't count them all.
24 Jun 2020 Ringlet 45 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377430 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple Many more
24 Jun 2020 Peacock 25 Larva High Park Wood/Howe Ridding Wood Witherslack SD43468834 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien Larvae, count of 25 is an estimate.
24 Jun 2020 High Brown Fritillary 5 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell All identified from photos.
24 Jun 2020 Mountain Ringlet 5 Adult Caudale Moor Hartsop NY411101 VC69 Westmorland Ian Watts 95% sun, very warm, moderate SW breeze.
24 Jun 2020 Northern Brown Argus 5 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 8.45- 9.10. 20c. 100% sun.
24 Jun 2020 Common Blue 25 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 10.00 a.m. visit. Hot. Full sun.
24 Jun 2020 Ringlet 5 Adult Thwaite Head Fell Thwaite Head SD351910 VC69 Westmorland Allan Sumner
24 Jun 2020 Common Blue 5 Adult Flodder Allotment Witherslack SD4487 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
24 Jun 2020 Meadow Brown 5 Adult Whitbarrow Witherslack SD4487 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
24 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 5 Adult Dalston garden Carlisle NY36564986 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong
24 Jun 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 15 Adult Thornhill Meadows Abbeytown NY182488 VC70 Cumberland John Callion

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