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Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
26 Jun 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Calvert Court	Endmoor	SD538847	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell	One extremely small.
26 Jun 2020	Large Skipper	2	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY615217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	1st time I've seen both skippers in this haymeadow by the beck (...)
26 Jun 2020	Meadow Brown	50	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY615217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Many many meadow browns in this haymeadow by the beck in sunny (...)
26 Jun 2020	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY615217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	The only red admiral was just beside the beck feeding on bramble (...)
26 Jun 2020	Ringlet	20	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY615217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Many ringlets in this haymeadow by the beck in sunny weather - (...)
26 Jun 2020	Small Skipper	5	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY615217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	underestimate of the numbers in this haymeadow by the beck in (...)
26 Jun 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	10	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY615217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Small tortoiseshells evident in this hay meadow during sunny (...)
26 Jun 2020	Common Blue	8	Adult	Holme Fell area	Burton-in-Kendal	SD541785	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	16.20 - 18.10 breezy All males
26 Jun 2020	Dark Green Fritillary	8	Adult	Holme Fell area	Burton-in-Kendal	SD541785	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	16.20 - 18.10 breezy Dashing about but not landing until ...
26 Jun 2020	Large White	1	Adult	Holme Fell area	Burton-in-Kendal	SD541785	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	16.20 - 18.10 breezy
26 Jun 2020	Meadow Brown	10	Adult	Holme Fell area	Burton-in-Kendal	SD541785	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	16.20 - 18.10 breezy
26 Jun 2020	Ringlet	10	Adult	Holme Fell area	Burton-in-Kendal	SD541785	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	16.20 - 18.10 breezy
26 Jun 2020	Small Heath	4	Adult	Holme Fell area	Burton-in-Kendal	SD541785	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	16.20 - 18.10 breezy
26 Jun 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Holme Fell area	Burton-in-Kendal	SD541785	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	16.20 - 18.10 breezy
26 Jun 2020	Common Blue	15	Adult	Barrowfield Lot	Brigsteer	SD478907	VC69 Westmorland	Martin	20C, full sun, calm
26 Jun 2020	Dark Green Fritillary	3	Adult	Barrowfield Lot	Brigsteer	SD478907	VC69 Westmorland	Martin	20C, full sun, calm
26 Jun 2020	Meadow Brown	10	Adult	Barrowfield Lot	Brigsteer	SD478907	VC69 Westmorland	Martin	20C, full sun, calm
26 Jun 2020	Red Admiral	4	Adult	Barrowfield Lot	Brigsteer	SD478907	VC69 Westmorland	Martin	20C, full sun, calm
26 Jun 2020	Ringlet	20	Adult	Barrowfield Lot	Brigsteer	SD478907	VC69 Westmorland	Martin	20C, full sun, calm
26 Jun 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Barrowfield Lot	Brigsteer	SD478907	VC69 Westmorland	Martin	20C, full sun, calm
26 Jun 2020	Speckled Wood	3	Adult	Barrowfield Lot	Brigsteer	SD478907	VC69 Westmorland	Martin	20C, full sun, calm
26 Jun 2020	Grayling	1	Adult	Humphrey Head	Allithwaite	SD390737	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
26 Jun 2020	Northern Brown Argus	1	Adult	Humphrey Head	Allithwaite	SD390740	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
26 Jun 2020	Painted Lady	1	Adult	Humphrey Head	Allithwaite	SD390738	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
26 Jun 2020	Small Skipper	10	Adult	Humphrey Head	Allithwaite	SD392737	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick
26 Jun 2020	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
26 Jun 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
26 Jun 2020	Small White	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Female, laying eggs on Nasturtium. 8 eggs counted.
26 Jun 2020	Speckled Wood	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
26 Jun 2020	Meadow Brown	4	Adult	Bolton Wood Lane	Wigton	NY2543	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
26 Jun 2020	Red Admiral	2	Adult	Bolton Wood Lane	Wigton	NY2543	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
26 Jun 2020	Ringlet	7	Adult	Bolton Wood Lane	Wigton	NY2543	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
26 Jun 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	7	Adult	Bolton Wood Lane	Wigton	NY2543	VC70 Cumberland	Mike Porter
26 Jun 2020	Dark Green Fritillary	4	Adult	Wharton Tarn	Skelwith Bridge	SD331987	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
26 Jun 2020	Green-veined White	1	Adult	Wharton Tarn	Skelwith Bridge	SD331987	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
26 Jun 2020	Large Skipper	5	Adult	Wharton Tarn	Skelwith Bridge	SD331987	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
26 Jun 2020	Meadow Brown	35	Adult	Wharton Tarn	Skelwith Bridge	SD331987	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
26 Jun 2020	Ringlet	5	Adult	Wharton Tarn	Skelwith Bridge	SD331987	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
26 Jun 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Wharton Tarn	Skelwith Bridge	SD331987	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
26 Jun 2020	Meadow Brown	4	Adult	Hay Fell	Kendal	SD5494	VC69 Westmorland	Philip Key
26 Jun 2020	Ringlet	15	Adult	Hay Fell	Kendal	SD5494	VC69 Westmorland	Philip Key
26 Jun 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	7	Adult	Hay Fell	Kendal	SD5494	VC69 Westmorland	Philip Key
26 Jun 2020	Large Skipper	4	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY552114	VC69 Westmorland	Robert Dawson
26 Jun 2020	Meadow Brown	10	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY552114	VC69 Westmorland	Robert Dawson
26 Jun 2020	Ringlet	4	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY552114	VC69 Westmorland	Robert Dawson
26 Jun 2020	Small Heath	6	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY552114	VC69 Westmorland	Robert Dawson
26 Jun 2020	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	2	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY552114	VC69 Westmorland	Robert Dawson
26 Jun 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Wet Sleddale	Shap	NY554114	VC69 Westmorland	Robert Dawson
26 Jun 2020	Red Admiral	6	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497260	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
26 Jun 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	14	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497260	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
26 Jun 2020	Large White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
26 Jun 2020	Red Admiral	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
26 Jun 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
26 Jun 2020	Small White	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
26 Jun 2020	Large White	1	Adult	Gillerthwaite, Lorton	Cockermouth	NY146157	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Kavanagh
26 Jun 2020	Meadow Brown	1	Adult	Gillerthwaite, Lorton	Cockermouth	NY146157	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Kavanagh
26 Jun 2020	Small Tortoiseshell	1	Adult	Gillerthwaite, Lorton	Cockermouth	NY146157	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Kavanagh
26 Jun 2020	Dark Green Fritillary	1	Adult	Loweswater	Thackthwaite	NY147225	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh	Didn't settle to get an ID photo, but large Fritillary actively (...)

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