Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
3 Jun 2017 Painted Lady 1 Adult Blease Road Threlkeld NY318255 VC70 Cumberland Tom O'Boyle
3 Jun 2017 Painted Lady 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Active in the sunshine at 8am (7degC)
3 Jun 2017 Green Hairstreak 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458837 VC69 Westmorland Joseph Reavey
3 Jun 2017 Small Heath 1 Adult Hampsfell Grange over Sands SD3978 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
3 Jun 2017 Peacock 1 Adult Hampsfell Grange over Sands SD3978 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
13 Jun 2017 Ringlet 1 Adult Kirkhead Allithwaite SD393755 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 80 minutes covering the south east slopes of Kirkhead. T 17C (...)
13 Jun 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Kirkhead Allithwaite SD393755 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 80 minutes covering the south east slopes of Kirkhead. T 17C (...)
13 Jun 2017 Green-veined White 1 Adult Kirkhead Allithwaite SD393755 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 80 minutes covering the south east slopes of Kirkhead. T 17C (...)
13 Jun 2017 Large White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
13 Jun 2017 Common Blue 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
13 Jun 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Carlisle NY272570 VC70 Cumberland Linda
3 Jun 2017 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Yealand Hall Allotment Silverdale SD492762 VC60 West Lancashire Michael Foley 9432.jpeg
3 Jun 2017 Brimstone 2 Adult Yealand Hall Allotment Silverdale SD492762 VC60 West Lancashire Michael Foley
13 Jun 2017 Large Skipper 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
13 Jun 2017 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
13 Jun 2017 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Carlisle NY272570 VC70 Cumberland Linda
13 Jun 2017 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Carlisle NY272570 VC70 Cumberland Linda
3 Jun 2017 Mountain Ringlet 3 Adult Hartsop Dodd Hartsop NY412117 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez
3 Jun 2017 Large Heath 3 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458837 VC69 Westmorland Joseph Reavey
3 Jun 2017 Large Heath 3 Adult Rusland Moss NNR Bouth SD334885 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Flying low over moss
13 Jun 2017 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Kirkhead Allithwaite SD393755 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 80 minutes covering the south east slopes of Kirkhead. T 17C (...)
13 Jun 2017 Green-veined White 3 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Carlisle NY272570 VC70 Cumberland Linda
3 Jun 2017 Northern Brown Argus 5 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Joseph Reavey 9433.jpeg
13 Jun 2017 Northern Brown Argus 5 Adult Kirkhead Allithwaite SD393755 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 80 minutes covering the south east slopes of Kirkhead. T 17C (...)
13 Jun 2017 Small Heath 5 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Carlisle NY272570 VC70 Cumberland Linda
3 Jun 2017 Small Heath 7 Adult Bishop's Tithe Allotment Hampsfield Grange over Sands SD4079 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
13 Jun 2017 Large Skipper 7 Adult River Lowther Askham NY516221 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 9571.jpeg
13 Jun 2017 Marsh Fritillary 25 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Carlisle NY272570 VC70 Cumberland Linda came out with 1/2 hour of sun pm
3 Jun 2017 Mountain Ringlet 41 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY128020 VC70 Cumberland Nigel Voaden
3 Jun 2017 Small Heath 50 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY128020 VC70 Cumberland Nigel Voaden

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