Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
31 May 2021 Green-veined White 2 Adult Roadside near The Gale Abbeytown NY149496 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Sunny weather, little wind.
31 May 2021 Wall Brown 3 Adult Roadside near The Gale Abbeytown NY151497 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Sunny weather, little wind.
31 May 2021 Large White 1 Adult Garden Allonby Allonby NY082434 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
31 May 2021 Small White 3 Adult Garden Allonby Allonby NY082434 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
31 May 2021 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD505933 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny morning, sheltered from the wind. 30699.jpeg
31 May 2021 Duke of Burgundy 2 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD505933 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny morning, sheltered from the wind. One sunning itself on a (...) 30700.jpeg
31 May 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD505933 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny morning, sheltered from the wind. Passing through, didn't (...)
31 May 2021 Orange-tip 1 Adult The Tram Kendal SD508931 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Female. Full sun, mid morning.
31 May 2021 Orange-tip 1 Adult Gooseholm Kendal SD517926 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny 22 deg C
31 May 2021 Large White 4 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY294566 VC70 Cumberland Chris Winnick 20oC and full sun
31 May 2021 Marsh Fritillary 55 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY294566 VC70 Cumberland Chris Winnick 20oC and full sun
31 May 2021 Orange-tip 8 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY294566 VC70 Cumberland Chris Winnick 20oC and full sun
31 May 2021 Small Heath 35 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY294566 VC70 Cumberland Chris Winnick 20oC and full sun
31 May 2021 Small White 2 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY294566 VC70 Cumberland Chris Winnick 20oC and full sun
31 May 2021 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY294566 VC70 Cumberland Chris Winnick 20oC and full sun
31 May 2021 Common Blue 2 Adult Maryport Marina Maryport NY037365 VC70 Cumberland Derek McAlone On the flowery bank on Salmoor Way Maryport marina 30710.jpeg
31 May 2021 Small Blue 5 Adult Maryport Marina Maryport NY037365 VC70 Cumberland Derek McAlone On the flowery bank on Salmoor Way Maryport marina 30709.jpeg
31 May 2021 Painted Lady 1 Adult Dallam Chase Milnthorpe SD496819 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows Probably the smallest I've ever seen. Nectaring in the garden.
31 May 2021 Small Copper 1 Adult Staveley Park Staveley SD480980 VC69 Westmorland Chris Scaife
31 May 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 6 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Dinesh Patel Flying over bracken and briefly towards flower zone 30752.jpeg
31 May 2021 Green-veined White 15 Adult Wolsty Banks Wolsty NY095504 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
31 May 2021 Large White 1 Adult Wolsty Banks Wolsty NY095504 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
31 May 2021 Small Heath 5 Adult Wolsty Banks Wolsty NY095504 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
31 May 2021 Wall Brown 9 Adult Wolsty Banks Wolsty NY095504 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
31 May 2021 Common Blue 6 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NX995301 VC70 Cumberland Chris Winnick 23oC full sun but 16.00hrs. This site is seriously degraded from (...)
31 May 2021 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NX995301 VC70 Cumberland Chris Winnick 23oC full sun but 16.00hrs.
31 May 2021 Small Blue 6 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NX995301 VC70 Cumberland Chris Winnick 23oC full sun but 16.00hrs. Looked as if freshly emerged. Some (...)
31 May 2021 Small Heath 12 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NX995301 VC70 Cumberland Chris Winnick 23oC full sun but 16.00hrs.
31 May 2021 Wall Brown 1 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NX995301 VC70 Cumberland Chris Winnick 23oC full sun but 16.00hrs.

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