Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
25 May 2020 Large White 1 Adult Clints Quarry Egremont NY007123 VC70 Cumberland Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 May 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Clints Quarry Egremont NY007123 VC70 Cumberland Brian and Lindsey Snell
25 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Clints Quarry Egremont NY007123 VC70 Cumberland Brian and Lindsey Snell Colours so faded we thought it was something else at first
25 May 2020 Common Blue 1 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD392737 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny and wind free at southern entrance to wood male
25 May 2020 Small Heath 6 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD392735 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny and wind free protected by small oaks at the Head
25 May 2020 Common Blue 1 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY761082 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Only saw one but it was a the day heated up 25789.jpeg
25 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 5 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY761082 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Photo failed to upload previously 25791.jpeg
25 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 10 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY761082 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Numerous specimens, some paler - very obvious everywhere in the (...)
25 May 2020 Small Heath 7 Adult Drigg Dunes Drigg SD055975 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson
25 May 2020 Wall Brown 1 Adult Drigg Dunes Drigg SD055975 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson
25 May 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD450775 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Female on blackthorn
25 May 2020 Common Blue 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD450775 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
25 May 2020 Common Blue 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD453772 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Females
25 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD454778 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
25 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD453772 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
25 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD455775 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
25 May 2020 Small Heath 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD455775 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
25 May 2020 Small Heath 4 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD454778 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
25 May 2020 Small Heath 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD456775 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
25 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD456775 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
25 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 3 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD450775 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
25 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 4 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD453772 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
25 May 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Heathwaite Arnside SD451768 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Male
25 May 2020 Common Blue 1 Adult Heathwaite Arnside SD451768 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Male
25 May 2020 Small Heath 1 Adult Heathwaite Arnside SD451768 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Male
25 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 2 Adult Heathwaite Arnside SD451768 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
25 May 2020 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Heathwaite Arnside SD451768 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
25 May 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Capes Head Holker SD333778 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny, warm, sheltered from breeze male
25 May 2020 Common Blue 1 Adult Capes Head Holker SD33537781 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny and wind free male
25 May 2020 Common Blue 1 Adult Capes Head Holker SD333778 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny, warm, sheltered from breeze female
25 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Capes Head Holker SD333778 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny, warm, sheltered from breeze basking in sun prostrate on (...)
25 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Capes Head Holker SD33537781 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick sunny and wind free basking on bare ground
25 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Adult Capes Head Holker SD33537781 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick At the stoney area by the 5 bar gate Sunny and wind free
25 May 2020 Small Heath 23 Adult High Pike Caldbeck NY317359 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson on track up to the old mines
25 May 2020 Small White 3 Adult High Pike Caldbeck NY316361 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson ditto
25 May 2020 Small White 1 Adult Bird's Park Farm Kendal SD533929 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
25 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Scout Scar Brigsteer SD487908 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
25 May 2020 Large White 1 Adult Scout Scar Brigsteer SD491929 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
25 May 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Scout Scar Brigsteer SD489939 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
25 May 2020 Red Admiral 2 Adult Scout Scar Brigsteer SD489925 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
25 May 2020 Small Heath 3 Adult Scout Scar Brigsteer SD487895 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
25 May 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Scout Scar Brigsteer SD487923 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
25 May 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult Arnside Heathwaite Arnside SD44887672 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Arnside Heathwaite Arnside SD44827674 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Northern Brown Argus 1 Adult Arnside Heathwaite Arnside SD44957629 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Northern Brown Argus 2 Adult Arnside Heathwaite Arnside SD44827674 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Northern Brown Argus 2 Adult Arnside Heathwaite Arnside SD44887672 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Adult Arnside Heathwaite Arnside SD44987678 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Common Blue 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD45187698 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD45717780 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Large White 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD45717780 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Small Heath 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD45187698 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Small Heath 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD45137720 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Small Heath 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD45257722 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Small Heath 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD44857737 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Small Heath 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD44927763 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Small Heath 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD45687750 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Small Heath 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD45707765 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD45667746 VC69 Westmorland Rosa Menendez Sunny and 20 degrees.
25 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell On Bowles Mauve and Aquilegia.
25 May 2020 Large White 2 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079994 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman feeding and basking on rhododendrons
25 May 2020 Red Admiral 3 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079994 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman feeding and basking on rhododendrons
25 May 2020 Small White 4 Adult Garden Holmrook SD079994 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman
25 May 2020 Green-veined White 16 Adult High Dam Rusland SD358888 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
25 May 2020 Small Heath 43 Adult High Dam Rusland SD358888 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
25 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 1 Egg High Dam Rusland SD358888 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter Eggs
15 May 2020 Common Blue 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Ascending path below slag.
15 May 2020 Common Blue 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Triangle where paths meet.
15 May 2020 Common Blue 8 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Bank opposite rail line.
15 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Triangle where paths meet.
15 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Bank opposite rail line.
15 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Ascending path below slag.
15 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190710 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 11am-12noon walk.
15 May 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD191711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Near carpark
15 May 2020 Small Blue 3 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Ascending path below slag.
15 May 2020 Small Blue 7 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 adult laying eggs on Kidney vetch.
15 May 2020 Small Blue 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD190711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Triangle where paths meet.
15 May 2020 Small Heath 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Bank opposite rail line.
5 May 2020 Peacock 3 Adult Bishop's Allotment Lindale SD405796 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, sheltered from wind on my daily exercise seen as (...)
5 May 2020 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Bishop's Allotment Lindale SD398807 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, sheltered from wind on my daily exercise
5 May 2020 Speckled Wood 4 Adult Bishop's Allotment Lindale SD405796 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, sheltered from wind on my daily exercise seen as (...)
5 May 2020 Speckled Wood 5 Adult Hampsfield Allotment Lindale SD406798 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, sheltered from wind on my daily exercise seen as (...)
5 May 2020 Brimstone 1 Adult High Farm Grange over Sands SD405792 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, sheltered from wind on my daily exercise male
5 May 2020 Orange-tip 5 Adult High Farm Grange over Sands SD405787 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, sheltered from wind on my daily exercise seen as (...)
5 May 2020 Orange-tip 2 Adult High Farm Grange over Sands SD403787 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, sheltered from wind on my daily exercise seen as (...)
5 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult High Farm Grange over Sands SD401786 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, sheltered from wind on my daily exercise seen as (...)
5 May 2020 Small White 1 Adult High Farm Grange over Sands SD405787 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick sunny, sheltered from wind on my daily exercise seen as (...)
5 May 2020 Orange-tip 4 Adult The Coppice Carlisle NY433538 VC70 Cumberland Georgina Collins
5 May 2020 Green Hairstreak 8 Adult Grike Ennerdale Bridge NY07651395 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson In regenerating clear felled area
5 May 2020 Small Heath 1 Adult Kent Close Bowston SD497966 VC69 Westmorland John Peatfield Flying through garden. Rested on fence for 5 seconds
5 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Maryport Coastal Park Maryport NY028356 VC70 Cumberland Keith Hamilton
5 May 2020 Large White 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell In garden
5 May 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Arnside village Arnside SD455785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell In garden
5 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Ashmeadow Arnside SD453785 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
5 May 2020 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Grubbins Wood Arnside SD445778 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell In garden on Crambe orientalis
5 May 2020 Small White 1 Adult New Barns Road Arnside SD446778 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell In garden on Crambe orientalis
5 May 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
5 May 2020 Green Hairstreak 9 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
5 May 2020 Orange-tip 6 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
5 May 2020 Peacock 2 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
5 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
5 May 2020 Comma 1 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497260 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
5 May 2020 Green-veined White 2 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497260 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
5 May 2020 Orange-tip 6 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497260 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 3 female 3 male
5 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497260 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
5 May 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell male

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