Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
5 May 2021 Orange-tip 1 Adult Brathay Ambleside NY360034 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Male. Sunny intervals, cold wind.
5 May 2021 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD206687 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 11c. Full sun & mod. breeze. 30 min circular walk. 30369.jpeg
5 May 2021 Large White 1 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
5 May 2021 Orange-tip 2 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Males.
5 May 2021 Red Admiral 1 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
5 May 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 11c. Full sun & mod breeze. 30 min circular walk.
5 May 2021 Small White 3 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 30372.jpeg
5 May 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD205686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
5 May 2021 Orange-tip 5 Adult Oxen Park Bouth SD326864 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson 3 males/2females on roadside Garlic Mustard
5 May 2021 Green-veined White 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
5 May 2021 Orange-tip 3 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Males 30392.jpeg
5 May 2021 Orange-tip 1 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Male
5 May 2021 Green-veined White 1 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards sunny but chilly
5 May 2021 Orange-tip 1 Adult Grizedale Forest Coniston SD337979 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards sunny but chilly
5 May 2021 Large White 1 Adult Commonside Distington NY006223 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
5 May 2021 Orange-tip 3 Adult Commonside Distington NY006223 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
5 May 2021 Orange-tip 2 Adult Cunsey Forge Far Sawrey SD376936 VC69 Westmorland Martin and Gwen Tordoff 1 x Male, 1 x Female
25 May 2021 Green Hairstreak 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Levens SD458835 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Very windy.
5 May 2021 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Thackthwaite woods Thackthwaite NY1469123191 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke 30379.jpeg
15 May 2021 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Weatheral Station Wetheral NY467546 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones
25 May 2021 Orange-tip 1 Adult Whitrigglees Wigton NY244564 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Sunny with some breeze
25 May 2021 Green Hairstreak 3 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD443819 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Very windy.
25 May 2021 Green-veined White 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD446820 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Male, in sheltered lane..
25 May 2021 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD446820 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sheltered lane..
15 May 2021 Small Heath 2 Adult Ling Fell Wythop Wythop Mill NY176286 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Newly emerged

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