Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
26 Jul 2021 Common Blue 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 25% sun
26 Jul 2021 Common Blue 2 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Waitby NY7508 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
16 Jul 2021 Common Blue 2 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 10.30-noon. 23c. 100% sun.
26 Jul 2021 Grayling 2 Adult Helsington Barrows Kendal SD492906 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny intervals.
26 Jul 2021 Green-veined White 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
26 Jul 2021 High Brown Fritillary 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 25% sun
26 Jul 2021 Holly Blue 2 Adult Beach path Ulverston SD307762 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 14.25-14.50. 23c. 100% sun. On same area of brambles.
16 Jul 2021 Holly Blue 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
6 Jul 2021 Large Skipper 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.30-14.00. 16-18c. 50% sun. Fresh breeze. 31825.jpeg
26 Jul 2021 Large White 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 25% sun
26 Jul 2021 Large White 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 25% sun
26 Jul 2021 Large White 2 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Waitby NY7608 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
26 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 25% sun
26 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Dalston Cycle Track Carlisle NY373505 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple
26 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Newbiggin Newbiggin-on-Lune NY713047 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell On grassy bank
26 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 12 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Waitby NY7508 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
26 Jul 2021 Northern Brown Argus 2 Adult Bell Rake Witherslack SD4387 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
26 Jul 2021 Peacock 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 25% sun
26 Jul 2021 Peacock 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 25% sun
26 Jul 2021 Ringlet 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 25% sun
6 Jul 2021 Ringlet 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.30-14.00. 16-18c. 50% sun. Fresh breeze.
26 Jul 2021 Small Copper 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 32778.jpeg
26 Jul 2021 Small Heath 2 Adult Smardale Disused Rly Line Newbiggin-on-Lune NY7106 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
26 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 2 Adult High Park Wood Witherslack SD4387 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
26 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 2 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD4388 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
26 Jul 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 25% sun
26 Jul 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Dalston Cycle Track Carlisle NY373505 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple On buddleia in full flower
16 Jul 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Mawbray Banks Mawbray NY083473 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10.30-11.30am sunny and warm, light breeze.
16 Jul 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult West Beach dunes S of harbour Silloth NY102530 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 11.50am-12.20pm, sunny and warm.
6 Jul 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.30-14.00. 16-18c. 50% sun. Fresh breeze.
26 Jul 2021 Small White 2 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 25% sun
26 Jul 2021 Small White 2 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD4388 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
6 Jul 2021 Small White 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.30-14.00. 16-18c. 50% sun. Fresh breeze. 31831.jpeg
26 Jul 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Bell Rake Witherslack SD4387 VC69 Westmorland Dave O'Brien
16 Jul 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD206686 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 10.30-noon. 23c. 100% sun.
26 Jul 2021 Wall Brown 2 Adult St Bees Head St Bees NX944144 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson
16 Jul 2021 White-letter Hairstreak 2 Adult Crooklands Crooklands SD539822 VC69 Westmorland Mr M Chadwick I

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