Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
6 May 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Blawith Farm Grange over Sands SD413784 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
6 May 2020 Large White 2 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
6 May 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
6 May 2020 Peacock 2 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
6 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Netherwood Grange over Sands SD413784 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
16 May 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Holmescales quarry Old Hutton SD5667088630 VC69 Westmorland Gary Gould Male in car park
16 May 2020 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Hawkshead garden Ambleside SD3477198278 VC69 Westmorland Gill Henwood 26198.jpeg
26 May 2020 Common Blue 11 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD207685 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 f. 17c. Full sun.
26 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 7 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD207685 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17c. Full sun. 12.45-14.00
26 May 2020 Orange-tip 4 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD207685 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 2f, 2m.
26 May 2020 Small Heath 8 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD207685 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 1 with double eye aberration. 25795.jpeg
26 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD207685 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17c. Full sun. 12.45-14.00
26 May 2020 Small White 2 Adult Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD207685 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17c. Full sun. 12.45-14.00
26 May 2020 Common Blue 1 Adult Willington wood Ulverston SD293752 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17c. 14.30. male. 25806.jpeg
26 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Willington wood Ulverston SD293752 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17c. 14.30
26 May 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Willington wood Ulverston SD293752 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17c. 14.30. male.
16 May 2020 Small Heath 2 Adult Farleton Knott Burton-in-Kendal SD545804 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Overcast
16 May 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Hutton Roof Crags Burton-in-Kendal SD555783 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 9am. Sunny intervals.
6 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Colthouse Ulverston SD280763 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 16C.
6 May 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Footpath Ulverston SD284761 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Male on vetch.
6 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 12 Adult Footpath Urswick SD277759 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Between here
6 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Footpath to Colthouse Ulverston SD283761 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Female.
6 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Garden Great Urswick SD272745 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 16C
6 May 2020 Green-veined White 2 Adult Mountbarrow Rd Ulverston SD281753 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 16C. brief pairing on road.
6 May 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Mountbarrow Rd Ulverston SD281753 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 16C. Male.
6 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Mountbarrow Rd Ulverston SD281753 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 16C
6 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Verge Great Urswick SD272743 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 100% sun. 16C
6 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Wetheral Woods Carlisle NY467532 VC70 Cumberland Larissa Bennett Margrave
6 May 2020 Peacock 2 Adult Wetheral Woods Carlisle NY467532 VC70 Cumberland Larissa Bennett Margrave
6 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Wetheral Woods Carlisle NY467532 VC70 Cumberland Larissa Bennett Margrave
6 May 2020 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Wetheral Woods Carlisle NY467532 VC70 Cumberland Larissa Bennett Margrave
26 May 2020 Peacock 3 Adult Promenade Grange over Sands SD403769 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick south of the promenade end on the shore line sunny, slight (...)
26 May 2020 Green-veined White 3 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
26 May 2020 Orange-tip 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 1 male, 1 female.
26 May 2020 Small White 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
26 May 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 26228.jpeg
26 May 2020 Holly Blue 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
26 May 2020 Large White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Male 26227.jpeg
6 May 2020 Orange-tip 6 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller males
6 May 2020 Peacock 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
6 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
6 May 2020 Holly Blue 1 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
6 May 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
6 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
6 May 2020 Holly Blue 4 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 3 males, 1 female 25668.jpeg
6 May 2020 Peacock 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
6 May 2020 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
26 May 2020 Orange-tip 2 Adult Roadside near The Close Wigton NY232422 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
26 May 2020 Wall Brown 1 Adult Roadside near The Close Wigton NY232422 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
16 May 2020 Wall Brown 8 Adult Lonning near Harby Brow Wigton NY192410 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
6 May 2020 Orange-tip 5 Adult Whitrigglees Wigton NY246566 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
6 May 2020 Orange-tip 2 Adult Whitrigglees Wigton NY243567 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
6 May 2020 Peacock 3 Adult Whitrigglees Wigton NY246566 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
6 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Whitrigglees Wigton NY246566 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
6 May 2020 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Whitrigglees Wigton NY250569 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
6 May 2020 Wall Brown 2 Adult Whitrigglees Wigton NY246566 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter
26 May 2020 Green-veined White 2 Adult Yew Tree Tarn Coniston NY322003 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
26 May 2020 Orange-tip 3 Adult Yew Tree Tarn Coniston NY322003 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
26 May 2020 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 3 Adult Yew Tree Tarn Coniston NY322003 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
26 May 2020 Wall Brown 1 Adult Yew Tree Tarn Coniston NY322003 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
6 May 2020 Dingy Skipper 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Witherslack SD5447878618 VC69 Westmorland Mr. Bryan Yorke
6 May 2020 Comma 1 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pamela Wilson
6 May 2020 Orange-tip 4 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pamela Wilson Both male and female
6 May 2020 Speckled Wood 1 Adult Rockwell Gardens Grange over Sands SD403782 VC69 Westmorland Pamela Wilson
16 May 2020 Green Hairstreak 2 Adult Moorland Brough NY788174 VC69 Westmorland Peter Boardman IS THIS THE HIGHEST, MOST WINDSWEPT SITE IN CUMBRIA FOR G.H.
26 May 2020 Large Skipper 2 Adult Aikbank Wigton NY217459 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson
26 May 2020 Orange-tip 7 Adult Aikbank Wigton NY216459 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson M and F
16 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Fisher Tarn Kendal SD551930 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
16 May 2020 Red Admiral 1 Adult Fisher Tarn Kendal SD551930 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
16 May 2020 Small Copper 3 Adult Fisher Tarn Kendal SD551930 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
16 May 2020 Small Heath 5 Adult Fisher Tarn Kendal SD551930 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
26 May 2020 Holly Blue 1 Adult Wetheral garden Wetheral NY462549 VC70 Cumberland R H Jones
16 May 2020 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Beetham Beetham SD501792 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
16 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Holme Holme SD517792 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
16 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Pye's Bridge Farm Hale SD508792 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
6 May 2020 Orange-tip 4 Adult Celleron Lane Penrith NY497260 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell males 25457.jpeg
6 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
6 May 2020 Large White 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
6 May 2020 Orange-tip 1 Adult Garden Penrith NY499267 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell male
6 May 2020 Green-veined White 1 Adult Mockerkin Mockerkin NY0904523168 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke
6 May 2020 Large White 1 Adult Mockerkin Mockerkin NY0904523168 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke
6 May 2020 Orange-tip 7 Adult Mockerkin Mockerkin NY0904523168 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke 2 female
6 May 2020 Holly Blue 1 Adult SSSI fields Portinscale NY252232 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh Settled on Ivy. SSSI between Derwent Water Hotel and marina (...) 25462.jpeg

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