Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
7 Jun 2017 Speckled Wood 11 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 9483.jpeg
7 Jun 2017 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD3387 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey In sheltered woodland. Cloudy, strong wind outside wood.
17 Jun 2017 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD454776 VC69 Westmorland Tom O'Boyle and Kate Blomfield
17 Jun 2017 Speckled Wood 4 Adult Soddy Gap Great Broughton NY063331 VC70 Cumberland K Hamilton
17 Jun 2017 Speckled Wood 7 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
7 Jun 2017 Small White 1 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
7 Jun 2017 Small White 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
17 Jun 2017 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
7 Jun 2017 Small Heath 1 Adult Barkbooth Lot Bowland Bridge SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Karen Bullimore
17 Jun 2017 Small Heath 8 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD454776 VC69 Westmorland Tom O'Boyle and Kate Blomfield
17 Jun 2017 Small Heath 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Jun 2017 Small Heath 9 Adult Soddy Gap Great Broughton NY063331 VC70 Cumberland K Hamilton
17 Jun 2017 Small Heath 20 Adult Sale Fell, NW lower slope in bracken Wythop Mill NY191299 VC70 Cumberland Joe Crayston Very warm 25 C
17 Jun 2017 Ringlet 8 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Jun 2017 Ringlet 16 Adult Soddy Gap Great Broughton NY063331 VC70 Cumberland K Hamilton
17 Jun 2017 Ringlet 20 Adult Thornhill Meadows Abbeytown NY180487 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
17 Jun 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD454776 VC69 Westmorland Tom O'Boyle and Kate Blomfield
17 Jun 2017 Red Admiral 1 Adult Soddy Gap Great Broughton NY063331 VC70 Cumberland K Hamilton
17 Jun 2017 Red Admiral 5 Adult Thornhill Meadows Abbeytown NY180487 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
17 Jun 2017 Northern Brown Argus 9 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 9623.jpeg
17 Jun 2017 Mountain Ringlet 9 Adult Honistor Slate Mine Honistor Pass NY216135 VC70 Cumberland Geoff Lapworth 100m south of Winding Drum House
17 Jun 2017 Mountain Ringlet 2 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY129021 VC70 Cumberland Brian Harrison 9742.jpeg
7 Jun 2017 Meadow Brown 3 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
17 Jun 2017 Meadow Brown 8 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Jun 2017 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Thornhill Meadows Abbeytown NY180487 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
17 Jun 2017 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4178 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
17 Jun 2017 Large White 1 Adult Soddy Gap Great Broughton NY063331 VC70 Cumberland K Hamilton
7 Jun 2017 Large Skipper 5 Adult River Lowther Askham NY516221 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
7 Jun 2017 Large Skipper 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
17 Jun 2017 Large Skipper 4 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Jun 2017 Large Skipper 4 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD457842 VC69 Westmorland Maria Pilling
17 Jun 2017 Large Skipper 2 Adult Soddy Gap Great Broughton NY063331 VC70 Cumberland K Hamilton
17 Jun 2017 Large Skipper 2 Adult Thornhill Meadows Abbeytown NY180487 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
17 Jun 2017 Large Heath 12 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD457842 VC69 Westmorland Maria Pilling
17 Jun 2017 Large Heath 3 Adult Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD459836 VC69 Westmorland Janice Sutton 12334.jpeg
17 Jun 2017 High Brown Fritillary 4 Adult Bartkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Can't upload photo.
7 Jun 2017 Green-veined White 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
17 Jun 2017 Green-veined White 2 Adult Soddy Gap Great Broughton NY063331 VC70 Cumberland K Hamilton
17 Jun 2017 Grayling 10 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD454776 VC69 Westmorland Tom O'Boyle and Kate Blomfield
17 Jun 2017 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Bartkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Jun 2017 Dark Green Fritillary 2 Adult Arnside Knott Arnside SD454776 VC69 Westmorland Tom O'Boyle and Kate Blomfield Only 2 seen well enough to definitively identify; probably saw (...)
17 Jun 2017 Dark Green Fritillary 2 Adult Bartkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
17 Jun 2017 Common Blue 1 Adult Bartkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell Missing a wing but managing to fly.
17 Jun 2017 Common Blue 1 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4179 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard

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