Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
29 Jul 2021 Holly Blue 3 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
29 Jul 2021 Large White 4 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 32911.jpeg
29 Jul 2021 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Stanwix garden Carlisle NY402572 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
29 Jul 2021 Painted Lady 1 Adult Drumleaning Wigton NY271517 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Rather worn.
29 Jul 2021 Wall Brown 1 Adult Drumleaning Wigton NY273516 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Sun and cloud.
29 Jul 2021 Wall Brown 6 Adult Port Carlisle Harbour Wigton NY241621 VC70 Cumberland Mike Porter Sun and cloud. Some breeze.
19 Jul 2021 Small White 10 Adult Allithwaite fields Allithwaite SD388756 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick aggregate grid reference
19 Jul 2021 Gatekeeper 10 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD390739 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick seen on coastal edge of the Head over 20 minutes Hot, blue sky (...)
19 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 40 Adult Humphrey Head Allithwaite SD390739 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick seen on coastal edge of the Head over 20 minutes Hot, blue sky (...)
19 Jul 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Wyke Farm Allithwaite SD390748 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick basking on warm stones
19 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 10 Adult Lyvennet north of Littlebeck inflow Kings Meaburn NY619201 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Very warm, sunny on the grasses and flowers around the scrape. (...) 32422.jpeg
19 Jul 2021 Ringlet 20 Adult Lyvennet north of Littlebeck inflow Kings Meaburn NY619201 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Very warm, sunny on the grasses and flowers around the scrape. 32420.jpeg
19 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 50 Adult Lyvennet north of Littlebeck inflow Kings Meaburn NY619201 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Very warm, sunny on the grasses and flowers around the scrape. (...) 32418.jpeg
19 Jul 2021 Small Tortoiseshell 2 Adult Lyvennet north of Littlebeck inflow Kings Meaburn NY619201 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Very warm, sunny on the grasses and flowers around the scrape. 32419.jpeg
19 Jul 2021 Small White 3 Adult Lyvennet north of Littlebeck inflow Kings Meaburn NY619201 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Very warm, sunny on the grasses and flowers around the scrape (...) 32421.jpeg
19 Jul 2021 Gatekeeper 5 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NX996305 VC70 Cumberland Derek McAlone 32393.jpeg
19 Jul 2021 Large White 2 Adult Port Carlisle Bowness on Solway NY248618 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson on the wooded track to the old docks
19 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 5 Adult Port Carlisle Bowness on Solway NY248618 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson
19 Jul 2021 Small White 9 Adult Port Carlisle Bowness on Solway NY248618 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson on the wooded track to the old docks
19 Jul 2021 Speckled Wood 6 Adult Port Carlisle Bowness on Solway NY248618 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson on the wooded track to the old docks
9 Jul 2021 White-letter Hairstreak 3 Adult Kendal Town Centre Kendal SD518942 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick on a row of elm in sainsbury car park
9 Jul 2021 Gatekeeper 1 Adult Footpath Satterthwaite SD335891 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace FP from Rusland to Force Mills. SD340898 to SD340910
9 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 3 Adult Footpath Satterthwaite SD335891 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace FP from Rusland to Force Mills. SD340898 to SD340910
9 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 6 Adult Footpath Satterthwaite SD335891 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace FP from Rusland to Force Mills. SD340898 to SD340910
9 Jul 2021 Speckled Wood 2 Adult Footpath Satterthwaite SD335891 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace FP from Rusland to Force Mills. SD340898 to SD340910
9 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 4 Adult Bowber Head Farm Kirkby Stephen NY737034 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
9 Jul 2021 Red Admiral 1 Adult Bowber Head Farm Kirkby Stephen NY737034 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
9 Jul 2021 Ringlet 3 Adult Bowber Head Farm Kirkby Stephen NY737034 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
9 Jul 2021 Grayling 1 Adult Grune Point footpath to Silloth NY143568 VC70 Cumberland Steve Graham Cloudy conditions c17C.
9 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 9 Adult Grune Point footpath to Silloth NY143568 VC70 Cumberland Steve Graham Cloudy conditions c17C.
9 Jul 2021 Red Admiral 1 Adult Grune Point footpath to Silloth NY143568 VC70 Cumberland Steve Graham Cloudy conditions c17C.
9 Jul 2021 Ringlet 6 Adult Grune Point footpath to Silloth NY143568 VC70 Cumberland Steve Graham Cloudy conditions c17C.
9 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 3 Adult Grune Point footpath to Silloth NY143568 VC70 Cumberland Steve Graham Cloudy conditions c17C.
9 Jul 2021 Small White 4 Adult Grune Point footpath to Silloth NY143568 VC70 Cumberland Steve Graham Cloudy conditions c17C.
9 Jul 2021 Comma 1 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Tim R Wallis Fairly cloudy weather
9 Jul 2021 Meadow Brown 20 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Tim R Wallis Fairly cloudy weather
9 Jul 2021 Ringlet 40 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Tim R Wallis Fairly cloudy weather
9 Jul 2021 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary 2 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Tim R Wallis Fairly cloudy weather
9 Jul 2021 Small Skipper 2 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Tim R Wallis Fairly cloudy weather
9 Jul 2021 Speckled Wood 5 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Tim R Wallis Fairly cloudy weather

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    David Eastlick

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