Cumbria Butterfly Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
29 Jun 2016 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Lowca rugby club brows Lowca NX980217 VC70 Cumberland Chris Mason
29 Jun 2016 Painted Lady 1 Adult Lowca rugby club brows Lowca NX980217 VC70 Cumberland Chris Mason
29 Jun 2016 Ringlet 4 Adult Lowca rugby club brows Lowca NX983217 VC70 Cumberland Chris Mason
29 Jun 2016 Ringlet 5 Adult Lowca rugby club brows Lowca NX980217 VC70 Cumberland Chris Mason
29 Jun 2016 Small Copper 2 Adult Lowca rugby club brows Lowca NX980217 VC70 Cumberland Chris Mason
9 Jun 2016 Common Blue 2 Adult Parton beach Parton NX980208 VC70 Cumberland Chris Mason
9 Jun 2016 Painted Lady 1 Adult Parton beach Parton NX980208 VC70 Cumberland Chris Mason
9 Jun 2016 Green-veined White 1 Adult Hale Moss Hale SD503776 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick Warm but a little dull
9 Jun 2016 Large Heath 1 Adult Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Witherslack SD445821 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick Warm but a little dull
9 Jun 2016 Meadow Brown 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390766 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson/Janet Denison
9 Jun 2016 Common Blue 9 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 3.30-4.30pm. 18c. Sunny.
9 Jun 2016 Large Skipper 8 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 3.30-4.30pm. 18c. Sunny.
9 Jun 2016 Large White 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 3.30-4.30pm. 18c. Sunny.
9 Jun 2016 Small Blue 6 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 3.30-4.30pm. 18c. Sunny.
9 Jun 2016 Small Heath 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 3.30-4.30pm. 18c. Sunny.
9 Jun 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 3.30-4.30pm. 18c. Sunny.
9 Jun 2016 Speckled Wood 3 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 3.30-4.30pm. 18c. Sunny.
29 Jun 2016 Common Blue 7 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 5.45pm - 7.15pm 5888.jpeg
29 Jun 2016 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 5.45pm - 7.15pm One DGF and 6 unidentified
29 Jun 2016 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 5.45pm - 7.15pm
29 Jun 2016 Northern Brown Argus 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 5.45pm - 7.15pm
29 Jun 2016 Ringlet 3 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 5.45pm - 7.15pm
29 Jun 2016 Small Heath 2 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 5.45pm - 7.15pm
29 Jun 2016 Small Skipper 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 5.45pm - 7.15pm 5894.jpeg
9 Jun 2016 Northern Brown Argus 8 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 3.45pm 4.30pm 5542.jpeg
9 Jun 2016 Brimstone 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 10.15 am - 12.00pm
9 Jun 2016 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 10.15 am - 12.00pm
9 Jun 2016 Large Skipper 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 10.15 am - 12.00pm
9 Jun 2016 Small Blue 10 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 10.15 am - 12.00pm 5537.jpeg
9 Jun 2016 Small White 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189713 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 10.15 am - 12.00pm
9 Jun 2016 Meadow Brown 1 Adult Burns Beck Moss Killington SD5987 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Full sun, 29deg.C.
9 Jun 2016 Large White 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Nectaring on Red Valerian.
9 Jun 2016 Orange-tip 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Female, probably laying eggs on Hesperis matronalis (Dame's (...)
9 Jun 2016 Painted Lady 1 Adult Greenside Kendal SD510924 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Quite worn. Nectaring on Red Valerian. Is there an unusual (...)
9 Jun 2016 Dingy Skipper 1 Adult Workington Wind Farm Workington NX994303 VC70 Cumberland Jonathan Scragg
9 Jun 2016 Painted Lady 2 Adult Workington Wind Farm Workington NX994303 VC70 Cumberland Jonathan Scragg
9 Jun 2016 Small Blue 40 Adult Workington Wind Farm Workington NX994303 VC70 Cumberland Jonathan Scragg Easily located across the whole site, several pristine (...)
19 Jun 2016 Dark Green Fritillary 1 Adult Plain Quarry Hutton Roof SD552761 VC60 West Lancashire Linda
19 Jun 2016 Meadow Brown 2 Adult Plain Quarry Hutton Roof SD552761 VC60 West Lancashire Linda
19 Jun 2016 Ringlet 4 Adult Plain Quarry Hutton Roof SD552761 VC60 West Lancashire Linda
9 Jun 2016 Mountain Ringlet 80 Adult Irton Pike Eskdale NY126020 VC70 Cumberland M C Dixon a further 40 counted between irton pike whin rigg illgill head (...)
9 Jun 2016 Mountain Ringlet 40 Adult Irton Pike Whin Rigg Burnmoor Tarn Eskdale NY1605 VC70 Cumberland M C Dixon new record created by DTE 26 Jan 2017
29 Jun 2016 Common Blue 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
29 Jun 2016 Large Skipper 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
29 Jun 2016 Meadow Brown 40 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
29 Jun 2016 Northern Brown Argus 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
29 Jun 2016 Ringlet 6 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
29 Jun 2016 Small Skipper 5 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
29 Jun 2016 Small Tortoiseshell 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
29 Jun 2016 Small White 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
9 Jun 2016 Large Heath 4 Adult Foulshaw Moss Levens SD4583 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
9 Jun 2016 Peacock 1 Adult Foulshaw Moss Levens SD4583 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 2 Whites flying in the distance.
9 Jun 2016 Large Skipper 3 Adult Kells Whitehaven NX967165 VC70 Cumberland Stephen Asquith 5533.jpeg
9 Jun 2016 Painted Lady 1 Adult Burneside garden Burneside SD507951 VC69 Westmorland Sue Shiels Nectaring on Comfrey flowers
9 Jun 2016 Brimstone 2 Adult Marble Quarry, Beetham Beetham SD4979078609 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
9 Jun 2016 Common Blue 1 Adult Marble Quarry, Beetham Beetham SD4979078609 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar
9 Jun 2016 Northern Brown Argus 3 Adult Marble Quarry, Beetham Beetham SD4979078609 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Salmacis form 5526.jpeg
9 Jun 2016 Orange-tip 1 Adult Marble Quarry, Beetham Beetham SD4979078609 VC69 Westmorland Tom Dunbar Worn female

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