Cumbria Butterfly and Day-Flying Moth Sightings
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Date | Species | Number | Site | Town | Grid Ref. | Recorder | Comment | Image |
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11 Oct 2021 | Angle Shades | 1 | Kingstown | Carlisle | NY39075893 | Paul Kennedy | On low vegetation by side of footpath. | |
21 Oct 2021 | Comma | 1 | Greenside | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | Basking on sunny wall. 9.5 deg. in the shade | |
19 Oct 2021 | Comma | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
15 Oct 2021 | Comma | 2 | Holehird Gardens | Troutbeck Bridge | NY410007 | Mo Richards | ||
15 Oct 2021 | Comma | 1 | Sizergh Estate | Brigsteer | SD4924388436 | Richard Evans | All on sunny ivy-covered wall. | |
12 Oct 2021 | Comma | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
11 Oct 2021 | Comma | 1 | Holehird Gardens | Troutbeck Bridge | NY410007 | Mo Richards | Sunny | |
11 Oct 2021 | Comma | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny spells. Breezy. 13oC | |
10 Oct 2021 | Comma | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny, warm morning.13oC | |
8 Oct 2021 | Comma | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny 20oC | |
6 Oct 2021 | Comma | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Sunny, c 12°C | |
6 Oct 2021 | Comma | 1 | Aikbank | Waverton | NY219457 | Peter Ritson | great condition | |
6 Oct 2021 | Comma | 3 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny and warm. | |
11 Oct 2021 | Large White | 1 | Milnthorpe playing fields | Milnthorpe | SD49538150 | Lynne Farrell | Flying in the sun | |
8 Oct 2021 | Large White | 1 | New Mills garden | Brampton | NY549627 | Peter Howard | ||
15 Oct 2021 | Painted Lady | 1 | Fell Close | Grange over Sands | SD401776 | David Eastlick | full sun, fluttering on ivy | |
11 Oct 2021 | Painted Lady | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny spells. Breezy. 13oC | |
10 Oct 2021 | Painted Lady | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny, warm morning.13oC | |
9 Oct 2021 | Painted Lady | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Seen flying in rain before settling on Buddleia. 14oC | |
10 Oct 2021 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249368 | L Swift | ||
10 Oct 2021 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny, warm morning.13oC | |
8 Oct 2021 | Peacock | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny 20oC | |
6 Oct 2021 | Peacock | 2 | Garden Armathwaite Hall | Bassenthwaite | NY206325 | L Swift | ||
6 Oct 2021 | Peacock | 3 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny and warm. 2 very tatty. | |
25 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Haybridge Nature Reserve | Bouth | SD337876 | Lynne Farrell | Flying near farm buildings | |
25 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Wetheral garden | Wetheral | NY462548 | R H Jones | on buddlea in sunny spell | |
22 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Breezy 11oC | |
21 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Fletcher Drive | Kendal | SD519922 | Martin and Gwen Tordoff | In back garden, 13° in sun | |
21 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 2 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | On buddleia and ivy around noon; a different one here at 3.45pm. (...) | |
21 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Wetheral garden | Wetheral | NY462548 | R H Jones | On buddlea in sunny spell - despite cold wind | |
21 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny and breezy. 11.00 a.m. 6oC | |
19 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
18 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Irton Pike | Santon Bridge | NY119011 | Jake Manson | Mild and heavily overcast with light drizzle | |
18 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Overcast 13oC | |
17 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
15 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Kirkby Stephen | Kirkby Stephen | NY774087 | David Phillips | Flew over Market Street (A685), Town Centre. Sunny 12c | |
15 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Moat House Farm | Aldingham | SD278701 | Helen Wallace | Flying. 11C & sunny. | |
15 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden Allonby | Allonby | NY082433 | John Callion | ||
15 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Full sun, but cool. | |
15 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Holehird Gardens | Troutbeck Bridge | NY410007 | Mo Richards | ||
15 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 3 | Sizergh Estate | Brigsteer | SD4924388436 | Richard Evans | All on sunny ivy-covered wall. | |
15 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 3 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny | |
14 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Breezy. 13oC | |
13 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Overcast & breezy. 13oC | |
12 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Overcast & showery. 13oC. Both on Buddleia. | |
11 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | L Swift | ||
11 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Milnthorpe playing fields | Milnthorpe | SD49538150 | Lynne Farrell | Flying in the sun | |
11 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Holehird Gardens | Troutbeck Bridge | NY410007 | Mo Richards | Sunny | |
11 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny spells. Breezy. 13oC | |
10 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Birkshill Garden | Raughton Head | NY373505 | Keith Temple | ||
10 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny, warm morning.13oC | |
9 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Arnside village | Arnside | SD455785 | Lynne Farrell | Flying across front garden | |
9 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
8 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Ulverston | SD287766 | Helen Wallace | 15.40. 18C. Overcast. On Buddleia. | |
8 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | L Swift | ||
8 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | New Mills garden | Brampton | NY549627 | Peter Howard | On golden/pineapple buddleia | |
8 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny 20oC | |
7 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 6 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Mainly overcast. Showery, windy but warm. 18oC | |
6 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Hedgerow | Penny Bridge | SD309831 | Helen Wallace | Sunny. Flying along hedgerow. | |
6 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden Allonby | Allonby | NY082433 | John Callion | Feeding on windfall apples | |
6 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Garden Armathwaite Hall | Bassenthwaite | NY206325 | L Swift | ||
6 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Sunny, c 12°C | |
6 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 2 | Kendal Fell | Kendal | SD503933 | Martin Tordoff | Sunny, c 12°C | |
6 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 1 | Aikbank | Waverton | NY219457 | Peter Ritson | great condition | |
6 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 5 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny and warm. | |
4 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Seen during a brief sunny spell in the afternoon, after hours of (...) | |
3 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 4 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Seen during a short sunny spell after hours of very heavy rain. (...) | |
1 Oct 2021 | Red Admiral | 6 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny spell after heavy rain. 14oC | |
6 Oct 2021 | Red-necked Footman | 1 | Whinhill Wood | Hayton | NY52445788 | Paul Kennedy | Red-necked Footman larva on a fencepost at the woodland edge. | |
7 Oct 2021 | Ruby Tiger | 4 | Kingstown Wildlife Pond | Carlisle | NY39355879 | Paul Kennedy | Presumably a later instar than the one found at the same spot on (...) | |
15 Oct 2021 | Silver Y | 1 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY403570 | Martin Keiller | Full sun, but cool. | |
8 Oct 2021 | Silver Y | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | L Swift | ||
7 Oct 2021 | Silver Y | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | L Swift | ||
7 Oct 2021 | Silver Y | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Mainly overcast. Showery, windy but warm. 18oC | |
6 Oct 2021 | Silver Y | 1 | SW facing bank above cricket ground | Carlisle | NY398567 | Martin Keiller | Seem quite scarce this year around Carlisle, only the second I (...) | |
6 Oct 2021 | Silver Y | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny and warm. | |
15 Oct 2021 | Small Copper | 1 | Ramside | Barrow-in-Furness | SD239661 | Helen Wallace | Fluttering. 11C & sunny. | |
12 Oct 2021 | Small Copper | 1 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY403570 | Martin Keiller | ||
8 Oct 2021 | Small Copper | 1 | Lyvennet | Kings Meaburn | NY617209 | David Nattrass | West side of Lyvennet, on a sunny morning | |
6 Oct 2021 | Small Copper | 8 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY403570 | Martin Keiller | Some very tatty after recent weather. Sunny, c 12°C. | |
22 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Breezy 11oC. On Buddleia. | |
17 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
16 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
15 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Holehird Gardens | Troutbeck Bridge | NY410007 | Mo Richards | ||
15 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 6 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny | |
14 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Overcast and windy | |
12 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden Allonby | Allonby | NY082433 | John Callion | ||
12 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY402569 | Martin Keiller | ||
11 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Holehird Gardens | Troutbeck Bridge | NY410007 | Mo Richards | Sunny | |
11 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 3 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny spells. Breezy. 13oC | |
10 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 5 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny, warm morning.13oC | |
9 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
8 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Ulverston | SD287766 | Helen Wallace | 15.40. 18C. Overcast. On flat roof. | |
8 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | Garden | Staveley | SD469984 | Ian Tallon | ||
8 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | New Mills garden | Brampton | NY549627 | Peter Howard | On golden/pineapple buddleia | |
8 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 6 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny 20oC | |
7 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Mainly overcast. Showery, windy but warm. 18oC | |
6 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Sunny, c 12°C | |
6 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 9 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny and warm. | |
3 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Seen during a short sunny spell after hours of very heavy rain. (...) | |
1 Oct 2021 | Small Tortoiseshell | 6 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny spell after heavy rain. 14oC | |
21 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny and breezy. 11.00 a.m. 6oC | |
20 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Cummersdale | Carlisle | NY39475259 | Paul Kennedy | Found on a wooden post by the River Caldew near railway bridge, (...) | |
19 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
15 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Garden Allonby | Allonby | NY082433 | John Callion | ||
15 Oct 2021 | Small White | 2 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY402569 | Martin Keiller | Full sun, but cool. | |
15 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny | |
14 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Breezy. 13oC | |
12 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
11 Oct 2021 | Small White | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny spells. Breezy. 13oC | |
10 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny, warm morning.13oC | |
9 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
8 Oct 2021 | Small White | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny 20oC | |
7 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Mainly overcast. Showery, windy but warm. 18oC | |
6 Oct 2021 | Small White | 2 | Garden Armathwaite Hall | Bassenthwaite | NY206325 | L Swift | ||
6 Oct 2021 | Small White | 2 | Rickerby Park | Carlisle | NY403570 | Martin Keiller | Sunny, c 12°C | |
6 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Sunny, c 12°C | |
6 Oct 2021 | Small White | 2 | SW facing bank above cricket ground | Carlisle | NY398567 | Martin Keiller | Sunny, c 12°C | |
6 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Aikbank | Waverton | NY219457 | Peter Ritson | ||
6 Oct 2021 | Small White | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny and warm. | |
5 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Seen roosting on Verbena Bonariensis. Very heavy rain all day. (...) | |
4 Oct 2021 | Small White | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Seen during a brief sunny spell in the afternoon, after hours of (...) | |
3 Oct 2021 | Small White | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Seen during a short sunny spell after hours of very heavy rain. (...) | |
1 Oct 2021 | Small White | 2 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny spell after heavy rain. 14oC | |
21 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Gait Barrows | Silverdale | SD476767 | Lynne Farrell | Flying along edge of wooded path on sunny morning | |
19 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Visited briefly during the one ten-minute spell of sunshine on a (...) | |
15 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Wart Barrow | Allithwaite | SD392767 | Mr M Chadwick | ||
15 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Sizergh Estate | Brigsteer | SD4924388436 | Richard Evans | All on sunny ivy-covered wall. | |
11 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | L Swift | ||
8 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 5 | Lyvennet | Kings Meaburn | NY619204 | David Nattrass | Just North of the scrape on the East side of the Lyvennet, on a (...) | |
8 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | L Swift | ||
8 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Grubbins Wood | Arnside | SD444777 | Lynne Farrell | Flying in the sunshine late afternoon along the shoreline trees | |
8 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Aira Force | Dockray | NY400200 | Sarah Mitchell | Sunny 20oC. Seen 5 minutes walk from car park. | |
7 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Mainly overcast. Showery, windy but warm. 18oC On Buddleia. | |
6 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Garden Armathwaite Hall | Bassenthwaite | NY206325 | L Swift | ||
6 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix | Carlisle | NY401570 | Martin Keiller | Sunny, c 12°C | |
6 Oct 2021 | Speckled Wood | 1 | Kendal Fell | Kendal | SD503933 | Martin Tordoff | Sunny, c 12°C | |
20 Oct 2021 | Yellow-tail | 1 | Cummersdale | Carlisle | NY39535270 | Paul Kennedy | On fencepost under oak tree. Less than 1cm long so presumably (...) |
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