Tuesday 13 August 2019

Cumbria 27th - 29th June 2019

This was, at least we have got around to it, trip to see the last remaining UK Butterflies we had not seen, Mountain Ringlet, Large Heath and Northern Brown Argus. Had the additional bonus of White-faced Darter at one site.

27th June
Foulshaw Moss NR

 Large Heath (above and below)


Large Skipper 

Painted Lady

 Large Red Damselfly

 Azure Damselfly

 Blue-tailed Damselfly

 Four-spotted Chaser

 Emperor Dragonfly

Emerald Damselfly

Latterbarrow NR

Meadow Brown

 
 Northern Brown Argus (above and below)


 Small Skipper

 Large Skipper

 
Ringlet

28th June
Fleetwith

Mountain Ringlet habitat

Mountain Ringlets



  


Painted Lady

Foulshaw Moss NR

Large Skipper

 Emperor Dragonfly

 Azure Damselfly

 Four-spotted Cahser

 Large Red Damselfly

 Black Darter

 Emerald Damselfly

Blue-tailed Damselfly

29th June
Foulshaw Moss NR

 Azure Damselfly

 Large Red Damselfly

 Blue-tailed Damselfly

 Common Blue Damselfly

 White-faced Darter (above and below)


 Four-spotted Chaser

 Black Darter

 Emerald Damselfly

Common Darter

Grasshopper Warbler

Latterbarrow NR



Meathrop Moss NR

 Large Heath

 Speckled Wood

 Four-spotted Chaser

Black Darter (above and below) 


Latterbarrow NR

 Northern Brown Argus

Ringlet 

 Painted Lady

 Large Skipper

 Small  Skipper

 Small Tortoiseshell

Holme Park Fell

 Painted Lady

High Brown Fritillary 

 Small  Pearl-bordered Fritillary

 Dark Green Fritillary

Meadow Brown

Ringlet