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Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
5 Aug 2023	Common Carpet	6	Adult	Walton Moss North	Brampton	NY517672	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hazy sunshine after rain 5 til 6pm
4 Aug 2023	Cinnabar	16	Pupa	Whitelyne	Kershope Forestry	NY565786	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	in one small patch despite widespread ragwort
24 Jul 2023	Silver Y	6	Adult	White Scar Raven's Lodge	Levens	SD460852	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	17oC 70% sun little wind.
19 Jul 2023	Silver Y	6	Adult	Grange over Sands	Grange over Sands	SD394765	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	Area of Buddleia, thistles and scrub west of the recycling site. (...)
16 Jul 2023	Silver Y	6	Adult	Howe Ridding	Witherslack	SD434877	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	16oC 30% sun. light showers.
16 Jul 2023	Latticed Heath	6	Adult	Grassy Forest Track	Kershope	NY510808	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	cloudy windy 15c 11.30.
15 Jul 2023	Common Heath	6	Adult	Walton Moss	Brampton	NY516672	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sun intervals heavy showers light breeze
10 Jul 2023	Silver Y	6	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
8 Jul 2023	Silver Y	6	Adult	High Park	Askerton	NY555713	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	19c strong breeze overcast thunder near but dry. long grass near (...)
6 Jul 2023	Silver Y	56	Adult	Flashbank Wood	Brigsteer	SD489881	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	20% sun 17oC......would have been double with more sun
8 Jun 2023	Nemophora degeerella	6	Adult	Cummacatta WoodGrange	Grange in Borrowdale	NY253168	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Marsh	Dancing in dappled shade. Between the two Bowderstone N.T. car (...)
4 Jun 2023	Burnet Companion	6	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189709	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	20C. 100% sun. 13.25-13.55.
25 May 2023	Common Heath	6	Adult	Jockey Shield area	Castle Carrock	NY562557	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot and sunny very dark coloured versions
25 May 2023	Garden Carpet	6	Adult	Jockey Shield area	Castle Carrock	NY562557	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot and sunny
17 May 2023	Agriphila straminella	6	Adult	Wakebarrow	Witherslack	SD4586	VC69 Westmorland	Dave Wainwright
11 May 2023	Common Heath	6	Adult	Duddon Mosses NNR	Broughton in Furness	SD225854	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	15C.100% sun. 12.20-13.30.
28 Apr 2023	Common Heath	16	Adult	Walton Moss	Brampton	NY514674	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	warm sunny slight breeze
29 Jul 2022	Silver Y	6	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD456775	VC69 Westmorland	Kate Hughes
29 Jun 2022	Purple-bordered Gold	6	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Grange over Sands	SD447820	VC69 Westmorland	Dave Wainwright
27 Jun 2022	Latticed Heath	36	Adult	Forestry Track	Sleetbeck	NY495756	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	windy sunny intervals
24 Jun 2022	Six-spot Burnet	26	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD188711	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. Cloudy.
22 Jun 2022	Cinnabar	6	Adult	Farrer's Allotment	Levens	SD454858	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	21oC 90% sun gentle breeze.
21 Jun 2022	Common Wave	6	Adult	Smardale Disused Rly Line	Smardale	NY728073	VC69 Westmorland	Julie Mason
20 Jun 2022	Chimney Sweeper	6	Adult	Barkbooth	Bowland Bridge	SD418908	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle
9 Jun 2022	Nettle-tap Moth	6	Adult	Cliburn Moss NNR	Cliburn	NY575257	VC69 Westmorland	Tony Marsh
7 Jun 2022	Burnet Companion	6	Adult	Hodbarrow RSPB Reserve	Millom	SD177789	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace	19C. 100% sun. 15.25-16.15
3 Jun 2022	Phyllonorycter hilarella	6	Adult	Kingmoor Sidings NR	Carlisle	NY38475793	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Six found on a short line of old boundary posts in (largely) (...)
18 May 2022	Burnet Companion	6	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD190713	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	17c. Full sun.
13 May 2022	Adela reamurella	6	Adult	Grizedale Forest	High Ickenthwaite	SD326911	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	Basking in full sun.
24 Aug 2021	Silver Y	6	Adult	Wart Barrow	Allithwaite	SD393766	VC69 Westmorland	Mr M Chadwick	in a narrow strip of limestone grassland on the ridge
27 Jul 2021	Shaded Broad-bar	6	Adult	Kendal Fell	Kendal	SD504932	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	21oC 80% cloud.
17 Jul 2021	Cinnabar	26	Larva	Broughton Moor	Broughton Mills	SD241936	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	10-11.30am. 21c. 100% sun.
16 Jul 2021	Six-spot Burnet	16	Adult	West Beach dunes S of harbour	Silloth	NY102530	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	11.50am-12.20pm, sunny and warm.
14 Jul 2021	Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet	6	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY307541	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	NW part of reserve. Increasingly sunny, 12:50 - 13:25.
14 Jul 2021	Six-spot Burnet	6	Adult	Watchtree Nature Reserve	Great Orton	NY307541	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	NW part of reserve. Increasingly sunny, 12:50 - 13:25.
8 Jul 2021	Six-spot Burnet	6	Adult	North Walney	Barrow in Furness	SD171708	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	11.15-12.15. 17c. Overcast.
5 Jul 2021	Six-spot Burnet	6	Adult	Dalston Cycle Track	Carlisle	NY377509	VC70 Cumberland	Bill
29 Jun 2021	Six-spot Burnet	16	Adult	Whelpo	Wigton	NY308397	VC70 Cumberland	Ian J Armstrong	Slight cloud with max.sunshine and slight breeze. Very warm (...)
27 Jun 2021	Chimney Sweeper	6	Adult	Bowber Head Farm	Ravenstonedale	NY739033	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
9 Jun 2021	Burnet Companion	16	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189714	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	14.00 to 16.00 with three other observers. Most of northern slag (...)
6 Jun 2021	Speckled Yellow	6	Adult	Newlands Beck embankment	Braithwaite	NY239244	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Along the path alongside Newlands Beck. Including this mating (...)
1 Jun 2021	Brown Silver-line	6	Adult	High Stand Plantation	Cotehill	NY48514825	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Most found in a small grassy glade.
29 May 2021	Burnet Companion	6	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow in Furness	SD189710	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	15-19C. Sunny intervals.
20 Aug 2020	Silver Y	6	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD192712	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	8.50-11.10. 17-19c. 100% sun.
7 Aug 2020	Drinker	6	Egg	Sowerby Wood	Dalston	NY36585185	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Drinker (?) eggs, ca 2.5mm long, found on gorse. Not specified (...)
13 Jun 2020	Burnet Companion	6	Adult	Cavendish Dock Road waste ground	Barrow-in-Furness	SD203687	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	13.30-14.05.22C. Full sun.
31 May 2020	Chimney Sweeper	6	Adult	Cummacatta Wood	Grange-in-Borrowdale	NY254169	VC70 Cumberland	Pete Barron
25 May 2020	Brown Silver-line	76	Adult	High Dam	Rusland	SD358888	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
12 Apr 2020	Emperor Moth	6	Adult	Rusland Moss NNR	Rusland	SD334886	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
6 Aug 2019	Silver Y	6	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	Martin Chadwick	50 minutes observation in and around the quarry. full sun but (...)
2 Aug 2019	Silver Y	6	Adult	Sandscale Haws	Barrow-in-Furness	SD196754	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	22c. 11.30-13.30. 10% sun.
21 Jul 2019	Shaded Broad-bar	6	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY728071	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon
7 Jul 2019	Chimney Sweeper	6	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Kirkby Stephen	NY761082	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	No wind in cutting and really warm when the sun shone, ~20 deg (...)
27 Jun 2019	Chimney Sweeper	6	Adult	Thwaite Head Fell	Rusland	SD3556491200	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans	100% sun, 23c.
25 Jun 2019	Bird-cherry Ermine	6	Larva	Allerdale Ramble	Grange-in-Borrowdale	NY250175	VC70 Cumberland	Jeremy Bartlett	Larval webs on cherry trees. Mostly empty, but one with a (...)
22 Jun 2019	Six-spot Burnet	16	Adult	Scout Scar	Brigsteer	SD4889	VC69 Westmorland	Lindsey Gould
19 Jun 2019	Yellow Shell	6	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD188709	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	South slag bank. Full sun. Breezy.
17 Jun 2019	Brown Silver-line	16	Adult	Thwaite Head Fell	Rusland	SD3556491200	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans	Overcast, 14c, very windy. Path through bracken and scrub
17 Jun 2019	Brown Silver-line	6	Adult	Thwaite Head Fell	Rusland	SD3497391099	VC69 Westmorland	Richard Evans	Overcast, 16c, windy
17 Jun 2019	Chimney Sweeper	86	Adult	Barkbooth Lot	Crosthwaite	SD418909	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
10 Jun 2019	Six-spot Burnet	16	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Witherslack	SD466850	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
31 Aug 2018	Silver Y	16	Adult	Cliburn Moss NNR	Cliburn	NY579257	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
12 Aug 2018	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	6	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY725067	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	21oC 20% sun very humid....the most I have seen for along time.
9 Aug 2018	Silver Y	6	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD450852	VC69 Westmorland	Peter Howard	90%sunshine, 19 oC
6 Aug 2018	Silver Y	6	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD43928279	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell
5 Aug 2018	Silver Y	6	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD460854	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	22oC Sunny
5 Aug 2018	Silver Y	6	Adult	Latterbarrow Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD440828	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
26 Jul 2018	Silver Y	6	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727069	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
18 Jul 2018	Silver Y	6	Adult	Whitbarrow White Scar	Levens	SD460854	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	24oC 50% sun...on Buddleia
18 Jul 2018	Silver Y	6	Adult	Lakeshore path	Nether Wasdale	NY147047	VC70 Cumberland	Helen Wallace
1 Jul 2018	Six-spot Burnet	26	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189710	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	28C. 95 min walk.
27 Jun 2018	Chimney Sweeper	6	Adult	Brantwood lower garden	Coniston	SD311958	VC69 Westmorland	Brian and Lindsey Snell
5 Jun 2018	Six-spot Burnet	36	Adult	Mawbray Banks	Mawbray	NY083472	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Cocoons. Most near bird
31 May 2018	Silver Y	6	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189710	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	2.15pm-4.15pm. 20c
31 May 2018	Six-spot Burnet	6	Larva	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189710	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	Larvae
12 May 2018	Common Heath	16	Adult	Duddon Mosses NNR	Broughton in Furness	SD228858	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	Either side of the old boardwalk.
23 Jul 2017	Silver Y	6	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189713	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	90% overcast. 2 hours.
5 Jul 2017	Large Yellow Underwing	16	Adult	Hutton Roof	Hutton	SD549775	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	18oC 50% Sun
5 Jul 2017	Six-spot Burnet	6	Adult	Hutton Roof	Hutton	SD549775	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	18oC 50% Sun
18 Jun 2017	Chimney Sweeper	16	Adult	Smardale Disused Rly Line	Newbiggin-on-Lune	NY712061	VC69 Westmorland	Margaret and David Eastlick	Melancholy Thistle,Wood Cranesbill, and Dog Rose Blue sky, (...)
17 Jun 2017	Chimney Sweeper	16	Adult	Brown Robin Nature Reserve	Grange over Sands	SD4179	VC69 Westmorland	Doreen Howard
17 Jun 2017	Cinnabar	6	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD454776	VC69 Westmorland	Tom O'Boyle and Kate Blomfield
7 Jun 2017	Chimney Sweeper	26	Adult	Barkbooth Lot	Bowland Bridge	SD418909	VC69 Westmorland	Karen Bullimore
9 May 2017	Speckled Yellow	6	Adult	Howe Ridding	Witherslack	SD435870	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Winnick	14oC 60% sun.
7 Sep 2016	Silver Y	6	Adult	Ormsgill Slag Banks	Barrow-in-Furness	SD189713	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	18C. 20% cloud. 90mins.
16 Jun 2016	Chimney Sweeper	6	Adult	Yew Tree Tarn	Coniston	NY322003	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Occasional sunshine.
3 Jun 2016	Chimney Sweeper	6	Adult	Maryport Golf Course	Maryport	NY052390	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion
16 Oct 2015	Silver Y	6	Adult	Fothergill	Maryport (south of)	NY023345	VC70 Cumberland	John Callion	Feeding together on Mustard
31 Aug 2015	Shaded Broad-bar	6	Adult	Steelworks Site	Workington	NX985271	VC70 Cumberland	K Hamilton	July highflyer
17 Aug 2015	Twin-spot Carpet	6	Adult	Crinkle Crags	Chapel Stile	NY259040	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows	spread over 2km
12 Jul 2015	Silver Y	6	Adult	Greenside	Kendal	SD510924	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	22.30, still. Feeding on Red Valerian. No other moth species.
3 Jul 2015	Silver-ground Carpet	6	Adult	The Helm	Oxenholme	SD529891	VC69 Westmorland	Roger Fellows
22 Jun 2014	Yellow Shell	16	Adult	Dubmill Point	Allonby	NY077460	VC70 Cumberland	K Hamilton
8 Jun 2014	Cinnabar	6	Adult	Oldside Wind Farm	Workington	NX994303	VC70 Cumberland	Stephen Lowther
6 Jun 2014	Cinnabar	6	Adult	Soddy Gap	Little Broughton	NY078328	VC70 Cumberland	K Hamilton
16 May 2014	Brown Silver-line	6	Adult	Flashbank Wood	Levens	SD490882	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey

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