Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
22 Sep 2015 Silver Y 8 Adult Low Abbey Bowness-on-Solway NY199616 VC70 Cumberland Judith Rogers Nectaring in the garden on purple Monarda flowers at dusk (...) 4089.jpeg
20 Jun 2022 Six-spot Burnet 18 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Siddick NX995305 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh 36913.jpeg
14 Jul 2021 Six-spot Burnet 8 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY311538 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller SE part of reserve. Mostly cloudy but warm, 12:00 - 12:35. 32215.jpeg
20 Apr 2024 Common Heath 8 Adult Walton Moss North Brampton NY514674 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny 12 deg
10 Aug 2023 Common Carpet 8 Adult Forestry road Kershope Bridge NY501834 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown 24c cloudy muggy f
26 Jun 2023 Chimney Sweeper 8 Adult Eycott Hill Nature Reserve Penrith NY394301 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple Very windy
27 May 2023 Common Carpet 8 Adult Forestry Track Sleetbeck NY496757 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny intervals strong breeze .
16 Jul 2022 Latticed Heath 8 Adult Forestry Track Sleetbeck NY495758 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown warm sunny light breeze
1 Jul 2020 Silver Y 18 Adult Aikbank Waverton NY216459 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson lost count
13 Jul 2019 Six-spot Burnet 8 Adult Walk in St John's in the Vale St John's in the Vale NY318201 VC70 Cumberland L Swift and T Dixon Sunny
25 Jul 2018 Cinnabar 18 Adult Oldside Wind Farm Workington NX992299 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 11.50am - 12.30pm sunny but quite breezy. LARVAE.
17 Aug 2016 Shaded Broad-bar 8 Adult Hodbarrow RSPB Reserve Millom SD185787 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace Two hours, full sun.
28 Sep 2015 Silver Y 8 Adult Allonby Allonby NY081432 VC70 Cumberland John Callion Within 100m of each other,mostly on Ragwort
7 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow 8 Adult Rainsbarrow Wood Ulpha SD188925 VC70 Cumberland James Brockbank

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