Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings: Six-spot Burnet

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
20 Jul 2023 Six-spot Burnet 3 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY309539 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 11:20-13:05 circular walk, mostly sunny 17C. Centralised grid (...)
8 Jul 2023 Six-spot Burnet 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Mating pair, around 2pm. 44059.jpeg
29 Jun 2023 Six-spot Burnet 10 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Including mating pair 43238.jpeg
24 Jun 2023 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller My first of the year 43237.jpeg
26 Jul 2022 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Nectaring on Thistle at 5.40pm. The first adult of this species (...) 38481.jpeg
16 Jul 2021 Six-spot Burnet 25 Adult Mawbray Banks Mawbray NY083473 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10.30-11.30am sunny and warm, light breeze. 32430.jpeg
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 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
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. 32220.jpeg
14 Jul 2021 Six-spot Burnet 12 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307537 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller SW part of reserve. 11:30-12:00 and 13:25-13:40.
21 May 2020 Six-spot Burnet 1 Larva Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Larva feeding on Bird's-foot-trefoil 25730.jpeg
15 Jul 2019 Six-spot Burnet 50 Adult Mawbray Banks Mawbray NY083473 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 12-2pm, sunny and warm with a light breeze. A very low estimate (...) 21467.jpeg
15 Jul 2019 Six-spot Burnet 50 Adult West Beach dunes S of harbour Silloth NY102530 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 3-4.30pm, sunny periods, warm with light breeze. A low estimate (...)
11 Jul 2019 Six-spot Burnet 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Mating pair. 5:40pm, sunny and breezy. 21262.jpeg
3 Jul 2019 Six-spot Burnet 5 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307537 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller SW part of reserve. Some unidentified flying Burnet Moths also (...)
3 Jul 2019 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY311538 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller SE part of reserve. Some unidentified flying Burnet Moths also (...)
2 Jul 2019 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller My first of 2019.
25 Jul 2018 Six-spot Burnet 9 Adult Glasson Maryport NY029359 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 1.10 - 2.30pm sunny but quite breezy. All positively (...)
9 Jul 2018 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
7 Jun 2018 Six-spot Burnet 2 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY3054 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller NW part of reserve. Cocoons. Could also be Narrow bordered Five (...) 14091.jpeg
5 Jun 2018 Six-spot Burnet 36 Adult Mawbray Banks Mawbray NY083472 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Cocoons. Most near bird 13975.jpeg
5 Jun 2018 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Mawbray Banks Mawbray NY083472 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Comment should read: Cocoons. Most near birds foot trefoil, but (...)
5 Jun 2018 Six-spot Burnet 104 Larva Wolsty Banks Wolsty NY096505 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 4 final instar larvae. I stopped counting the very numerous (...) 13980.jpeg
5 Jun 2018 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Wolsty Banks Wolsty NY096505 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Comment should read: 4 final instar larvae. I stopped counting (...)
6 Jul 2017 Six-spot Burnet 7 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 12133.jpeg
6 Jul 2017 Six-spot Burnet 5 Adult Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY3053 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller SW part of reserve. 10314.jpeg
3 Jul 2017 Six-spot Burnet 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY401568 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10201.jpeg
28 Jun 2017 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Recently emerged. Also 2 hatched 12132.jpeg
19 Jul 2016 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
19 Jul 2016 Six-spot Burnet 3 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Jun 2016 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
22 Jun 2016 Six-spot Burnet 3 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Including mating pair 7480.jpeg

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