Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings: Hummingbird Hawk-moth
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| Date | Species | Number | Site | Town | Grid Ref. | Recorder | Comment | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Cedar Lane | Cockermouth | NY1262631193 | Tom Borg | Feeding on Salvias Amistad and uliginosa | |
| 29 Sep 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | A windy day with short sunny spells. 14oC |  |
| 17 Sep 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Holme | SD521790 | Steve Matthewman | At last, first in garden in over 10 years! | |
| 15 Aug 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Keswick | NY270231 | Tim Dixon | ||
| 4 Aug 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | White Scar Raven's Lodge | Levens | SD460853 | Graham Robinson |  | |
| 3 Aug 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Ulverston | SD287766 | Helen Wallace | On buddleia. 7,30am. Sunny. |  |
| 1 Aug 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | Lorna Swift | ||
| 29 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Birkshill Garden | Raughton Head | NY377431 | Keith Temple |  | |
| 28 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Ormsgill Slag Banks | Barrow-in-Furness | SD191703 | Paul Haughian |  | |
| 26 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | L Swift and T Dixon | ||
| 24 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 3 | White Scar Raven's Lodge | Levens | SD460852 | Chris Winnick | 17oC 70% sun little wind. Always a delight. | |
| 22 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | Ravenglass estuary | Ravenglass | SD08669651 | Irene Boston | feeding on sea lavender |  |
| 21 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Nectaring on buddleia at 8.30pm | |
| 19 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | Lorna Swift | ||
| 19 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 17 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 3 | Ravens Lodge & White Scar | Levens | SD461854 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 16 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Raven's Lodge | Gilpin Bridge | SD461854 | Peter Young | 15.00 to 16.00 Sheltered from wind, sunny periods, on buddleia |  |
| 13 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 4 | Garden | Ulverston | SD287766 | Helen Wallace | All on same bush. (verbena?) After dusk. | |
| 9 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Home garden | Workington 5 shore Road CA14 5HL | NX9901526586 | Victoria Bewley |  | |
| 9 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Home garden | Workington 5 shore Road CA14 5HL | NX9901526586 | Victoria Bewley | I have many videos too |  |
| 8 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Keswick | NY270231 | Tim Dixon | ||
| 7 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Barrow Hollin | High Newton | SD407839 | Martin Chadwick | Nectaring on bramble flowers | |
| 7 Jul 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Front garden on Phlox late evening | Kendal | SD517916 | Stephen Baker | Hummingbird Hawk Moth | |
| 29 Jun 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | garden CA 103SE | Orton | NY624082 | Mike hoar | Feeding on honeysuckle no photo too quick | |
| 26 Jun 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Crummock water | Buttermere | NY1604117322 | Ian Haverly | Thought it was hummingbird at first till Google revealed what we (...) | |
| 24 Jun 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Caldbeck | Caldbeck | NY323397 | James Macgregor | ||
| 21 Jun 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD403782 | Pam Wilson | Feeding on various flowers | |
| 13 May 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Wild Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 9 May 2023 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Wild Garden | Holmrook | SD079995 | Tim Wayman | ||
| 16 Oct 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Brockhole Garden | Windermere | NY389009 | Michael S. Smith | Visiting a pink-flowered bush in early afternoon by children's (...) | |
| 10 Oct 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Arnside village | Arnside | SD458788 | Lynne Farrell | Feeding on Red Valerian in house front garden | |
| 8 Oct 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Calvert Court | Endmoor | SD539853 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | On verbena bonariensis |  |
| 6 Oct 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Arnside village | Arnside | SD455786 | Lynne Farrell | Feeding for 10 mins on pink Salvia flowers in garden | |
| 6 Oct 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell |  | |
| 1 Oct 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Cartmel village | Cartmel | SD380787 | Lynne Farrell | Feeding on Verbena bonariensis in garden | |
| 29 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Nectaring on Buddleia |  |
| 29 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 26 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Breezy, cold & mainly overcast. | |
| 25 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Ulverston | SD289783 | Julie Wilson | Seen feeding in my brother's back garden on his fuschia plant |  |
| 25 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Breezy, cool & overcast. | |
| 24 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Breezy & mainly overcast with a few sunny spells. |  |
| 20 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | Lorna Swift | ||
| 18 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | Rural garden | New Hutton | SD571903 | Ian Denny | On red valerian flowers | |
| 18 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Breezy & overcast. Visited at 4.15 p.m. after rain. | |
| 17 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell |  | |
| 16 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Flowery cottage north of Brigsteer Wood | Brigsteer | SD486884 | Robert Pocklington | Feeding on fushia |  |
| 16 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 15 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Nectaring on Buddleia | |
| 15 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | 8.50 a.m. overcast. | |
| 14 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Bowston, Kendal | SD497966 | Claire Gillham | Feeding on phlox | |
| 14 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden LA11 7JA | Grange over Sands | SD403777 | David Eastlick | Sunny, wind free afternoon inspecting phlox then ceratostigma. (...) | |
| 14 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Aikbank Farm | Waverton | NY215457 | Peter Ritson | on verbena | |
| 13 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 11 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden LA11 7JA | Grange over Sands | SD403777 | Margaret and David Eastlick | hovering around ceratostigma flowers on a still warm sunny (...) | |
| 10 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 7 Sep 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Whitbarrow NNR | Levens | SD434876 | Peter Ritson | Basking on the Limestone scree below the mine | |
| 29 Aug 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell |  | |
| 26 Aug 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Arnside garden | Arnside | SD455785 | Lynne Farrell | On Verbena bonariensis 2pm | |
| 24 Aug 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | 11 Fountain Street | Ulverston | SD2869878458 | Ella Mawhinney | I have a video of the sighting |  |
| 23 Aug 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD403782 | Pamela Wilson | Feeding on Verbena flowers | |
| 10 Aug 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Feeding on Buddleia for 10 minutes at 12.30 pm. |  |
| 9 Aug 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | Nectaring briefly on Buddleia at 1.15pm. My first in Carlisle (...) | |
| 6 Aug 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Devonshire Road | Ulverston | SD292782 | Louise Hayton | 3pm in back yard feeding on pertunia | |
| 5 Aug 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Calvert Court | Endmoor | SD538847 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | Nectaring on verbena bonariensis. | |
| 5 Aug 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Smardale Gill | Kirkby Stephen | NY728071 | Ian Tallon | 12.20-15.20 12C-15C Overcast, Showery, Sunny |  |
| 3 Aug 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Grange over Sands | Grange-over-Sands | SD397767 | Martin Chadwick | On Buddleia briefly | |
| 29 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | 17.50 pm. Briefly on Buddleia. | |
| 24 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Kendal Fell | Kendal | SD5093 | Lindsey Gould | Feeding on hare bells | |
| 20 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Seen feeding on Buddleia at 12.30 pm | |
| 20 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Newton Arlosh | NY201552 | Tracy Armstrong | Feeding on lavender | |
| 16 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Smoot Garth | Kings Meaburn | NY620212 | David Nattrass | Cloudy about 22 degrees feeding on the purple loosestrife around (...) | |
| 16 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Keswick | NY270231 | Tim Dixon | ||
| 10 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | Castle Howe | Kendal | SD5121092434 | Dan Hill | Around garden wall |  |
| 10 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Lanercost Pack horse bridge | Brampton | NY553633 | Peter Howard | On bridge | |
| 10 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Cartmel | Cartmel | SD381787 | Robert Pocklington | Feeding on valerian in housing estate car park | |
| 7 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Wetheral garden | Wetheral | NY462549 | R H Jones | on honeysuckle | |
| 7 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Arnside Knott | Silverdale | SD451767 | Roger Fellows | ||
| 7 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Far Arnside | Silverdale | SD447763 | Roger Fellows | ||
| 5 Jul 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Aikbank Farm | Waverton | NY215457 | Peter Ritson | Enjoying a taste of Verbena | |
| 30 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Smoot Garth | Kings Meaburn | NY620212 | David Nattrass | Sunny morning, less wind - 1st time I've seen one in the Eden (...) | |
| 30 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Devonshire Road | Ulverston | SD292782 | Louise Hayton | Feeding on honey suckle , didn't have time to take photo was (...) | |
| 29 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden at Glen Chass | Port St Mary | SC197666 | Helen Foster | ||
| 24 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Aikbank Farm | Waverton | NY215457 | Peter Ritson | Poss same one as yesterday | |
| 23 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Rockwell Gardens | Grange over Sands | SD403782 | Pam Wilson | Showing preference for pink flowers. Very warm and sunny | |
| 23 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Aikbank Farm | Waverton | NY215457 | Peter Ritson | 6.30 on Valerium | |
| 21 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Gosforth | NY0699403473 | J French | Haven't seen before in garden | |
| 21 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Burneside | SD507952 | Sue Shiels | Briefly in garden on Red Campion flowers | |
| 21 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden Colby | Appleby in Westmorland | NY664206 | Trevor Lowis | ||
| 19 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | Slack Head | Beetham | SD49377907 | Nick Gannicliffe | ||
| 19 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | Slack Head | Beetham | SD495792 | Nick Gannicliffe | ||
| 17 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Staveley | SD469984 | Ian Tallon | ||
| 16 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | 51 Plantation Avenue | Arnside | SD461780 | Jennifer Rae | In garden on Phuopsis stylosa | |
| 15 Jun 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Richardson Street | Carlisle | NY390545 | Rachel Fleming | Found in my garden | |
| 20 Apr 2022 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Mealbank | Kendal | SD542958 | Colin Hunter | Sunny morning. Temp. 9deg c. | |
| 25 Sep 2021 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Uldale | NY249369 | L Swift | First sighting of this for me | |
| 24 Sep 2021 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | Windy & showery with short sunny spells. 17oC. 12.45pm |  |
| 15 Sep 2021 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Pennington | Ravenglass | SD084964 | Jake Gearty | Feeding on red valerian in the back of the Pennington pub car (...) | |
| 13 Sep 2021 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Dragley Beck near to | Ulverston | SD290776 | Alison Smithies | Feeding on lavender in my garden at 1745. Only managed to get a (...) |  |
| 14 Aug 2021 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Smardale NNR | Smardale | NY739082 | Tim Wallis | ||
| 7 Aug 2021 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | My first this year. Nectaring on Buddleia. | |
| 17 Aug 2020 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Wetheral garden | Wetheral | NY462549 | R H Jones | visiting buddlea | |
| 31 Jul 2020 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Papcastle | Cockermouth | NY109313 | Peter Thorpe | Seen in our back garden on the Buddleia |  |
| 28 Jul 2020 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Allithwaite Community Centre | Allithwaite | SD387767 | Martin Chadwick | 8.30 am. Nectaring on a buddleia. | |
| 21 Jul 2020 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Kendal | SD454847 | David Phillips | Sunny 21c. Possibly 3 | |
| 21 Jul 2020 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD466851 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 19 Jul 2020 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD466851 | Sarah Mitchell | Warm, sheltered, sunny intervals. |  |
| 8 Jul 2020 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Birkshill Garden | Raughton Head | NY377431 | Keith Temple | On Red Valerian | |
| 1 Jul 2020 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Hayes Garden Centre | Ambleside | NY376035 | Mo Richards | ||
| 25 Jun 2020 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Workington Railway Station | Workington | NX995288 | David Galbraith | ||
| 14 Jun 2020 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Eastgate, Sandylands | Kendal | SD524930 | Gary Gould | In garden | |
| 24 Sep 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | Very fresh looking. Visited garden 3 times to nectar on (...) | |
| 16 Sep 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Burneside | SD507951 | Sue Shiels | On honeysuckle flowers | |
| 15 Aug 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 3 | Home garden | Troutbeck Cumbria | NY414007 | Stephen Sutton |  | |
| 5 Aug 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD466851 | Sarah Mitchell |  | |
| 4 Aug 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Brigham Hill Mansion | Brigham, Cockermouth | NY086303 | Martyn Fletcher | Feeding on Buddleia. Slo-mo vid here (...) | |
| 3 Aug 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Grizedale Forest | Coniston | SD333979 | Mo Richards | ||
| 31 Jul 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499266 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 29 Jul 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Brigham Hill Mansion | Brigham, Cockermouth | NY086303 | Martyn Fletcher | Seen feeding on budlea flower nectar. Short video recording of (...) | |
| 28 Jul 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | White Scar Raven's Lodge | Levens | SD460853 | Chris Winnick | 19oC.bright but little sun.. | |
| 28 Jul 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | Nectaring on Buddleia. |  |
| 26 Jul 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | Nectaring on Buddleia |  |
| 15 Jul 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Nobles Park | Kendal | SD538847 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 15 Jul 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Cumwhinton | Carlisle | NY402557 | Jeremy Smith | ||
| 14 Jul 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Calvert Court | Endmoor | SD538847 | Brian and Lindsey Snell | ||
| 3 Jul 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Skinburness | Silloth | NY124558 | John Callion | ||
| 29 Jun 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Holme Stinted Pastures | Clawthorpe | SD545785 | David Phillips | Seen briefly by two observers on Lancs BC trip | |
| 29 Jun 2019 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Grange over Sands | SD403781 | Garry Richards | Feeding on flowers of a ramble in the garden. | |
| 6 Oct 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Grasmere Garden Centre | Grasmere | NY336073 | Steve Kirtley | Sorry to submit this late.... I found my note when I was having (...) | |
| 27 Sep 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 24 Sep 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden LA11 7JA | Grange over Sands | SD403777 | David Eastlick | sunny, on buddlea | |
| 17 Sep 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | 3 visits during the day. Nectaring mainly on Buddleia. |  |
| 6 Sep 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Penrith | NY499267 | Sarah Mitchell | First one in my garden. Nectaring on Buddleia. | |
| 31 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Broughton Mills | Broughton in Furness | SD222905 | Tom and Felix Fitter | ||
| 29 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Egremont | NY006105 | J butterworth | Flying round red flowers in the garden , very shy and was hard (...) |  |
| 28 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden | Ulverston | SD287766 | Helen Wallace | On buddleia. Late afternoon. 16C. Overcast. | |
| 28 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden Millom | Millom | SD167803 | Margaret Rose Johnston | My garden Feeding on Verbena rigida at 16.00 hours, temperature (...) | |
| 25 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 3 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD466851 | Sarah Mitchell | ||
| 21 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD460853 | Chris Winnick | 22oC 50% sun | |
| 21 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Aikbank | Waverton | NY228013 | Peter Ritson | On Valerian | |
| 14 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | Smardale Gill | Kirkby Stephen | NY724065 | Ian Watts | 1pm, grey skies, 17oC. Both busy nectaring on thistles. | |
| 12 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 6 | Smardale Gill | Kirkby Stephen | NY725067 | Chris Winnick | 21oC 20% sun very humid....the most I have seen for along time. | |
| 11 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD460853 | Chris Winnick | 22oC 80% sun. ...they are having a fantastic second generation. (...) | |
| 11 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Whitbarrow NNR | Witherslack | SD451848 | Lynne Farrell | Fresh and flying fast over my boots | |
| 9 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD450852 | Peter Howard | 90%sunshine, 19 oC | |
| 7 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Oxen Park | Oxen Park | SD318872 | Tom and Felix Fitter | ||
| 5 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD460852 | Chris Winnick | 22oC Sunny | |
| 5 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD460854 | Chris Winnick | 22oC Sunny | |
| 5 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD466851 | Sarah Mitchell |  | |
| 3 Aug 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Bandrake Head | Oxen Park | SD314875 | Hilary Smith | REcord from house owner, not confirmed but he recognised it from (...) | |
| 31 Jul 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD460854 | Jeremy Bartlett | Buddleia flowers | |
| 27 Jul 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Ravens Farm | Levens | SD461854 | Chris Winnick | 26oC 80% sun | |
| 26 Jul 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Smardale Gill | Kirkby Stephen | SD440828 | Andrew Cornall | Watched for many minutes quite close. Video record taken | |
| 26 Jul 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 2 | Smardale Gill | Kirkby Stephen | NY727069 | David Phillips | Both seen between Smardale Gill viaduct and the railway bridge. (...) | |
| 25 Jul 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Orchard Barn | Mockerkin | NY09032321 | Thalia Sparke | ||
| 22 Jul 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Smardale Gill | Kirkby Stephen | NY730070 | Ian Tallon | 10.40-15.30 Overcast What a great day ! |  |
| 18 Jul 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Whitbarrow White Scar | Levens | SD460854 | Chris Winnick | 24oC 50% sun...on Buddleia | |
| 14 Jul 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Stanwix garden | Carlisle | NY402572 | Martin Keiller | ||
| 5 Jul 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Garden, next to How Farm | Portinscale | NY247243 | Tony Marsh | My garden Feeding on Verbena Boniarensis and Buddleia |  |
| 9 Jun 2018 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | St Bees train station | St Bees | NX970119 | Chris Roughley | Around the Valerian at station car park. 14-30. | |
| 2 Sep 2017 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Furness Abbey | Barrow-in-Furness | SD218717 | Chris Winnick | 19oC 90% sun... on buddleia near entrance. | |
| 29 Jul 2017 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Duddon Mosses NNR | Foxfield | SD215851 | Louise McGurk | ||
| 24 Jul 2017 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Blencathra Centre | Threlkeld | NY303255 | Tom O'Boyle | ||
| 3 Jul 2017 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Latterbarrow Nature Reserve | Witherslack | SD440828 | Andrew Cornall | Seen well for several minutes. | |
| 5 Aug 2016 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Allonby Springlea caravan site | Allonby | NY082432 | Nicholas Johnston | Feeding on petunias | |
| 4 Aug 2016 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Allithwaite | Allithwaite | SD387767 | Martin Chadwick | On Buddleia at edge of playing fields | |
| 18 Sep 2015 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Greenside | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | Nectaring on Red Valerian, 6 pm, cloud/sun. The fourth seen on (...) | |
| 10 Sep 2015 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Skinburness Old hotel corner | Skinburness | NY127559 | Irene Stephenson | On Buddleia | |
| 23 Jul 2015 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Whitehaven garden | Whitehaven | NX980177 | Irene Stephenson | Feeding on carnation pinks | |
| 16 Jul 2015 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Greenside | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | Feeding on Red Valerian. 3rd in the garden this year. | |
| 15 Jul 2015 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Middlebarrow Quarry | Arnside | SD469770 | Martin Elsworth |  | |
| 8 Jul 2015 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Greenside | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | Trying to escape from our glazed in porch. Second one this year. (...) | |
| 6 Jul 2015 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Ulverston The Alps | Ulverston | SD288782 | Helen Wallace | 10am | |
| 24 Jun 2015 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Greenside | Kendal | SD510924 | John Mounsey | Nectaring on Red Valerian, Centranthus ruber. 19.30, 16 deg.C, (...) | |
| 6 Oct 2014 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Kendal garden yard | Kendal | SD510933 | Clare Satterthwaite | Feeding from purple flowers | |
| 23 Jun 2014 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | 1 | Kirkhead | Grange over Sands | SD392755 | Martin Chadwick | Nectaring on birds foot trefoil and rock rose |
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