Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings: Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet

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Date Species Number Site Town Grid Ref. Recorder Comment Image
20 Jul 2023 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 2 Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY31115384 Martin Keiller Both rather worn. Sunny 17C, around 11:50. 43683.jpeg
19 Jul 2023 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 2 Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD439826 Helen Wallace 12.30-13.15. 20% sun. Tatty.
9 Jul 2023 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 1 Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD541789 David Phillips 100% sun 20c.
9 Jul 2023 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 1 Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 Helen Wallace 19C. 95% sun.
7 Jul 2023 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 2 Roadside, Sunbiggin Tarn Newbiggin-on-Lune NY674077 John Mounsey Still, sunny intervals, Late morning.
22 Jun 2023 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 1 Woodside Keswick NY222324 Nicole Towler I’ve spotted these a number of times in. Y garden. This is the (...)
21 Jun 2023 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 2 Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 Chris Winnick 19oC 90% sun light breeze.
21 Jun 2023 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 2 White Scar Levens SD460852 Chris Winnick 19oC 90% sun light breeze
19 Jun 2023 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 2 Kendal Fell Kendal SD505934 Chris Scaife Quite damp, but patches of sunshine 42045.jpeg
18 Jun 2023 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 1 Silver Meadows Nature Reserve Dubwath NY198309 Lorna Swift On wild valerian
18 Jun 2023 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 1 Woodside Bassenthwaite NY222324 Nicole Towler I’ve seen these a number of times in my garden. Photos from (...)
15 Jun 2023 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 4 Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 Helen Wallace 100% sun. 23C. 41870.jpeg
20 Jul 2022 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 1 Kendal Fell Kendal SD505930 Ian Tallon Overcast, gentle breeze 21C 37755.jpeg
11 Jul 2022 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 3 Newsham Rd Threlkeld NY329248 Tony Marsh Including one very recently emerged from cocoon 37373.jpeg
1 Jul 2022 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 5 Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD187751 Paul Haughian
24 Jun 2022 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 12 Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188711 Helen Wallace 17c. Cloudy. Pairing of 6 spot with narrow-bordered 5 spot 36791.jpeg
20 Jun 2022 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 3 Oldside Wind Farm Siddick NX995305 Tony Marsh 36909.jpeg
17 Jun 2022 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 2 Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD191742 Paul Haughian unsure of Id please confirm. 36512.jpeg
16 Jul 2021 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 7 Cavendish Dock Road waste ground Barrow-in-Furness SD206686 Helen Wallace 10.30-noon. 23c. 100% sun.
14 Jul 2021 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 7 Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307537 Martin Keiller SW part of reserve. 11:30-12:00 and 13:25-13:40.
14 Jul 2021 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 6 Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307541 Martin Keiller NW part of reserve. Increasingly sunny, 12:50 - 13:25. 32219.jpeg
14 Jul 2021 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 9 Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY311538 Martin Keiller SE part of reserve. Mostly cloudy but warm, 12:00 - 12:35. 32214.jpeg
8 Jul 2021 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 1 Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189709 Helen Wallace 15.15-16.20. 18c. Overcast. 31958.jpeg
3 Jul 2019 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 4 Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307537 Martin Keiller SW part of reserve. Some unidentified flying Burnet Moths also (...) 20803.jpeg
3 Jul 2019 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 4 Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY311538 Martin Keiller SE part of reserve. Some unidentified flying Burnet Moths also (...)
3 Jul 2019 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 1 Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY307541 Martin Keiller NW part of reserve. 20degC sunny, light breeze. Some (...)
30 Jul 2018 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 1 A685 road verge Kirkby Stephen NY715045 Dave Wainwright Many empty cocoons
9 Jul 2018 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 3 A684 verge Sedbergh SD598925 Martin Keiller One settled enabling ID. Also several empty cocoons. Cloudy but (...) 15044.jpeg
25 Jun 2018 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 35 Sandscale Haws Dalton-in-Furness SD198754 Mo Richards
12 Jun 2018 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 1 Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189716 Helen Wallace 14042.jpeg
4 Jun 2018 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 9 A684 verge Sedbergh SD602921 John Mounsey Larvae and freshly made cocoons, larvae still visible inside. (...) 13561.jpeg
8 Jul 2017 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 2 Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 Sarah Mitchell
6 Jul 2017 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 1 Watchtree Nature Reserve Great Orton NY3054 Martin Keiller NW part of reserve. 10315.jpeg
30 Jun 2017 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 5 Foulshaw Moss Witherslack SD458837 David Gower
24 Jun 2016 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 59 Walkmill Nature Reserve Whitehaven NY006187 Chris Mason
15 Jun 2016 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 2000 Lowca rugby club brows Lowca NX979219 Chris Mason Counted 100 then tried to gauge similar size areas. Suspect a (...)
11 Jun 2016 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 250 Lowca rugby club brows Lowca NX980217 Chris Mason Many more than 250 and more beginning to emerge.
7 Jun 2016 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 19 Lowca rugby club brows Lowca NX980217 Chris Mason Only counted resting moths as several 6 spot present. Could not (...)
21 Jun 2014 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 3 Sandscale Haws Dalton-in-Furness SD199756 Mo Richards Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet. #new
16 Jun 2014 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 3 Killington A684 Verge Killington SD600921 John Mounsey Narrow-bordered 5-Spot Burnet unhatched pupae (Known from this (...)

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