Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings: Common Carpet

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
27 May 2024 Common Carpet 2 Adult Breaks Moss South East Brampton NY508652 VC70 Cumberland Richard+Brown windy 50% sun rain cleared. all disturbed.
25 May 2024 Common Carpet 6 Adult Forestry Track Sleetbeck NY495756 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sun 19deg light cloud
25 May 2024 Common Carpet 1 Adult Kershope head bothy Kershope NY544864 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sun 19deg light cloud
25 May 2024 Common Carpet 3 Adult Langley Burn Bridge Track Kershope NY513807 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sun 19deg light cloud
19 May 2024 Common Carpet 7 Adult Forestry Track Sleetbeck NY495757 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sun 22deg sheltered from breeze
19 May 2024 Common Carpet 1 Adult Green Lane Bewcastle NY561758 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sun 22deg sheltered from breeze
19 May 2024 Common Carpet 5 Adult Trough Head Kershope NY479745 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sun 22deg sheltered from breeze
17 May 2024 Common Carpet 3 Adult Breaks Moss South East Brampton NY508653 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown 18 deg sun intervals 6 til 730pm
16 May 2024 Common Carpet 3 Adult Track To Moor Newbiggin cumrew NY562493 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloud clearing to sunny 17deg strong E breeze
11 May 2024 Common Carpet 2 Adult Walton Moss North Brampton NY515674 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny 24deg 530 630pm
26 Apr 2024 Common Carpet 1 Adult Siddick Ponds Workington NY000302 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh Bright sunshine 46195.jpeg
17 Aug 2023 Common Carpet 1 Adult Bowness on Solway Nature Reserve Bowness-on-Solway NY207617 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh 44914.jpeg
10 Aug 2023 Common Carpet 2 Adult Crookburn Hill Kershope Forestry NY502793 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown becoming cloudy 22c
10 Aug 2023 Common Carpet 8 Adult Forestry road Kershope Bridge NY501834 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown 24c cloudy muggy f
8 Aug 2023 Common Carpet 3 Adult Birkshill Raughton Head NY377431 VC70 Cumberland Keith Temple 44372.jpeg
5 Aug 2023 Common Carpet 6 Adult Walton Moss North Brampton NY517672 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown hazy sunshine after rain 5 til 6pm
26 Jul 2023 Common Carpet 3 Adult Forestry Track Shankhill NY476746 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown 50% sun breezy 3.30 5pm.
24 Jul 2023 Common Carpet 3 Adult Breaks Moss Walton NY509655 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloudy light breeze.
24 Jul 2023 Common Carpet 1 Adult Borrowdale Grange in Borrowdale NY252168 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh In woodland, resting on bracken. 43804.jpeg
20 Jul 2023 Common Carpet 1 Adult Aira Force Dockray NY399212 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny 16c aira high force to ulcat row 4 to 5pm. first field (...)
20 Jul 2023 Common Carpet 1 Adult Great Mell Penruddock NY406247 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown hazy sun 16c 6to7pm
16 Jul 2023 Common Carpet 1 Adult Forest Track Sleetbeck NY496757 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloudy windy brief sunny intervals 15c 11.30. nectaring but (...)
16 Jul 2023 Common Carpet 2 Adult Grassy Forest Track Kershope NY510808 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloudy windy 15c 11.30.
8 Jul 2023 Common Carpet 2 Adult High Park Askerton NY555713 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown 19c strong breeze overcast thunder near but dry. long grass near (...)
22 Jun 2023 Common Carpet 1 Adult Drumburgh Moss Drumburgh NY253587 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 13:10-14:50 Warm and mostly sunny.
19 Jun 2023 Common Carpet 3 Adult Forestry Track Sleetbeck NY495756 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny 50% light cloud breezy
9 Jun 2023 Common Carpet 2 Adult Forestry Track Sleetbeck NY495757 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown Sunny very sheltered from strong breeze
3 Jun 2023 Common Carpet 2 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY125018 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace 100% sun.
27 May 2023 Common Carpet 2 Adult Black Combe Whitbeck SD118871 VC70 Cumberland Chris Scaife
27 May 2023 Common Carpet 8 Adult Forestry Track Sleetbeck NY496757 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny intervals strong breeze .
6 May 2023 Common Carpet 1 Adult Track Talkin Head NY553564 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown sunny warm some cloud
31 Jul 2022 Common Carpet 5 Adult Campfield Marsh RSPB Reserve Bowness-on-Solway NY2061 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller Mostly sunny, light breeze, 3.30 - 5pm. All seen along the "Blue (...) 38166.jpeg
24 Jul 2022 Common Carpet 1 Adult St Michael's Churchyard Stanwix Carlisle NY401570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
24 Jun 2022 Common Carpet 1 Adult Country lane Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
23 Jun 2022 Common Carpet 1 Adult Raven Crag Keswick NY303188 VC70 Cumberland Roger Fellows
20 Jun 2022 Common Carpet 2 Adult Dodd Wood Bassenthwaite NY236280 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift and Tim Dixon
1 Jun 2022 Common Carpet 1 Adult Armboth Thirlmere NY30551776 VC70 Cumberland Chris Scaife
18 May 2022 Common Carpet 1 Adult Verge Uldale NY250368 VC70 Cumberland Lorna Swift
17 May 2022 Common Carpet 1 Adult Kingmoor North NR Carlisle NY385595 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 35927.jpeg
19 Aug 2021 Common Carpet 1 Adult Eskdale Fell Boot Eskdale NY188040 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace On path from Burnmoor Tarn to Eel Tarn.
19 Aug 2021 Common Carpet 1 Adult Eskdale Fell Boot Eskdale NY187026 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace On path from Burnmoor Tarn to Eel Tarn.
18 Aug 2021 Common Carpet 2 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY402569 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
4 Aug 2021 Common Carpet 1 Adult Newlands Beckside Thornthwaite NY236251 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh Amongst thorny scrub by Newlands Beck
22 Jun 2021 Common Carpet 1 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10:40am - 12:10pm, mostly sunny.
2 Jun 2021 Common Carpet 1 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY275567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 30894.jpeg
14 Aug 2020 Common Carpet 3 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192792 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace 11.05-12.50. 100%sun. 20'sC. 28701.jpeg
24 Jul 2020 Common Carpet 1 Adult Blackwood Farm Braithwaite NY237250 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh In vegetation bordering Newlands Beck 27889.jpeg
28 May 2020 Common Carpet 1 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY271567 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 26274.jpeg
26 May 2020 Common Carpet 1 Adult Aikbank Wigton NY216459 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson
9 May 2020 Common Carpet 1 Adult Braithwaite Moss Portinscale NY243249 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh Flying around at approx 8.30am today 25505.jpeg
21 Jun 2019 Common Carpet 1 Adult Rickerby Park Carlisle NY403570 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller
1 Jun 2019 Common Carpet 3 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY271568 VC70 Cumberland Tom and Felix Fitter
28 Aug 2018 Common Carpet 1 Adult Swinside stone circle Broughton in Furness SD171881 VC70 Cumberland Tom and Felix Fitter
16 Aug 2018 Common Carpet 1 Adult Bowness on Solway Nature Reserve Bowness-on-Solway NY206617 VC70 Cumberland Ian Tallon 1.30 pm - 3.10 pm 16730.jpeg
8 Aug 2018 Common Carpet 1 Adult Glasson Moss Glasson NY230604 VC70 Cumberland Ian Tallon 4.15pm - 6.15 pm Breezy
15 Aug 2017 Common Carpet 1 Adult Eycott Hill Nature Reserve Berrier NY394301 VC70 Cumberland Ian Tallon & Mike Roberts
10 Aug 2017 Common Carpet 3 Adult NY000000 Penrith NY000000 VC70 Cumberland Sarah Mitchell
9 Jun 2017 Common Carpet 3 Adult Soddy Gap Great Broughton NY063331 VC70 Cumberland K Hamilton
21 Jul 2016 Common Carpet 1 Adult Hyton Bootle SD085877 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace Overcast. 17C. Hedgerow west of Hyton
25 May 2016 Common Carpet 1 Adult Irton Pike Santon Bridge NY124016 VC70 Cumberland Ewan Munro
17 May 2014 Common Carpet 1 Adult Braithwaite Moss Braithwaite NY232252 VC70 Cumberland Gary Hedges

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