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Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
18 Jun 2021	Emperor Moth	2	Larva	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Waitby	NY758087	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh	Two instar stages present.
16 Jun 2022	Smoky Wainscot	2	Adult	Keswick Isthmus	Keswick	NY259229	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Smoky Wainscot, feeding actively in daytime, long vegetation (...)
16 Aug 2021	Sallow	1	Adult	Bassenthwaite lakeside	Thornthwaite	NY221273	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Resting on Knapweed Leaf
15 May 2020	Speckled Yellow	3	Adult	Newlands Beck embankment	Braithwaite	NY237247	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Quite mobile around midday
12 Aug 2020	Dun-bar	1	Adult	Scarness	Bassenthwaite	NY218302	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Partially hidden in a rolled up leaf
11 Jun 2021	Yellow Shell	1	Adult	Oldside Wind Farm	Workington	NX993300	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Overcast but bright conditions
6 Aug 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Cummacatta Wood	Keswick	NY253169	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Only 3 butterflies during a couple of sunny hours in the (...)
8 Jun 2020	Red-necked Footman	1	Adult	Borrowdale Westmorland	Shap	NY553038	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh	On wire fencing by track down to High Borrowdale from Huck's (...)
24 Aug 2020	Treble-bar	2	Adult	Station Car Park area	Workington	NX995288	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	On rough ground adjacent to Workington Station Car Park
10 Aug 2021	Dingy Footman	1	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453774	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh	On Ragwort, midday
19 May 2020	Esperia sulphurella	1	Adult	My house	Portinscale	NY246243	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	On outdoor glass in the evening.
30 May 2021	Speckled Yellow	10	Adult	Newlands Beck embankment	Braithwaite	NY238246	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Numerous flying around the public path that runs along the (...)
20 Aug 2021	Common Marbled Carpet	1	Adult	Campfield Marsh RSPB Reserve	Bowness-on-Solway	NY198614	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	No birds but a couple of moths in the hide at the end of the (...)
20 Aug 2021	Twenty-plume Moth	1	Adult	Campfield Marsh RSPB Reserve	Bowness-on-Solway	NY198614	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	No birds but a couple of moths in the hide at the end of the (...)
21 Jul 2020	Northern Spinach	10	Adult	Near Bassenthwaite	Keswick	NY224362	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Lots of different moths flying around the heather at ~ 400m at (...)
21 Jul 2020	Twin-spot Carpet	10	Adult	Near Bassenthwaite	Keswick	NY224362	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Lots of different moths flying around the heather at ~ 400m at (...)
20 Jul 2020	Green Carpet	10	Adult	Near Bassenthwaite	Keswick	NY224362	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Lots of different moths flying around the heather at ~ 400m at (...)
29 Jul 2020	Knot Grass	1	Adult	Nr Threlkeld	Keswick	NY324250	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Larva. On a sunny bank but adjacent to marshy meadow below (...)
9 Jul 2020	Cinnabar	100	Adult	Cummacatta Wood	Keswick	NY253166	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Large numbers of caterpillars on Ragwort
24 Jul 2020	Common Carpet	1	Adult	Blackwood Farm	Braithwaite	NY237250	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	In vegetation bordering Newlands Beck
11 Jun 2021	Cinnabar	1	Adult	Workington Railway Station	Workington	NX995288	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	In land adjacent to BR car park
15 Sep 2020	Haworths's Minor	1	Adult	Swindale	Shap	NY509129	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh	Haworth's Minor Moth feeding in bright sunshine this morning
12 Aug 2020	Antler Moth	2	Adult	Scarness	Bassenthwaite	NY218302	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Free flying between Scarness and Bowness Bays
17 May 2020	Brown Silver-line	1	Adult	Between Ashness Bridge and Great Wood	Keswick	NY271199	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Flying settling on path
17 May 2020	Speckled Yellow	1	Adult	Between Ashness Bridge and Great Wood	Keswick	NY271199	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Flying and settling in grass. Slightly battered specimen
8 Jun 2021	Esperia sulphurella	1	Adult	Garden	Portinscale	NY247242	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Female, (I think), on house wall near light.
11 Jun 2021	Six-spot Burnet	1	Adult	Oldside Wind Farm	Workington	NX993300	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Cocoon seen. Only one, I would have thought there would be more
29 Jul 2020	Shaded Broad-bar	1	Adult	Nr Threlkeld	Keswick	NY324250	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Close to R. Glenderamackin below the Mining Museum
8 Jun 2020	Forester	1	Adult	near Keswick	Keswick	NY262237	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Between Derwent Water and Bass. lake. Location deliberately kept (...)
4 Aug 2021	Brown China-mark	1	Adult	Newlands Beckside	Thornthwaite	NY236251	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Amongst thorny scrub by Newlands Beck
4 Aug 2021	Common Carpet	1	Adult	Newlands Beckside	Thornthwaite	NY236251	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Amongst thorny scrub by Newlands Beck
6 Jun 2021	Speckled Yellow	6	Adult	Newlands Beck embankment	Braithwaite	NY239244	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh	Along the path alongside Newlands Beck. Including this mating (...)
31 Jul 2020	Six-spot Burnet	4	Adult	Smardale NNR	Smardale	NY738081	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh	2 mating pairs
23 Jun 2022	Chimney Sweeper	8	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Waitby	NY754090	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh
10 Aug 2021	Pyrausta aurata	2	Adult	Arnside Knott	Arnside	SD453774	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh
29 Jun 2021	Silver-ground Carpet	1	Adult	High Borrowdale	Shap	NY565030	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh
18 Jun 2021	Agapeta hamana	1	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Waitby	NY758087	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh
18 Jun 2021	Chimney Sweeper	30	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Waitby	NY758087	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh
18 Jun 2021	Timothy Tortrix	1	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Waitby	NY758087	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh
13 May 2021	Common Heath	10	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD446817	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh
24 Aug 2020	Shaded Broad-bar	1	Adult	Oldside Wind Farm	Workington	NX994300	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh
31 Jul 2020	Shaded Broad-bar	1	Adult	Smardale NNR	Smardale	NY738081	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh
18 Jul 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Newlands Beck embankment	Keswick	NY237251	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh
10 Jul 2020	Celypha lacunana	1	Adult	Cummacatta Wood	Keswick	NY255164	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh
9 Jul 2020	Straw Dot	1	Adult	Cummacatta Wood	Keswick	NY255164	VC70 Cumberland	Anthony Marsh

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