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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
9 Jul 2023	Silver Y	5	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	sunny and humid
23 Jun 2023	Pale-shouldered Brocade	1	Adult	Smoot Garth	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Pale-shouldered Brocade - Lacanobia thalassina - sunny, hot & (...)
17 May 2023	Esperia sulphurella	1	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Sunny but coolish day, found sitting on an avocado plant (...)
1 Mar 2023	Angle Shades	1	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Penrith	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Found in kitchen tonight
29 Jul 2022	Common Plume	2	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY618201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Dull but warm - about 20 degrees
29 Jul 2022	Shaded Broad-bar	1	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY618201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Dull but warm - about 20 degrees
26 Jul 2022	Common Plume	1	Adult	Hay meadow by Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY616216	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	mixed sunny about 19 degrees
26 Jul 2022	Shaded Broad-bar	2	Adult	Hay meadow by Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY616216	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	mixed sunny about 19 degrees
26 Jul 2022	Silver Y	3	Adult	Hay meadow by Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY616216	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	mixed sunny about 19 degrees
21 Jul 2022	Gold Spangle	1	Adult	Lyvennet scrape, east	Kings Meaburn	NY619202	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	18 degrees - on rough grassland by scrape to East of Lyvennet. (...)
19 Jul 2022	Brown China-mark	10	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	28 degrees - late afternoon. These moths evident around the (...)
18 Jul 2022	Straw Dot	1	Adult	Quarry Pond on left 300 metres over cattle by Gilts farm on Orton Scar	Crosby Ravensworth	NY627113	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	29 degrees - Not the greatest photo!!
18 Jul 2022	Brown China-mark	15	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	32 degrees - Very evident around the scrape edges and vegetation (...)
16 Jul 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Smoot Garth	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Cloudy about 22 degrees feeding on the purple loosestrife around (...)
11 Jul 2022	Brown China-mark	50	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Warm, 24 degrees, clouding over about 16.30hrs. Visible in the (...)
10 Jul 2022	Dark Arches	1	Adult	Smoot Garth	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Flew into house about 23.45hrs - released out 10 minutes later, (...)
6 Jul 2022	Ghost Moth	1	Adult	Carls Head	Kings Meaburn	NY623218	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	breezy and overcast. Photograph and sighting by Clare Nattrass (...)
6 Jul 2022	Light Emerald	1	Adult	Carls Head	Kings Meaburn	NY624218	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	breezy and overcast. Photograph and sighting by Clare Nattrass (...)
6 Jul 2022	Dark Arches	1	Adult	Smoot Garth	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Another Dark Arches, had flown into the house.
2 Jul 2022	White Ermine	1	Adult	Piper Hole	Ravenstonedale	NY729030	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	sunny afternoon, about 18 degrees
30 Jun 2022	Brown China-mark	5	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	sunny, and the wind had dropped - 19 degrees
30 Jun 2022	Large Yellow Underwing	1	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	sunny, and the wind had dropped - 19 degrees
30 Jun 2022	Straw Dot	4	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Sunny afternoon, wind dropped 19 degrees.
30 Jun 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Smoot Garth	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Sunny morning, less wind - 1st time I've seen one in the Eden (...)
29 Jun 2022	Brown China-mark	5	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Another 1st for here, obviously the scrape has attracted these
29 Jun 2022	Chrysoteuchia culmella	3	Adult	Scrape by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Corrected to this species by M Chadwick rather than the initial (...)
16 Jun 2022	Lime Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Smoot Garth	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Lime Hawkmoth, I believe, about 18C next to our wild meadow (...)
19 May 2022	Pale Tussock	1	Adult	Smoot Garth	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Resting on shady window during the day
18 Sep 2021	Silver Y	1	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	warm day and sunny.
25 Jul 2021	Magpie	1	Adult	Smoot Garth	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass
19 Jul 2021	Common Plume	1	Adult	Lyvennet north of Littlebeck inflow	Kings Meaburn	NY619201	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass
24 Jun 2021	Chimney Sweeper	30	Adult	Hay meadow by Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY616217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Many flying among the grasses in the meadow
18 Jun 2021	Cinnabar	1	Adult	Little Asby Common	Little Asby	NY698100	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Warm sunny afternoon
18 Jun 2021	Yellow Shell	5	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Waitby	NY758086	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Warm sunny afternoon Seen near entrance to reserve and (...)
14 Jun 2021	Cinnabar	2	Adult	Allithwaite Quarry	Allithwaite	SD391767	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Sunny about 13.00hrs and 18C
12 Jun 2021	Clouded Magpie	2	Adult	Smardale Gill	Smardale	NY728072	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Sunny and warm
9 Jun 2021	Chimney Sweeper	10	Adult	Hay meadow by Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY616217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Active in the sun on this warm day, although there was quite a (...)
24 May 2021	Common Carpet	3	Adult	Meadow by River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY616216	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	PM with the sun in and out after a lot of rain, coolish
19 Sep 2020	Silver Y	2	Adult	River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	In and around garden on sunny day
26 Aug 2020	Grey Chi	1	Adult	Smoot Garth	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Resting during the day on house wall
26 Aug 2020	Large Yellow Underwing	1	Adult	Smoot Garth	Kings Meaburn	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Spent night in house
15 Aug 2020	Silver Y	2	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727068	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	In the Gill to the South East of the Smardale Gill Viaduct in (...)
3 Aug 2020	Shaded Broad-bar	1	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727070	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Seen in the afternoon before the sun came out - to the East of (...)
2 Aug 2020	Antler Moth	1	Adult	River Lyvennet	Kings Meaburn	NY619203	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Feeding on creeping thistle whilst the sun was out in the (...)
29 Jul 2020	Cinnabar	2	Adult	Above the shoreline, north of Jenny Brown's Point	Silverdale	SD458739	VC60 West Lancashire	David Nattrass	Caterpillars on Oxford Ragwort
25 Jul 2020	Silver-ground Carpet	1	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Kirkby Stephen	NY757086	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	One seen on dullish humid afternoon
25 Jul 2020	Yellow Shell	1	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Kirkby Stephen	NY757086	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	1 flitting about on dullish humid afternoon
18 Jul 2020	Shaded Broad-bar	5	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY637207	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	On the woodland edge flying in the sunshine
4 Jul 2020	Silver Y	10	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY616217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	In the hay meadow, appeared to be laying eggs
30 Jun 2020	Ditula angustiorana	1	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY620210	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	One on nettles by road to Well Tree on a damp cool day
30 Jun 2020	Pseudargyrotoza conwagana	1	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY620210	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	One on nettles by road to Well Tree on a damp cool day
26 Jun 2020	Chimney Sweeper	50	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY615217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Many Chimney Sweepers in this haymeadow by the beck in sunny (...)
26 Jun 2020	Straw Dot	1	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY615217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	1 seen in this hay meadow during sunny weather - a 1st for me - (...)
20 Jun 2020	Chimney Sweeper	20	Adult	Swindale	Penrith	NY515130	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	A large number active in the afternoon
19 Jun 2020	Yellow Shell	10	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Kirkby Stephen	NY761082	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Seen over the reserve between the rain showers - humid
8 Jun 2020	Clouded Magpie	5	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727071	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	In the woodland down by Scandal beck - all resting on leaves (...)
8 Jun 2020	Common Plume	1	Adult	Smardale Gill	Kirkby Stephen	NY727071	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	1 flying near the viaduct in sunshine.
4 Jun 2020	Latticed Heath	1	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Kirkby Stephen	NY757085	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	One fly on breezy bright day with heavy showers
4 Jun 2020	Yellow Shell	1	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Kirkby Stephen	NY757085	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	One flying on breezy bright day with heavy showers
25 May 2020	Silver-ground Carpet	1	Adult	Waitby Greenriggs NR	Kirkby Stephen	NY757085	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	on some brash

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