Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
7 Jul 2015 Silver-ground Carpet 3 Adult Clawthorpe Quarry reserve Burton-in-Kendal SD535780 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
7 Jul 2015 Silver Y 1 Adult Clawthorpe Quarry reserve Burton-in-Kendal SD535780 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows
7 Jul 2015 Clouded Silver 1 Adult Clawthorpe Quarry reserve Burton-in-Kendal SD535780 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows clouded silver
17 Jul 2017 Silver Y 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD541786 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 09-40 - 11.50 Breezy
29 May 2018 Silver-ground Carpet 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD536785 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Sunny and warm, but strong gusty wind.
29 May 2018 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD536785 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 80% sun
29 May 2018 Silver Y 3 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD536785 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 80% sun
29 May 2018 Cinnabar 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD536785 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 80% sun
29 May 2018 Brown Silver-line 5 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD536785 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 80% sun
11 Jul 2018 Cinnabar 5 Adult Holme Park Fell Lower Burton-in-Kendal SD541782 VC69 Westmorland Charles Thompson Larvae
16 May 2019 Mother Shipton 2 Adult Hutton Roof Burton-in-Kendal SD549777 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 18oC 60% sun breeze
10 Jun 2019 Cinnabar 1 Adult Dalton Crags Burton-in-Kendal SD5534176899 VC60 West Lancashire Mr. Bryan Yorke
18 Jun 2019 Chimney Sweeper 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD5426578883 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Yorke
27 Jun 2019 Chimney Sweeper 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD5433278850 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Yorke
2 Jul 2019 Silver Y 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Finn Bugge 17C-sunny periods
14 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD544787 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny intervals 22c
14 Jun 2020 Brown Silver-line 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD544787 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny intervals 22c
30 Jun 2021 Large Yellow Underwing 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge
5 Jul 2021 Chimney Sweeper 3 Adult Holme Fell area Burton-in-Kendal SD539782 VC69 Westmorland Jack Taylor
22 Jun 2022 Cinnabar 4 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge 19/20C mostly cloudy
22 Jun 2023 Six-spot Burnet 14 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge
24 Jun 2018 Six-spot Burnet 100 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD5463779962 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Everywhere... 14479.jpeg
13 Jul 2021 Pyrausta purpuralis 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Lower Burton-in-Kendal SD541780 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon & Mike Roberts 14.15-15.15 Cloudy 32062.jpeg
6 Jun 2023 Mullein 30 Larva Garden Burton-in-Kendal SD531760 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Mullein #new. Many caterpillars (30+) apparently in instars (...) 41519.jpeg
18 Jun 2016 Chrysoteuchia culmella 30 Adult Hutton Roof/Dalton Crag Burton-in-Kendal SD5577 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Chysoteuchia culmella, but probably not all this species. (...) 5655.jpeg