Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
22 Jun 2023 Six-spot Burnet 14 Adult Holme Park Fell Burton-in-Kendal SD545788 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge
24 Jun 2022 Burnet Companion 14 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17c. Cloudy.
16 Jun 2022 Cinnabar 14 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC 50% sun.. very fresh.
13 Jul 2021 Cinnabar 14 Larva Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.20-14.45. 20c. Moderate breeze.
24 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 14 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 10.00 a.m. visit. Hot. Full sun.
19 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 14 Adult Fisher Tarn Kendal SD5592 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
18 Jun 2019 Chimney Sweeper 14 Adult Brown Robin Nature Reserve Grange over Sands SD4179 VC69 Westmorland Doreen Howard
17 Jun 2019 Chimney Sweeper 14 Adult Low Dale Park Rusland SD3530391637 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Overcast, 14c, very windy
17 Jun 2019 Chimney Sweeper 14 Adult Thwaite Head Fell Rusland SD3556491200 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans Overcast, 14c, very windy. Path through bracken and scrub
14 Jun 2017 Burnet Companion 14 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189714 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 120 mins. 80% overcast but temp in mid teens.
7 Jun 2017 Common Heath 14 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
14 May 2017 Common Heath 14 Adult Cliburn Moss NNR Cliburn NY579257 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 12 males, 2 females.
9 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 14 Adult Witherslack Woods Witherslack SD436865 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 13oC 60% sun.
25 May 2023 Brown Silver-line 14 Adult Jockey Shield area Castle Carrock NY562557 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown hot and sunny
30 Jul 2019 Six-spot Burnet 14 Adult Irt Estuary Drigg SD055980 VC70 Cumberland Jake Manson
28 Jun 2019 Chimney Sweeper 14 Adult Orton Moss NR Great Orton NY339543 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 10.40-11.50am sunny and warm. Probably many more.

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