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Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings: Winter Moth

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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
3 Dec 2017	Winter Moth	7	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY5459	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Females found on fenceposts at various locations in or at the (...)
10 Nov 2016	Northern Winter Moth	5	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Kirkbampton	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Northern Winter Moth (females?) confirmed by MC Nov 2016. All (...)
14 Nov 2019	Northern Winter Moth	4	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY542590	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	All found on fenceposts at the edge of woodland to the west of (...)
3 Dec 2018	Winter Moth	3	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Kirkbampton	NY274563	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female on a fencepost with 7-Spot Ladybird. Three (...)
27 Nov 2022	Winter Moth	2	Adult	Kingmoor Sidings NR	Carlisle	NY38445814	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Two flightess females found on the same fencepost under a line (...)
28 Dec 2018	Winter Moth	2	Adult	Borrowdale YHA	Rosthwaite	NY254142	VC70 Cumberland	Tony Moverley	Attracted to outside lights of Youth Hostel; on window.
23 Nov 2018	Winter Moth	2	Adult	Low Ploughlands	Kirkbampton	NY279567	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	One of two flightless females found on fenceposts, about 10m (...)
27 Nov 2016	Winter Moth	2	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Kirkbampton	NY273563	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Winter Moth identified by MC Dec 2016 Both found on fence posts (...)
19 Dec 2022	Winter Moth	1	Adult	Stanwix garden	Carlisle	NY402572	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Settled on house window 6pm.
21 Nov 2020	Winter Moth	1	Adult	Kingmoor North NR	Carlisle	NY38555953	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female on a steel cabinet at the CNDR underpass, and (...)
21 Nov 2020	Winter Moth	1	Adult	Kingmoor North NR	Carlisle	NY38695966	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female found on the back of a wooden bench in mixed (...)
21 Nov 2020	Winter Moth	1	Adult	Kingmoor North NR	Carlisle	NY38765972	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female found on car park fence at the woodland edge, (...)
11 Nov 2020	Northern Winter Moth	1	Adult	Kingmoor Sidings NR	Carlisle	NY38715734	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Male perched on trunk of birch tree in largely birch woodland. (...)
23 Dec 2019	Winter Moth	1	Adult	Greenside	Kendal	SD510924	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Male, to lighted window.
24 Nov 2019	Winter Moth	1	Adult	Watch Hill Wood	Hayton	NY522584	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found on a fencepost at the woodland edge. Not a great photo (...)
1 Dec 2018	Northern Winter Moth	1	Adult	Kingmoor Sidings NR	Carlisle	NY384581	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female found perched on a rusty metal post in birch (...)
24 Nov 2018	Northern Winter Moth	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY565616	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female found on a fencepost by the roadside. (...)
12 Nov 2018	Northern Winter Moth	1	Adult	Kingmoor Sidings NR	Carlisle	NY385579	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Female found on a post in birch woodland. Measured at about 8mm (...)
11 Oct 2018	Northern Winter Moth	1	Adult	Greenside	Kendal	SD510924	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	To lighted window. Almost white hind wing.
30 Nov 2017	Winter Moth	1	Adult	Kingmoor Sidings NR	Carlisle	NY387575	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Male perched on signpost. WM suggested as opposed to NWM as (...)
18 Nov 2017	Winter Moth	1	Adult	Kingmoor South NR	Carlisle	NY388588	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female perched on handrail of wooden bridge in (...)
14 Nov 2017	Winter Moth	1	Adult	Kingmoor Sidings NR	Carlisle	NY385581	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female found on fencepost under oak tree (measured at (...)
8 Nov 2017	Northern Winter Moth	1	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Kirkbampton	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female found on fencepost. Id based on wing length.
8 Nov 2017	Winter Moth	1	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Kirkbampton	NY277567	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Perched on trunk of conifer tree.
10 Dec 2016	Winter Moth	1	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Kirkbampton	NY274566	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Female on fencepost. Id based on measured length of 6-7mm and (...)
25 Nov 2016	Northern Winter Moth	1	Adult	Haybridge Nature Reserve	Bouth	SD337874	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	On the ground under dead leaves. Found by accident while (...)
6 Dec 2015	Northern Winter Moth	1	Adult	Kingmoor North NR	Carlisle	NY386580	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Winter Moth/Northern Winter Moth (female)? Similar length to (...)
4 Dec 2015	Northern Winter Moth	1	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Kirkbampton	NY277568	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Northern Winter Moth (female)? This is the closest match I can (...)
16 Nov 2014	Winter Moth	1	Adult	Finglandrigg Wood	Kirkbampton	NY274567	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata) on fence-post at edge of (...)

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