Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
14 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 50 Adult Bird's Park Reservoir and Paddy Lane Kendal SD5392 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Too many to count properly.
14 Jun 2020 Clouded Buff 5 Adult Undermillbeck Common Windermere SD421950 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick A female photographed. 26490.jpeg
14 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 3 Adult Killington Kendal SD598911 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick with three others over 30 minutes sunny and very warm
14 Jun 2020 Micropterix aureatella 3 Adult Miltonrigg Wood Brampton NY558613 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Three seen from path through the wood over a distance of about (...) 26481.jpeg
14 Jun 2020 Cinnabar 2 Adult Killington Kendal SD594919 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick with three others over 2.5 hours Very warm in the sun, sunny (...)
14 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 2 Adult Fellside Wood Old Hutton SD562880 VC69 Westmorland Louise McGurk
14 Jun 2020 Phiaris palustrana 2 Adult Miltonrigg Wood Brampton NY56506177 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Two Phiaris palustrana (?) found about 50m apart on Rhododendron (...) 26480.jpeg
14 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 2 Adult Aikbank Waverton NY217459 VC70 Cumberland Peter Ritson on white clover
14 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 1 Adult Killington Kendal SD594919 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick with three others over 2.5 hours Very warm in the sun, sunny (...)
14 Jun 2020 Silver Y 1 Adult Killington Kendal SD594919 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick with three others over 2.5 hours Very warm in the sun, sunny (...)
14 Jun 2020 Brown Silver-line 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD544787 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny intervals 22c
14 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 1 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD544787 VC69 Westmorland David Phillips Sunny intervals 22c
14 Jun 2020 Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 Adult Eastgate, Sandylands Kendal SD524930 VC69 Westmorland Gary Gould In garden
14 Jun 2020 Silver Y 1 Adult Claife High Wray SD371995 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
14 Jun 2020 Pyrausta cingulata 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD466851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell On wild Thyme.