Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
24 Jun 2020 Brown Silver-line 1 Adult Barkbooth Lot Bowland Bridge SD415907 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.40-13.30. 22c. 100% sun. No breeze.
24 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 10 Adult Barkbooth Lot Bowland Bridge SD415907 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.40-13.30. 22c. 100% sun. No breeze.
24 Jun 2020 Silver Y 1 Adult Barkbooth Lot Bowland Bridge SD415907 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 12.40-13.30. 22c. 100% sun. No breeze. Max 3 seen together. 2 (...)
24 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 3 Adult Sunbiggin Tarn Tebay NY674077 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 13.30-14.15. Hot sun, light breeze.
24 Jun 2020 Chrysoteuchia culmella 30 Adult Sunbiggin Tarn Tebay NY674077 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Number represents abundant, disturbed from the grass. Cilia (...) 27027.jpeg
24 Jun 2020 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Sunbiggin Tarn Tebay NY674078 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Larva inside cocoon. Pupated 26.06.20. Adult emerged 10.07.20.
24 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 20 Adult Tarn Sike Tebay NY665075 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Approx. number. 11.40-12.50. Hot sun, light breeze.
24 Jun 2020 Silver Y 3 Adult Tarn Sike Tebay NY665075 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 11.40-12.50. Hot sun, light breeze.
24 Jun 2020 Six-spot Burnet 2 Adult Helsington Barrows Kendal SD4990 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
24 Jun 2020 Silver Y 1 Adult Lord Ling Oxen Park SD317884 VC69 Westmorland Rob Fitter
24 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 3 Adult Oxen Park Oxen Park SD316876 VC69 Westmorland Rob Fitter
24 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 14 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell 10.00 a.m. visit. Hot. Full sun.
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 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 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 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 Chimney Sweeper 2 Adult Fellside Wood Old Hutton SD562880 VC69 Westmorland Louise McGurk
14 Jun 2020 Clouded Buff 5 Adult Undermillbeck Common Windermere SD421950 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick A female photographed. 26490.jpeg
14 Jun 2020 Silver Y 1 Adult Claife High Wray SD371995 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
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 Pyrausta cingulata 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD466851 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell On wild Thyme.
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 26248.jpeg
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 26249.jpeg
4 Jun 2020 Brown Silver-line 3 Adult Nichols Moss Witherslack SD429833 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Flying on moss
4 Jun 2020 Common Heath 1 Adult Nichols Moss Witherslack SD429833 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Flying on moss
4 Jun 2020 Grass Wave 3 Adult Nichols Moss Witherslack SD429833 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell Flying on mos
4 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 3 Adult Yew Tree Tarn Coniston NY322003 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards
4 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 2 Adult Fisher Tarn Kendal SD5592 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
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 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
4 Jun 2020 Marbled Beauty 1 Adult Garden Dearham Dearham NY066355 VC70 Cumberland Caroline Johnston I found a marbled green moth in the house so had time to observe (...)
4 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 3 Adult Red How Thackthwaite NY1523723328 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke 26241.jpeg

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