Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
16 Jul 2020 Magpie 1 Adult House Carlisle NY432547 VC70 Cumberland Bethany Graham 27643.jpeg
16 Jul 2020 Brown China-mark 15 Adult Pond on Kendal Golf Course Kendal SD502933 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 8.45pm, overcast. Readily put up from pond-edge vegetation, (...) 27644.jpeg
16 Jul 2020 Large Yellow Underwing 1 Adult conservatory 16 LA11 7JA Grange over Sands SD403777 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick somnolent on chair cushion 27645.jpeg
16 Jul 2020 Silver Y 3 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 1 hour in mid afternoon. t18C. 10% sunshine.
16 Jul 2020 Six-spot Burnet 4 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 1 hour in mid afternoon. t18C. 10% sunshine.
16 Jul 2020 Yellow Shell 3 Adult Kingmoor North NR Carlisle NY38636001 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy In the large meadow at the north end of the reserve. 27640.jpeg
6 Jul 2020 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD192712 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 18c. 100% sun. Breeze 4. 13.55-15.15
6 Jul 2020 Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minutes in late afternoon sunshine in the lower part of the (...)
6 Jul 2020 Silver Y 1 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD391767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 40 minutes in late afternoon sunshine in the lower part of the (...)
6 Jul 2020 Eudonia lacustrata 1 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY27495638 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Eudonia lacustrata (?) on fencepost at woodland edge. 27411.jpeg
6 Jul 2020 Gold Swift 1 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY27365670 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Male found on wooden post at northern end of Little Bampton (...) 27412.jpeg
6 Jul 2020 Hedya salicella 1 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY28025696 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Hedya salicella on brambles at woodland edge. Nice to find an (...) 27413.jpeg
6 Jul 2020 Zeiraphera isertana 12 Adult Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY275564 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy 12 spaced out on fencing at woodland edge to south of Little (...) 27414.jpeg
6 Jul 2020 Drinker 1 Adult New Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY27845672 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Drinker caterpillar found on gate. 27409.jpeg
6 Jul 2020 Eudemis profundana 1 Adult New Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY27925671 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Found on gatepost under oak trees about 10m from specimen (...) 27410.jpeg
6 Jul 2020 Silver Y 3 Adult Bird's Park Reservoir and Paddy Lane Kendal SD5393 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key
6 Jul 2020 Common Carpet 3 Adult Borrowdale Westmorland Kendal NY567031 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows At least three seen along Borrow Beck and A6 verge
6 Jul 2020 Straw Dot 1 Adult Borrowdale Westmorland Kendal NY569029 VC69 Westmorland Roger Fellows Looked very fresh
6 Jul 2020 Shaded Broad-bar 1 Adult Bird's Park Reservoir and Paddy Lane Kendal SD539934 VC69 Westmorland Rosemary Lincoln 27443.jpeg
6 Jul 2020 Silver Y 4 Adult Witherslack Woods Witherslack SD436859 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell