Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
26 Jul 2023 Common Carpet 1 Adult Willington wood Ulverston SD294751 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace
26 Jul 2023 Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland L Swift and T Dixon
26 Jul 2023 Silver Y 1 Adult Garden Uldale NY249369 VC70 Cumberland L Swift and T Dixon
26 Jul 2023 Silver Y 1 Adult Grange over Sands Grange over Sands SD395766 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Scrub and Buddleia area near the recycling site. 20 minutes (...)
26 Jul 2023 Common Carpet 3 Adult Forestry Track Shankhill NY476746 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown 50% sun breezy 3.30 5pm.
26 Jul 2023 Common White Wave 1 Adult Forestry Track Shankhill NY476746 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown 50% sun breezy 3.30 5pm.
26 Jul 2023 Latticed Heath 1 Adult Forestry Track Shankhill NY476746 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown 50% sun breezy 3.30 5pm.
26 Jul 2023 Silver Y 3 Adult Forestry Track Shankhill NY476746 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown 50% sun breezy 3.30 5pm.
16 Jul 2023 Large Yellow Underwing 3 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434877 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 16oC 30% sun. light showers.
16 Jul 2023 Silver Y 6 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434877 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 16oC 30% sun. light showers.
16 Jul 2023 Hummingbird Hawk-moth 1 Adult Raven's Lodge Gilpin Bridge SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Peter Young 15.00 to 16.00 Sheltered from wind, sunny periods, on buddleia 43341.jpeg
16 Jul 2023 Silver Y 2 Adult Raven's Lodge Gilpin Bridge SD461854 VC69 Westmorland Peter Young 15.00 to 16.00 Sheltered from wind, sunny periods, on buddleia
16 Jul 2023 Common Carpet 1 Adult Forest Track Sleetbeck NY496757 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloudy windy brief sunny intervals 15c 11.30. nectaring but (...)
16 Jul 2023 Silver Y 2 Adult Forest Track Sleetbeck NY496757 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloudy windy brief sunny intervals 15c 11.30. nectaring but (...)
16 Jul 2023 Common Carpet 2 Adult Grassy Forest Track Kershope NY510808 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloudy windy 15c 11.30.
16 Jul 2023 Latticed Heath 6 Adult Grassy Forest Track Kershope NY510808 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloudy windy 15c 11.30.
16 Jul 2023 Pyrausta purpuralis 3 Adult Grassy Forest Track Kershope NY510808 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown not sure if this is right cloudy windy 15c 11.30. 43309.jpeg
16 Jul 2023 Shaded Broad-bar 2 Adult Grassy Forest Track Kershope NY510808 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloudy windy 15c 11.30.
16 Jul 2023 Silver Y 5 Adult Grassy Forest Track Kershope NY510808 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloudy windy 15c 11.30.
16 Jul 2023 Straw Dot 3 Adult Grassy Forest Track Kershope NY510808 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown cloudy windy 15c 11.30.
16 Jul 2023 Cinnabar 4 Larva Wild Garden Holmrook SD079995 VC70 Cumberland Tim Wayman
6 Jul 2023 Silver Y 1 Adult Calvert Court Endmoor SD538847 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
6 Jul 2023 Cinnabar 1 Larva Scout Scar Kendal SD488918 VC69 Westmorland Chris Scaife 42706.jpeg
6 Jul 2023 Silver Y 56 Adult Flashbank Wood Brigsteer SD489881 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20% sun 17oC......would have been double with more sun
6 Jul 2023 Silver Y 1 Adult White Scar Raven's Lodge Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 17oC 60%sun. light breeze.

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