Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
29 Jun 2021 Six-spot Burnet 16 Adult Whelpo Wigton NY308397 VC70 Cumberland Ian J Armstrong Slight cloud with max.sunshine and slight breeze. Very warm (...) 31560.jpeg
9 Jun 2021 Burnet Companion 16 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189714 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 14.00 to 16.00 with three other observers. Most of northern slag (...)
19 Jun 2021 Chimney Sweeper 10 Adult River Lowther Whale NY497260 VC69 Westmorland Sarah Mitchell
9 Jun 2021 Chimney Sweeper 10 Adult Hay meadow by Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY616217 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Active in the sun on this warm day, although there was quite a (...) 30962.jpeg
19 Jun 2021 Burnet Companion 5 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow in Furness SD189710 VC69 Westmorland Stephen Dunstan
9 Jun 2021 Cinnabar 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189714 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 14.00 to 16.00 with three other observers. Most of northern slag (...)
9 Jun 2021 Mother Shipton 4 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189714 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 14.00 to 16.00 with three other observers. Most of northern slag (...)
19 Jun 2021 Crambus lathoniellus 3 Adult Kingmoor North NR Carlisle NY38626004 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy In a large area of open grassland at the northern end of the (...) 31184.jpeg
29 Jun 2021 Six-spot Burnet 2 Adult Allithwaite Quarry Allithwaite SD390768 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 31602.jpeg
9 Jun 2021 Burnet Companion 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD188711 VC69 Westmorland Jane Jones 30942.jpeg
9 Jun 2021 Common Carpet 2 Adult Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189714 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 14.00 to 16.00 with three other observers. Most of northern slag (...)
29 Jun 2021 Silver-ground Carpet 1 Adult High Borrowdale Shap NY565030 VC69 Westmorland Anthony Marsh 31641.jpeg
29 Jun 2021 Six-spot Burnet 1 Adult Conishead Priory Ulverston SD303761 VC69 Westmorland Brian and Lindsey Snell
29 Jun 2021 Clouded Border 1 Adult Canal path Ulverston SD300782 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace In long grass..
29 Jun 2021 Straw Dot 1 Adult Garden Ulverston SD287766 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Very worn.
29 Jun 2021 Phiaris palustrana 1 Adult Miltonrigg Wood Brampton NY56506177 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy As last year, Phiaris palustrana found in a woodland clearing (...) 31589.jpeg
29 Jun 2021 Agriphila straminella 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56646131 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy On sparsely-wooded grassland. Vast majority of grass-moths (...) 31590.jpeg
29 Jun 2021 Crambus pascuella 1 Adult Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY56566146 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy On grassland. The vast majority of grass-moths found were (...) 31591.jpeg
19 Jun 2021 Blastobasis lacticolella 1 Adult Kingmoor North NR Carlisle NY38616001 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy Blastobasis lacticolella found on grassland at north end of the (...) 31231.jpeg
9 Jun 2021 Cinnabar 1 Adult Croftlands community centre Ulverston SD287769 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Roosting in long grass.

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