Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
9 May 2020 Brown Silver-line 5 Adult Claife Heights area Wray SD381975 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Warm day.
9 May 2020 Mother Shipton 1 Adult Claife Heights area Wray SD381975 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Warm day.
29 May 2020 Chimney Sweeper 4 Adult Gowborrow Park Penrith NY401213 VC70 Cumberland Robert Dawson On the woodland fringe where bracken and scrub start coming out (...)
19 May 2020 Esperia sulphurella 1 Adult My house Portinscale NY246243 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh On outdoor glass in the evening. 25617.jpeg
29 May 2020 Chimney Sweeper 2 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen NY761083 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day almost windless day Penrith branch aggregated (...)
29 May 2020 Chimney Sweeper 2 Adult Waitby Greenriggs NR Kirkby Stephen SD757085 VC59 South Lancashire Margaret and David Eastlick hot sunny day aggregated grid reference Tebay branch
9 May 2020 Common Carpet 1 Adult Braithwaite Moss Portinscale NY243249 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh Flying around at approx 8.30am today 25505.jpeg
29 May 2020 Mother Shipton 2 Adult Killington Reservoir shore Old Hutton SD598914 VC69 Westmorland Gary Gould flying around
29 May 2020 White Ermine 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 25980.jpeg
29 May 2020 Micropterix aureatella 1 Adult New Ploughlands Kirkbampton NY28015674 VC70 Cumberland Paul Kennedy 25955.jpeg
29 May 2020 Chimney Sweeper 1 Adult Bird's Park Reservoir Kendal SD535932 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key