Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings: Brown Silver-line

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Date Species Number Site Town Grid Ref. Recorder Comment Image
22 Jun 2023 Brown Silver-line 2 Duddon Mosses NNR Broughton in Furness SD224853 Helen Wallace 24C. 100% sun.
17 Jun 2023 Brown Silver-line 2 Foulshaw Moss Foulshaw SD458837 Chris Scaife Overcast and breezy, about 6pm
12 Jun 2023 Brown Silver-line 4 Foulshaw Moss Foulshaw SD458837 Chris Scaife 41750.jpeg
12 Jun 2023 Brown Silver-line 1 Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD445819 Chris Scaife 41759.jpeg
31 May 2023 Brown Silver-line 1 Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 Sarah Mitchell
27 May 2023 Brown Silver-line 27 Black Combe Whitbeck SD118871 Chris Scaife 41128.jpeg
26 May 2023 Brown Silver-line 1 Scarrowhill Wood Brampton NY566615 Richard Brown hot and sunny
25 May 2023 Brown Silver-line 14 Jockey Shield area Castle Carrock NY562557 Richard Brown hot and sunny
17 May 2023 Brown Silver-line 8 Wakebarrow Witherslack SD4586 Dave Wainwright
13 May 2023 Brown Silver-line 2 Track and fell Talkin Head NY553564 Richard Brown Sunny 11am to 1pm 40689.png
25 Jun 2022 Brown Silver-line 1 Footpath High Nibthwaite SD296896 Helen Wallace 18c. 100% sun
20 Jun 2022 Brown Silver-line 1 Ormsgill Quarry Barrow-in-Furness SD196713 Helen Wallace 17C. 11.40-12.15.
20 Jun 2022 Brown Silver-line 1 Ormsgill Slag Banks Barrow-in-Furness SD189711 Helen Wallace 17C. 10-11.30am.
16 Jun 2022 Brown Silver-line 2 Holme Park Fell Clawthorpe SD5393579638 Richard Evans On western edge of fell, half way to summit.
2 Jun 2022 Brown Silver-line 10 Drumburgh Moss Drumburgh NY249585 Martin Keiller
1 Jun 2022 Brown Silver-line 2 Armboth Thirlmere NY30551776 Chris Scaife 36133.jpeg
14 May 2022 Brown Silver-line 10 Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 Chris Winnick 80% sun 15 oC....all in usual place
14 May 2022 Brown Silver-line 1 Duddon Mosses NNR Broughton in Furness SD222852 Helen Wallace 17C. Full sun.
14 May 2022 Brown Silver-line 10 Lowick Common Lowick Green SD291846 Lynne Farrell Flying around Erica cinerea on warm sunny day.
13 May 2022 Brown Silver-line 1 Footpath Oxen Park SD317876 Helen Wallace
2 Jun 2021 Brown Silver-line 1 Finglandrigg Wood Kirkbampton NY282570 Martin Keiller 11:55am, side of track near parking place 30893.jpeg
1 Jun 2021 Brown Silver-line 1 Irton Fell Eskdale Green NY134019 Chris Winnick 22oC full sun and little wind.
1 Jun 2021 Brown Silver-line 6 High Stand Plantation Cotehill NY48514825 Paul Kennedy Most found in a small grassy glade. 30745.jpeg
24 Jun 2020 Brown Silver-line 1 Barkbooth Lot Bowland Bridge SD415907 Helen Wallace 12.40-13.30. 22c. 100% sun. No breeze.
17 Jun 2020 Brown Silver-line 3 Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD5448378716 Richard Evans 80% sun, 22C, humid. 40 minutes observation.
14 Jun 2020 Brown Silver-line 1 Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD544787 David Phillips Sunny intervals 22c
4 Jun 2020 Brown Silver-line 3 Nichols Moss Witherslack SD429833 Lynne Farrell Flying on moss
2 Jun 2020 Brown Silver-line 4 Barkbooth Lot Winster SD418907 Lynne Farrell
31 May 2020 Brown Silver-line 12 Bethecar Moor High Nibthwaite SD312898 Helen Wallace From high bethecar to old parrock.
31 May 2020 Brown Silver-line 8 Bridleway Oxen Park SD316875 Helen Wallace Between oxen park
31 May 2020 Brown Silver-line 20 Lord Ling Oxen Park SD317884 Rob Fitter
28 May 2020 Brown Silver-line 50 Bishop's Allotment Backbarrow SD3684 John Mounsey Approximate number. Readily disturbed fom ground vegetation. Hot (...) 25916.jpeg
27 May 2020 Brown Silver-line 1 Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 Sarah Mitchell
25 May 2020 Brown Silver-line 76 High Dam Rusland SD358888 Tom and Felix Fitter
17 May 2020 Brown Silver-line 1 Between Ashness Bridge and Great Wood Keswick NY271199 Anthony Marsh Flying settling on path 25612.jpeg
9 May 2020 Brown Silver-line 5 Claife Heights area Wray SD381975 Mo Richards Warm day.
27 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 1 Cockenskell Blawith SD275892 Tom and Felix Fitter
23 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 1 Grange Fell Grange-in-Borrowdale NY262165 Jeremy Bartlett
22 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 1 Field High Nibthwaite SD299894 Helen Wallace field adjacent to high wood. Mid way between points 4
22 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 1 Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD544787 Sarah Mitchell 20oC. Afternoon visit.
21 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 1 Lord Ling Oxen Park SD317884 Tom and Felix Fitter
19 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 1 Oxen Park Oxen Park SD316878 Rob Fitter
18 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 1 Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD443819 Tom and Felix Fitter
17 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 12 Low Dale Park Rusland SD3530391637 Richard Evans Overcast, 14c, very windy
17 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 16 Thwaite Head Fell Rusland SD3556491200 Richard Evans Overcast, 14c, very windy. Path through bracken and scrub
17 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 6 Thwaite Head Fell Rusland SD3497391099 Richard Evans Overcast, 16c, windy
17 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 5 Thwaite Head Fell Rusland SD3511591507 Richard Evans Overcast, 16c, windy
15 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 3 Lord Ling Oxen Park SD317883 Rob Fitter
10 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 1 Troutdale Troutdale, Borrowdale NY261175 Alex Helliwell
9 Jun 2019 Brown Silver-line 2 Irton Fell Nether Wasdale NY122020 Tom and Felix Fitter
19 May 2019 Brown Silver-line 1 Duddon Mosses NNR Broughton in Furness SD223855 Helen Wallace 90 mins. 15c 80% sun.
15 May 2019 Brown Silver-line 3 Grizedale Forest Hawkshead SD337967 Mo Richards Very warm
15 May 2019 Brown Silver-line 4 High Arnside Tarn Skelwith Bridge NY330010 Mo Richards Hot
14 May 2019 Brown Silver-line 1 Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 Mo Richards Warm
10 Jun 2018 Brown Silver-line 4 River Duddon Seathwaite Duddon Valley SD224961 Tom and Felix Fitter
9 Jun 2018 Brown Silver-line 7 Hutton Roof Common Hutton SD550778 Chris Winnick 22oC 70% sun
9 Jun 2018 Brown Silver-line 3 Meathop Moss Nature Reserve Meathop SD443819 Tom and Felix Fitter
8 Jun 2018 Brown Silver-line 4 Oxen Park Oxen Park SD3187 Tony Moverley (Argent
8 Jun 2018 Brown Silver-line 9 Oxen Park Oxen Park SD3188 Tony Moverley (Argent
8 Jun 2018 Brown Silver-line 1 Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD3382 Tony Moverley (Argent
7 Jun 2018 Brown Silver-line 2 Witherslack Woods Witherslack SD435864 Chris Winnick 23oC 70% sun....both faded
7 Jun 2018 Brown Silver-line 3 Glasson Moss Glasson NY2360 Martin Keiller At the western edge of the Moss, which was very dry with only a (...)
6 Jun 2018 Brown Silver-line 1 Claife Heights Brown Stone Moss Far Sawrey SD381975 Tony Moverley
4 Jun 2018 Brown Silver-line 2 Talkin Tarn Brampton NY545584 Paul Kennedy In meadow at south end of tarn.
3 Jun 2018 Brown Silver-line 18 Finsthwaite Heights Finsthwaite SD359882 Tom and Felix Fitter
30 May 2018 Brown Silver-line 10 Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY125019 Tom and Felix Fitter
29 May 2018 Brown Silver-line 5 Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD536785 Chris Winnick 22oC 80% sun
23 May 2018 Brown Silver-line 1 Ormsgill Quarry Barrow-in-Furness SD201717 Helen Wallace In bracken.
23 May 2018 Brown Silver-line 2 Flashbank Wood Levens SD487885 John Mounsey Light easterly breeze, full sun, 15.30-16.30.
20 May 2018 Brown Silver-line 3 Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 Richard Evans 13165.jpeg
15 May 2018 Brown Silver-line 1 Loughrigg Ambleside NY364040 John Mounsey Sunny, light air. 13048.jpeg
18 Jun 2017 Brown Silver-line 1 Haweswater Burnbanks NY506161 Sarah Mitchell
4 Jun 2017 Brown Silver-line 2 Aira Force Dockray NY400206 Sarah Mitchell
31 May 2017 Brown Silver-line 1 Helsington Barrows Kendal SD4990 John Mounsey Full sun, light breeze.
27 May 2017 Brown Silver-line 2 Naddle Wood Bampton NY509160 Sarah Mitchell On Bluebell leaves.
26 May 2017 Brown Silver-line 1 Town Head Dufton NY707241 Brian and Lindsey Snell
26 May 2017 Brown Silver-line 3 High Stand Plantation Cotehill NY487481 Paul Kennedy Probably more but only 3 confirmed.
25 May 2017 Brown Silver-line 3 Holme Stinted Pastures Clawthorpe SD542787 Chris Winnick 25oC 90% sun..just emerged...first for this site?
25 May 2017 Brown Silver-line 20 Hutton Roof Crags Hutton SD548777 Chris Winnick 24oC
23 May 2017 Brown Silver-line 3 Yewbarrow Witherslack SD433844 John Mounsey Full sun, 18deg.
11 May 2017 Brown Silver-line 1 Drumburgh Moss Drumburgh NY256591 Martin Keiller Near parking area 8870.jpeg
20 Jun 2016 Brown Silver-line 1 Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 Sarah Mitchell 17 C. Breezy with brief sunny spells.
12 Jun 2016 Brown Silver-line 15 Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD201758 Helen Wallace Overcast. 17c. Between 11am-12.30pm 5590.jpeg
6 Jun 2016 Brown Silver-line 1 Burns Beck Moss Killington SD5987 John Mounsey Full sun, light breeze, 29deg. C. 13.15-14.45.
3 Jun 2016 Brown Silver-line 7 Claife Heights area High Wray SD3897 Mo Richards
27 May 2016 Brown Silver-line 1 Irton Pike Santon Bridge NY123016 Ewan Munro
9 May 2016 Brown Silver-line 1 High Dam Finsthwaite SD359886 Martin Chadwick First this year for me.
27 Jun 2015 Brown Silver-line 3 Barkbooth Lot Winster SD418909 Sarah Mitchell
12 Jun 2015 Brown Silver-line 1 Ulpha garden Ulpha SD213954 James Brockbank
12 Jun 2015 Brown Silver-line 30 High Stand Plantation Cotehill NY4848 Paul Kennedy Seen throughout the SW area of the plantation.
11 Jun 2015 Brown Silver-line Harter Fell Seathwaite Duddon Valley SD213992 James Brockbank
10 Jun 2015 Brown Silver-line 1 Langstrath Rosthwaite NY268110 Karen Mclellan
10 Jun 2015 Brown Silver-line 1 Stonethwaite Rosthwaite NY267136 Karen Mclellan
9 Jun 2015 Brown Silver-line 1 Dungeon Ghyll Langdale NY258062 Karen Mclellan
9 Jun 2015 Brown Silver-line 30 Undermillbeck Common Bowness-on-Windermere SD421950 Martin Chadwick many
15 May 2015 Brown Silver-line 1 High Stand Plantation Cotehill NY490482 Paul Kennedy By the side of a track through the woodland 1995.jpeg
26 May 2014 Brown Silver-line 2 Bradleyfield Kendal SD495914 Sue Shiels
20 May 2014 Brown Silver-line 12 The Helm Kendal SD534896 Brian Snell
16 May 2014 Brown Silver-line 1 Brigsteer Park Wood Levens SD484881 John Mounsey
16 May 2014 Brown Silver-line 6 Flashbank Wood Levens SD490882 John Mounsey 322.jpeg
13 May 2014 Brown Silver-line 2 Sandscale Haws Barrow-in-Furness SD188749 Martin Chadwick
25 Apr 2014 Brown Silver-line 1 Wart Barrow Grange over Sands SD393768 Martin Chadwick First this year

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