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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
20 Apr 2024	Common Heath	8	Adult	Walton Moss North	Brampton	NY514674	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunny 12 deg
8 Oct 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	New Mills	Brampton	NY549617	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	On Golden Buddleia. 17 degrees, sunny spells.
5 Aug 2023	Common Carpet	6	Adult	Walton Moss North	Brampton	NY517672	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hazy sunshine after rain 5 til 6pm
5 Aug 2023	Garden Carpet	1	Adult	Walton Moss North	Brampton	NY517672	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hazy sunshine after rain 5 til 6pm
5 Aug 2023	Shaded Broad-bar	1	Adult	Walton Moss North	Brampton	NY517672	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hazy sunshine after rain 5 til 6pm also saw a brown plume
15 Jul 2023	Common Heath	6	Adult	Walton Moss	Brampton	NY516672	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sun intervals heavy showers light breeze
15 Jul 2023	Manchester Treble-bar	2	Adult	Walton Moss	Brampton	NY516672	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sun intervals heavy showers light breeze
15 Jul 2023	Silver Y	3	Adult	Walton Moss	Brampton	NY516672	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sun intervals heavy showers light breeze
15 Jul 2023	Silver Y	3	Adult	Walton Moss East	Brampton	NY519664	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sun intervals heavy showers light breeze.
26 Jun 2023	Straw Dot	2	Adult	Walton Moss edge	Brampton	NY517672	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown
13 Jun 2023	White Ermine	1	Adult	Walton Moss East	Brampton	NY520664	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot and sunny strong breeze
13 Jun 2023	Wood Tiger	1	Adult	Walton Moss East	Brampton	NY520664	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot and sunny strong breeze
5 Jun 2023	Common White Wave	1	Adult	Walton Moss	Brampton	NY514675	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown
26 May 2023	Brown Silver-line	1	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY566615	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot and sunny
26 May 2023	Silver-ground Carpet	1	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY566615	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	hot and sunny
12 May 2023	Common Heath	15	Adult	Walton Moss	Brampton	NY514673	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	cloudy but dry, 14 more seen on longer walk in middle of moss
3 May 2023	Common Heath	19	Adult	Walton Moss	Brampton	NY514674	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	also saw a brown plume moth or similar .no butterfly seen
28 Apr 2023	Common Heath	16	Adult	Walton Moss	Brampton	NY514674	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	warm sunny slight breeze
20 Apr 2023	Common Heath	3	Adult	Walton Moss	Brampton	NY513673	VC70 Cumberland	Richard Brown	sunshine sheltering from cold wind
2 Oct 2022	Common White Wave	1	Larva	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY56776156	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Late-instar Common White Wave larva found on a birch sapling in (...)
24 Sep 2022	Iron Prominent	1	Larva	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY56786158	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Iron Prominent larva feeding on the leaf of a birch sapling seen (...)
13 Aug 2022	Ypsolopha dentella	1	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY56656129	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	On sparsely wooded grassland
16 Jul 2022	Agriphila straminella	10	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY566613	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	At least 10. Probably the most common grass-moth found in this (...)
10 Jul 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Lanercost Pack horse bridge	Brampton	NY553633	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	On bridge
7 Jul 2022	Mompha raschkiella	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56506176	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Mompha raschkiella perched on a Rhododendron leaf in a woodland (...)
23 Jun 2022	Crambus pascuella	1	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY56686140	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found in large woodland clearing. I'm not totally sure about (...)
23 Jun 2022	Grass Emerald	1	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY56856164	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	In large woodland clearing (still shown as wooded on Google (...)
4 Jun 2022	Small Elephant Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY566613	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Small Elephant Hawk-moth found in an area of sparsely wooded (...)
28 May 2022	Micropterix aureatella	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56476183	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found in clearing across the road from the Miltonrigg Wood car (...)
28 May 2022	Drinker	1	Larva	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY56616121	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found on step of stile at start of path to Scarrow Hill.
28 May 2022	Pyrausta purpuralis	1	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY56606144	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Seen fluttering around in the sunshine for several minutes (...)
20 Apr 2022	Streamer	2	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY54255902	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Two Streamer moths (Anticlea derivata) found on a fencepost at (...)
11 Feb 2022	Pale-brindled Beauty	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY54445838	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Male found on a wooden post near Tarn End.
13 Jul 2021	Agriphila tristella	1	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY56576147	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	On rough grassland in a large woodland clearing. Hundreds of (...)
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 (...)
29 Jun 2021	Agriphila straminella	1	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY56646131	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	On sparsely-wooded grassland. Vast majority of grass-moths (...)
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 (...)
14 Jun 2021	Chrysoteuchia culmella	1	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY566613	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	In an area of sparsely wooded grassland. Probably numerous, but (...)
13 Jun 2021	Glyphipterix thrasonella	5	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY56556146	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	At least five found on rough grassland near entrance gate, three (...)
13 Jun 2021	Wood Tiger	1	Adult	Scarrowhill Wood	Brampton	NY56596150	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Male found in spider's web in large woodland clearing (not shown (...)
29 May 2021	Micropterix aureatella	5	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56486182	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Five in a woodland clearing over the road from the main car (...)
31 Mar 2021	Emperor Moth	4	Adult	Crookburn Pike, Geltsdale	Brampton	NY5953	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	Four males skimming over the fells
30 Mar 2021	Acleris literana	1	Adult	Low Gelt Bridge	Brampton	NY52175889	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Acleris literana (Lichen Button) found on fencepost at edge of (...)
30 Mar 2021	Ypsolopha ustella	1	Adult	Whinhill Wood	Brampton	NY52395802	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Unidentified micro found on fencepost by path through wood, (...)
14 Sep 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	New Mills	Brampton	NY549617	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	All nectaring on same pineapple buddleia bush
19 Aug 2020	Alder Moth	1	Adult	Middle Gelt Bridge	Brampton	NY53235735	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Alder Moth caterpillar on top of bridge side wall.
21 Jul 2020	Pammene aurita	1	Adult	Low Gelt Bridge	Brampton	NY52025910	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Pammene aurita found on nettles by the side of a minor road near (...)
11 Jul 2020	Phiaris palustrana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56486180	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found close to those reported on 14/6/20, again on Rhododendron (...)
8 Jul 2020	Clouded Magpie	1	Adult	Gelt Woods	Brampton	NY53155750	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found by the River Gelt on ferns in deep shade.
14 Jun 2020	Micropterix aureatella	3	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558613	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Three seen from path through the wood over a distance of about (...)
14 Jun 2020	Phiaris palustrana	2	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56506177	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Two Phiaris palustrana (?) found about 50m apart on Rhododendron (...)
28 May 2020	Eulia ministrana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY55826127	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Eulia ministrana. ID verified by Martin Tordoff from photo
28 May 2020	Micropterix aureatella	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY55916142	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy
19 Dec 2019	Scarce Umber	1	Adult	Watch Hill Wood	Brampton	NY52335846	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Measured at about 9mm in length. Wing stumps seem very small (...)
14 Nov 2019	Argyresthia goedartella	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY54555835	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Argyresthia goedartella? I can't see what else this can be, but (...)
14 Nov 2019	Northern Winter Moth	4	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY542590	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	All found on fenceposts at the edge of woodland to the west of (...)
10 Nov 2019	Scarce Umber	1	Adult	Gelt Woods	Brampton	NY52275911	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female found on a fencepost at the woodland edge.
2 Oct 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	New Mills garden	Brampton	NY549617	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	on golden buddleia
10 Sep 2019	Grey Dagger	1	Larva	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY54815914	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Grey Dagger larva found on a fencepost at edge of woodland to (...)
30 Jul 2019	Apotomis turbidana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56406181	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	On the car park fence.
30 Jul 2019	Blastobasis adustella	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56506160	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Blastobasis adustella found on a fencepost at the woodland (...)
18 Jul 2019	Apotomis turbidana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY55836121	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Not sure about the id, but this is the best match I can find (...)
27 Jun 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	A69 verge near Hayton	Brampton	NY503583	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
27 Jun 2019	Chimney Sweeper	3	Adult	Lanercost Old Bridge	Brampton	NY552633	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Footpath on north bank of River Irthing
15 Jun 2019	Argyresthia brockeella	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY564619	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found on the Miltonrigg Wood car park fence.
15 Jun 2019	Micropterix aureatella	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY564618	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found on the Miltonrigg Wood car park fence
29 Apr 2019	Common Heath	30	Adult	Walton Moss	Brampton	NY515673	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller
29 Apr 2019	Dark Tussock	1	Larva	Walton Moss	Brampton	NY515673	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Larva appeared to be preparing to moult, although I am not sure (...)
23 Apr 2019	Pammene spledidulana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Drab Oak Piercer (Pammene splendidulana) found on fencepost at (...)
10 Apr 2019	Brindled Pug	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY54265885	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	On a fencepost in woodland to west of tarn.
5 Apr 2019	Diurnea fagella	1	Adult	Gelt Woods	Brampton	NY522591	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female found on fencepost at edge of woods.
17 Mar 2019	Brindled Pug	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY56466173	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found on fencepost at edge of wood (Wingspan 22mm).
16 Feb 2019	Spring Usher	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	On fencepost at edge of wood, measured at 6mm in length. (...)
22 Jan 2019	Spring Usher	1	Adult	Gelt Woods	Brampton	NY521592	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Spring Usher found on fencepost under broadleaf trees at edge of (...)
5 Jan 2019	Spring Usher	2	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Two Spring Ushers found about 20m apart on fenceposts at the (...)
21 Dec 2018	Mottled Umber	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female found perched on a fencepost at the edge of (...)
24 Nov 2018	Northern Winter Moth	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY565616	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Flightless female found on a fencepost by the roadside. (...)
17 Nov 2018	Brick	1	Adult	Gelt Woods	Brampton	NY530585	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Initially seen flying in dappled sunlight in mainly broadleaf (...)
30 Oct 2018	Copper Underwing agg.	1	Adult	Gelt Woods	Brampton	NY530584	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found perched on the trunk of a conifer tree in mainly broadleaf (...)
10 Oct 2018	Silver Y	1	Adult	Miltonrigg wood meadow	Brampton	NY557607	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	22 degrees, 100%sunshine
10 Oct 2018	Silver Y	2	Adult	New Mills garden	Brampton	NY549615	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	On golden buddleia. 20 degrees, 100%sunshine
6 Oct 2018	Silver Y	2	Adult	New Mills garden	Brampton	NY549617	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	On golden buddleia. 11 degrees, full sun
20 Sep 2018	Ypsolopha sequella	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY549589	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	On a fencepost under broadleaf trees at the edge of Tarn Wood
15 Sep 2018	Silver Y	1	Adult	New Mills garden	Brampton	NY549617	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	On Buddleia
19 Aug 2018	Epinotia ramella	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY545584	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Small Birch Bell (Epinotia ramella) on a fencepost at edge of (...)
9 Aug 2018	Flame Carpet	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy
25 Jun 2018	Stenoptylia pterodactyla	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY545584	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Brown plume (Stenoptilia pterodactyla) in a meadow by Talkin (...)
22 Jun 2018	Pandemis cerasana	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Pandemis cerasana (Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix)? There are (...)
10 Jun 2018	Esperia sulphurella	1	Adult	Gelt Woods	Brampton	NY523591	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Perched on brambles
4 Jun 2018	Brown Silver-line	2	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY545584	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	In meadow at south end of tarn.
4 Jun 2018	Cauchas fibulella	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY545584	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Cauchas fibulella (Little Long-horn) amongst its speedwell (...)
4 Jun 2018	Chimney Sweeper	4	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY545584	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	In meadow at south end of tarn.
4 Jun 2018	Clouded Border	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY545584	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	In meadow at south end of tarn.
4 Jun 2018	Eucosma cana	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY545584	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Eucosma cana (Hoary Belle) ? in meadow at south end of tarn.
26 May 2018	Micropterix calthella	200	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY561610	VC70 Cumberland	P Kennedy	On buttercups at the woodland edge over an area of about 10 (...)
26 May 2018	Micropterix aureatella	3	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY558608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Micropterix aureatella (Yellow-barred Gold). Three in close (...)
11 Mar 2018	Spring Usher	1	Adult	Gelt Woods	Brampton	NY523591	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Female Spring Usher? Size (roughly 7mm long), length of wing (...)
11 Mar 2018	Torticoides alternella	1	Adult	Low Gelt Bridge	Brampton	NY521589	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Seen in flight, then landed on fencepost near Low Gelt quarry.
3 Dec 2017	Scarce Umber	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY542590	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Scarce Umber (Agriopis aurantiaria)? Measured at just over 10mm (...)
3 Dec 2017	Winter Moth	7	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY5459	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Females found on fenceposts at various locations in or at the (...)
5 Nov 2017	Dahlica inconspicuella	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY543589	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found on a fencepost in broadleaf woodland to the west of Talkin (...)
28 Sep 2017	Argyresthia pruniella	1	Adult	Gelt Woods	Brampton	NY523591	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Found on fencepost at edge of broadleaf woodland. Looks like (...)
23 Sep 2017	Acleris sparsana	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY542590	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Ashy Button (Acleris sparsana)? Found on a fencepost at edge of (...)
8 Aug 2017	Stenoptylia pterodactyla	4	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY548586	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	In a meadow near the tarn (10 minute count)
25 Jul 2017	Diplodoma laichartingella	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY542590	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Larval case found in the same area as the one found and reported (...)
25 Jul 2017	Stenoptylia pterodactyla	10	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY545584	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Brown Plume (Stenoptilia pterodactyla). In a small (...)
17 Jul 2017	Drinker	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY545584	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy
11 Jul 2017	Argyresthia pruniella	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY545584	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Cherry Fruit Moth (Argyresthia pruniella)?
11 Jul 2017	Diplodoma laichartingella	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY542590	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Larval case of the Diplodoma laichartingella bagworm moth found (...)
11 Jul 2017	Ypsolopha sequella	1	Adult	Talkin Tarn	Brampton	NY542590	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Pied Smudge (Ypsolopha sequella) found on a fencepost at the (...)
3 Jul 2017	Ectoedemia occultella	1	Adult	Gelt Woods	Brampton	NY522592	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy	Nepticulidae family, probably a Stigmella species (many thanks (...)
18 Jun 2017	Snout	1	Adult	Miltonrigg Wood	Brampton	NY559608	VC70 Cumberland	Paul Kennedy
4 Oct 2016	Silver Y	3	Adult	New Mills	Brampton	NY549617	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	15 degrees, sunny ints. On golden buddleia.
27 May 2016	Common Heath	25	Adult	Talkin Fell	Brampton	NY571565	VC70 Cumberland	Karen Mclellan	Many seen on heather over a wide area
12 Oct 2015	Silver Y	1	Adult	New Mills	Brampton	NY5461	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	nectaring on garden buddleia
27 Sep 2015	Silver Y	3	Adult	New Mills	Brampton	NY5461	VC70 Cumberland	Peter Howard	nectaring on yellow buddleia, late p.m. Sunny, 18 deg
25 Aug 2015	Silver Y	1	Adult	Geltsdale	Brampton	NY561560	VC70 Cumberland	Karen Mclellan
12 Jun 2014	Chimney Sweeper		Adult	Faugh	Brampton	NY515555	VC70 Cumberland	Karen Mclellan	All along the Roadside Verges. Many.

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