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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
29 Sep 2023	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	A windy day with short sunny spells. 14oC
29 Sep 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	A windy day with short sunny spells. 14oC
26 Sep 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
25 Sep 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Sep 2023	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
23 Sep 2023	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
21 Sep 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
20 Sep 2023	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Celleron	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
14 Sep 2023	Garden Carpet	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny intervals, warm and breezy.
14 Sep 2023	Silver Y	3	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny intervals, warm and breezy.
13 Sep 2023	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny and warm.
12 Sep 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
9 Sep 2023	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Sep 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
6 Sep 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
5 Sep 2023	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Sep 2023	Silver Y	4	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny and warm.
3 Sep 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
2 Sep 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
2 Sep 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
28 Aug 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
28 Jul 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
22 Jul 2023	Silver Y	2	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
19 Jul 2023	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
29 Jun 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
26 Jun 2023	Chimney Sweeper	8	Adult	Eycott Hill Nature Reserve	Penrith	NY394301	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple	Very windy
24 Jun 2023	Silver Y	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
10 Jun 2023	Brimstone Moth	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
9 May 2023	Common Heath	15	Adult	Cliburn Moss NNR	Penrith	NY580256	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Mar 2023	Angle Shades	1	Adult	5 Smoot Garth, CA10 3BL	Penrith	NY620212	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Found in kitchen tonight
6 Oct 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
29 Sep 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Sep 2022	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Breezy, cold & mainly overcast.
26 Sep 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Breezy, cold & mainly overcast.
26 Sep 2022	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Breezy, cold & mainly overcast.
25 Sep 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Breezy, cool & overcast.
24 Sep 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Breezy & mainly overcast with a few sunny spells.
18 Sep 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Breezy & overcast. Visited at 4.15 p.m. after rain.
17 Sep 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
16 Sep 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
15 Sep 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	8.50 a.m. overcast.
13 Sep 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
11 Sep 2022	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
10 Sep 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
10 Sep 2022	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
6 Sep 2022	Large Yellow Underwing	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	On Buddleia.
3 Sep 2022	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Breezy and overcast. 17oC
2 Sep 2022	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
29 Aug 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2022	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2022	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
10 Aug 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Feeding on Buddleia for 10 minutes at 12.30 pm.
29 Jul 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	17.50 pm. Briefly on Buddleia.
20 Jul 2022	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Seen feeding on Buddleia at 12.30 pm
27 Jun 2022	Light Emerald	1	Adult	Martha Gill	Penrith	NY57121811	VC69 Westmorland	Ted Robinson	Spotted at ground level, at 2054
19 Jun 2022	Silver Y	3	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497263	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
14 Jun 2022	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Oct 2021	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Mainly overcast. Showery, windy but warm. 18oC
6 Oct 2021	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny and warm.
24 Sep 2021	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Windy & showery with short sunny spells. 17oC. 12.45pm
12 Sep 2021	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
3 Sep 2021	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2021	Emperor Moth	1	Larva	Askham fell	Penrith	NY4879622268	VC69 Westmorland	Brian Horn	Seen on Askham Fell
7 Aug 2021	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	My first this year. Nectaring on Buddleia.
4 Aug 2021	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
23 Jul 2021	Antler Moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	On Buddleia. Sunny, hot.
8 Jul 2021	Large Yellow Underwing	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Disturbed while gardening.
8 Jul 2021	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Jul 2021	Chimney Sweeper	15	Adult	Eycott Hill Nature Reserve	Penrith	NY389296	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Keiller	Sunny and warm, 4:15 - 5:30pm.
20 Jun 2021	Chimney Sweeper	12	Adult	Eycott Hill Nature Reserve	Penrith	NY387295	VC70 Cumberland	Keith Temple	Seen on a short walk within a small area.
15 Oct 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Town centre	Penrith	NY518300	VC70 Cumberland	Sarah Mitchell	On Ceanothus.
11 Oct 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	On Verbena Bonariensis.
5 Oct 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Oct 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	On Verbena Bonariensis.
2 Oct 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
29 Sep 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Nectaring on Sedum.
14 Sep 2020	Silver Y	31	Adult	Whale	Penrith	NY497260	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
30 Aug 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	On Wild Marjoram.
22 Aug 2020	Large Yellow Underwing	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	On Buddleia.
9 Aug 2020	Pyrausta aurata	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	On Buddleia.
18 Jul 2020	Shaded Broad-bar	5	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY637207	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	On the woodland edge flying in the sunshine
4 Jul 2020	Silver Y	10	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY616217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	In the hay meadow, appeared to be laying eggs
2 Jul 2020	Chimney Sweeper	12	Adult	Lowther Park	Penrith	NY521247	VC69 Westmorland	Philip L	Despite very damp conditions earlier when walking through tall (...)
30 Jun 2020	Ditula angustiorana	1	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY620210	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	One on nettles by road to Well Tree on a damp cool day
30 Jun 2020	Pseudargyrotoza conwagana	1	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY620210	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	One on nettles by road to Well Tree on a damp cool day
26 Jun 2020	Chimney Sweeper	50	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY615217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	Many Chimney Sweepers in this haymeadow by the beck in sunny (...)
26 Jun 2020	Straw Dot	1	Adult	Kings Meaburn	Penrith	NY615217	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	1 seen in this hay meadow during sunny weather - a 1st for me - (...)
26 Jun 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497260	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
23 Jun 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
20 Jun 2020	Chimney Sweeper	20	Adult	Swindale	Penrith	NY515130	VC69 Westmorland	David Nattrass	A large number active in the afternoon
17 Jun 2020	Chimney Sweeper	10	Adult	Eycott Hill Nature Reserve	Penrith	NY389294	VC70 Cumberland	Nicholas Howard	Sunny/thundery afternoon.
17 Jun 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
7 Jun 2020	Silver Y	1	Adult	Celleron Lane	Penrith	NY497260	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
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 (...)
24 Oct 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
22 Oct 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
18 Oct 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Oct 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny.
12 Oct 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Askham	Penrith	NY518240	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
8 Oct 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
6 Oct 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
5 Oct 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
4 Oct 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
3 Oct 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
2 Oct 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
30 Sep 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
28 Sep 2019	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
26 Sep 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
24 Sep 2019	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Very fresh looking. Visited garden 3 times to nectar on (...)
24 Sep 2019	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
16 Sep 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
14 Sep 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Aug 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
25 Aug 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
31 Jul 2019	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499266	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
30 Jul 2019	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	First this year.
28 Jul 2019	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Nectaring on Buddleia.
26 Jul 2019	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Nectaring on Buddleia
4 Jul 2019	Elephant Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Thacka Beck	Penrith	NY506306	VC70 Cumberland	Ian Tallon
4 Jul 2019	Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet	105	Adult	Thacka Beck	Penrith	NY506306	VC70 Cumberland	Ian Tallon	Five Spot-Burnet. I stopped counting at 105. well over 200
15 Oct 2018	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
10 Oct 2018	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
29 Sep 2018	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
27 Sep 2018	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
17 Sep 2018	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	3 visits during the day. Nectaring mainly on Buddleia.
17 Sep 2018	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
16 Sep 2018	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
12 Sep 2018	Large Yellow Underwing	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	On Buddleia
12 Sep 2018	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
6 Sep 2018	Hummingbird Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	First one in my garden. Nectaring on Buddleia.
6 Sep 2018	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
5 Sep 2018	Silver Y	2	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Sep 2018	Silver Y	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Sep 2017	Silver Y	5	Adult	Edenhall	Penrith	NY561296	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
1 Sep 2017	Elephant Hawk-moth	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Caterpillar. Neighbour's gardener brought it for me to ID. He (...)
30 Aug 2017	Silver Y	2	Adult	Edenhall	Penrith	NY561296	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell
10 Aug 2017	Common Carpet	3	Adult	NY000000	Penrith	NY000000	VC70 Cumberland	Sarah Mitchell
10 Aug 2017	Silver Y	4	Adult	NY000000	Penrith	NY000000	VC70 Cumberland	Sarah Mitchell
12 Jun 2017	Brimstone Moth	5	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	At least 4 flying around the garden and 1 on a wall. 10.45 p.m.
24 May 2017	Garden Carpet	1	Adult	Garden	Penrith	NY499267	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny. On a wall.
30 Sep 2015	Silver Y	3	Adult	Eycott Hill Nature Reserve	Penrith	NY384289	VC70 Cumberland	Martin Chadwick
16 Jul 2015	Silver Y	1	Adult	Whale	Penrith	NY515301	VC70 Cumberland	Sarah Mitchell
10 Jul 2015	Chimney Sweeper	5	Adult	Eycott Hill Nature Reserve	Penrith	NY394301	VC70 Cumberland	Brian and Denise Grundy
24 Jun 2015	Chimney Sweeper	1	Adult	Whale	Penrith	NY5221	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	GR edited by MT 14/10/15

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