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Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date	Species	Number	Life Stage	Site	Town	Grid Ref.	V. County	Recorder	Comment
17 Jul 2023	Celypha lacunana	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD445815	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
17 Jul 2023	Silver Y	2	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD445815	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
26 Jun 2023	Common Heath	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD4481	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
26 Jun 2023	Purple-bordered Gold	2	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD4481	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
26 Jun 2023	Silver Y	2	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD4481	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
12 Jun 2023	Brown Silver-line	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD445819	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
12 Jun 2023	Common Heath	20	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD445819	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife
2 Jun 2023	Common Heath	13	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Lindale	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips	Sunny 15c
1 Jul 2022	Emperor Moth	1	Larva	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD433820	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips	sunny periods 16.30 hrs - 18.00 hrs 15c.
1 Jul 2022	Latticed Heath	2	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD433820	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips	sunny periods 16.30 hrs - 18.00 hrs 15c.
29 Jun 2022	Bordered White	5	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Grange over Sands	SD447820	VC69 Westmorland	Dave Wainwright
29 Jun 2022	Catoptria margaritella	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Grange over Sands	SD447820	VC69 Westmorland	Dave Wainwright
29 Jun 2022	Clouded Buff	2	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Grange over Sands	SD447820	VC69 Westmorland	Dave Wainwright
29 Jun 2022	Common Heath	20	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Grange over Sands	SD447820	VC69 Westmorland	Dave Wainwright
29 Jun 2022	Purple-bordered Gold	6	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Grange over Sands	SD447820	VC69 Westmorland	Dave Wainwright
20 Jun 2022	Common Heath	12	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Grange over Sands	SD448818	VC69 Westmorland	Sue Brindle
7 Jun 2022	Common Heath	43	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD443820	VC69 Westmorland	David Phillips
19 May 2022	Oak Eggar	1	Larva	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD447820	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	The only thing I saw in a quick walk round boardwalk apart from (...)
25 May 2021	Bird-cherry Ermine	30	Larva	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD446820	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Approx. number in web. Sheltered lane.
13 May 2021	Common Heath	10	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD446817	VC69 Westmorland	Anthony Marsh
10 May 2021	Emperor Moth	2	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD445820	VC69 Westmorland	Chris Scaife	Several males flying around as we walked along the boardwalk. (...)
24 Apr 2021	Brimstone Moth	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Lindale	SD444818	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Flying and resting in amongst the heather
24 Apr 2021	Latticed Heath	10	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Lindale	SD444818	VC69 Westmorland	Lynne Farrell	Flying and resting on heather on moss
12 Jul 2020	Purple-bordered Gold	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Kendal	SD444820	VC69 Westmorland	Christopher Scaife
11 Jun 2020	Common Heath	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD442818	VC69 Westmorland	Helen Wallace	1pm. 20% sun. Very breezy.
14 Oct 2019	Fox Moth	2	Larva	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD444815	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	Caterpillar
18 Jun 2019	Brown Silver-line	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
18 Jun 2019	Clouded Buff	3	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
18 Jun 2019	Common Carpet	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
18 Jun 2019	Common Heath	30	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
18 Jun 2019	Drinker	5	Larva	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter	Caterpillars
18 Jun 2019	Emperor Moth	1	Larva	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter	Caterpillar
18 Jun 2019	Fox Moth	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
18 Jun 2019	Grass Wave	10	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
18 Jun 2019	Purple-bordered Gold	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
18 Jun 2019	Silver-ground Carpet	2	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
22 Apr 2019	Common Heath	7	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD443818	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Sunny, easterly breeze.
22 Apr 2019	Northern Eggar	1	Larva	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD443818	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Half-grown larva. Sunny, easterly breeze.
9 Jun 2018	Brown Silver-line	3	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
9 Jun 2018	Clouded Buff	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
9 Jun 2018	Common Heath	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
9 Jun 2018	Common Wave	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Tom and Felix Fitter
6 May 2018	Emperor Moth	2	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Levens	SD447811	VC69 Westmorland	Rob McDougall	Both males
19 Apr 2018	Common Heath	2	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD443818	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Full sun, westerly breeze, 20deg.C.
19 Apr 2018	Northern Eggar	1	Larva	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD443818	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Young larva. Full sun, westerly breeze, 20deg.C.
11 May 2017	Emperor Moth	3	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD447820	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	13.30 -14.45pm Two males and one well worn female
11 May 2017	Latticed Heath	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD447820	VC69 Westmorland	Ian Tallon	13.30 -14.45pm
23 Jun 2016	Common Heath	30	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD4481	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Approx number. Hot sunshine, strong breeze. 90 mins.
23 Jun 2016	Manchester Treble-bar	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD4481	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Hot sunshine, strong breeze. 90 mins.
23 Jun 2016	Clouded Buff	3	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD447820	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	On Moss
21 Apr 2016	Common Heath	2	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Ulpha	SD447820	VC69 Westmorland	Sarah Mitchell	Sunny
14 Jul 2015	Northern Eggar	1	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD447817	VC69 Westmorland	Nigel Maden
24 Jun 2015	Bird-cherry Ermine	1	Pupa	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD446820	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	1 web, Yponomeuta evonymella, Bird-cherry Ermine. A couple of (...)
23 Jun 2015	Common Heath	50	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Meathop	SD442819	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Very common, difficult to put a number to.
23 Apr 2015	Common Heath	5	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD442818	VC69 Westmorland	Karen Bullimore
21 Apr 2015	Common Heath	2	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD447820	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards
30 Jun 2014	Common Heath	4	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD4481	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey
30 Jun 2014	Manchester Treble-bar	20	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD4481	VC69 Westmorland	John Mounsey	Number given is only rough. Full sunshine, light breeze.
20 Apr 2014	Common Heath	8	Adult	Meathop Moss Nature Reserve	Witherslack	SD443819	VC69 Westmorland	Mo Richards	Seen out on the Moss, very skittish took me ages to get a (...)

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