Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
30 Jun 2018 Chimney Sweeper 50 Adult Barkbooth Lot Witherslack SD417907 VC69 Westmorland Mike Gregory near the pond
1 Jun 2018 Brown China-mark 50 Adult Barkbooth Lot Hartbarrow SD4190 VC69 Westmorland Tony Moverley At least 50 seen as I walked around the perimeter of the larger (...)
20 Jun 2017 Chimney Sweeper 150 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD416907 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 23oC 80% sun.......everywhere!
14 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 50 Adult Bird's Park Reservoir and Paddy Lane Kendal SD5392 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Too many to count properly.
28 May 2020 Brown Silver-line 50 Adult Bishop's Allotment Backbarrow SD3684 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Approximate number. Readily disturbed fom ground vegetation. Hot (...) 25916.jpeg
12 Jul 2020 Six-spot Burnet 50 Adult Drigg Dunes Drigg SD048984 VC70 Cumberland Ian Watts 11am. 50% sun. Warm.
9 Jun 2018 Chimney Sweeper 50 Adult Jubilee Meadow Crosthwaite SD43529167 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson and Barbara Dixon Too many to count.
29 Jun 2019 Chimney Sweeper 50 Adult Kendal Kendal SD5393 VC69 Westmorland Philip Key Far too many to count. Very numerous.
2 Jun 2020 Chimney Sweeper 50 Adult Kendal Fell Kendal SD505933 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould
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 (...) 27163.jpeg
11 Jun 2016 Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet 250 Adult Lowca rugby club brows Lowca NX980217 VC70 Cumberland Chris Mason Many more than 250 and more beginning to emerge.
11 Jun 2016 Six-spot Burnet 50 Adult Lowca rugby club brows Lowca NX980217 VC70 Cumberland Chris Mason Probably more than 50 5562.jpeg
15 Jul 2019 Six-spot Burnet 50 Adult Mawbray Banks Mawbray NY083473 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 12-2pm, sunny and warm with a light breeze. A very low estimate (...) 21467.jpeg
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.
3 Jun 2020 Yponomeuta cagnagella 50 Larva Mockerkin Tarn Mockerkin NY084232 VC70 Cumberland Derek McAlone Larval web in spindle. 26209.jpeg
25 Apr 2019 Adela reamurella 50 Adult near Flass wood Loweswater NY142201 VC70 Cumberland Helen Wallace Just S of path alongside Flass wood. Basking on oak. 18418.jpeg
24 Jun 2018 Chimney Sweeper 50 Adult Oxen Park Oxen Park SD317879 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
11 Jul 2022 Brown China-mark 50 Adult Scrape by River Lyvennet Kings Meaburn NY619201 VC69 Westmorland David Nattrass Warm, 24 degrees, clouding over about 16.30hrs. Visible in the (...) 37390.jpeg
12 Jun 2015 Common Heath 50 Adult Snab Keswick NY318322 VC70 Cumberland Karen Mclellan There must have been 100s here on the heather
15 Jul 2019 Cinnabar 50 Larva West Beach dunes S of harbour Silloth NY102530 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 3-4.30pm, sunny periods, warm with light breeze. Larvae. A low (...)
15 Jul 2019 Six-spot Burnet 50 Adult West Beach dunes S of harbour Silloth NY102530 VC70 Cumberland Martin Keiller 3-4.30pm, sunny periods, warm with light breeze. A low estimate (...)

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