Cumbria Day-Flying Moth Sightings: Speckled Yellow

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Date Species Number Life Stage Site Town Grid Ref. V. County Recorder Comment Image
15 Jun 2021 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD392768 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 14.00 to 15.30. Warm and sunny
17 May 2019 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Wart Barrow Allithwaite SD392767 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
6 Jun 2018 Speckled Yellow 3 Adult Kirkhead Allithwaite SD393755 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 60 minutes surveying the eastern slope in warm and sunny (...)
18 May 2018 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Kirkhead Allithwaite SD393754 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick 45 minutes observation . Sunny and warm.
26 May 2020 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Hawkshead Hill Ambleside SD3318899506 VC69 Westmorland Gill Henwood 25793.jpeg
2 May 2014 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Brathay Ambleside NY362036 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey
21 May 2020 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Beacon Tarn Blawith SD277896 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
27 May 2019 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD328859 VC69 Westmorland Paul Hampshire
11 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Haybridge Bouth SD336874 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick
17 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Bouth SD338872 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Mid afternoon. Hot
9 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Undermillbeck Common Bowness-on-Windermere SD421950 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
6 Jun 2021 Speckled Yellow 6 Adult Newlands Beck embankment Braithwaite NY239244 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh Along the path alongside Newlands Beck. Including this mating (...) 30913.jpeg
30 May 2021 Speckled Yellow 10 Adult Newlands Beck embankment Braithwaite NY238246 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh Numerous flying around the public path that runs along the (...) 30698.jpeg
15 May 2020 Speckled Yellow 3 Adult Newlands Beck embankment Braithwaite NY237247 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh Quite mobile around midday 25590.jpeg
24 May 2018 Speckled Yellow 12 Adult Lyth Valley Brigsteer SD4686 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 21 deg.C. Full sun, occasional light easterly breeze. 13290.jpeg
14 May 2022 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Broughton Moor Broughton Mills SD240935 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace 17C. Full sun.
29 May 2018 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Holme Stinted Pastures Burton-in-Kendal SD536785 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 22oC 80% sun
13 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Parsons Park Caldbeck NY328399 VC70 Cumberland Karen Mclellan
17 May 2019 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Jockey Shield area Carlisle NY569554 VC70 Cumberland Karen Mclellan Sunny and windy 18degrees. In dappled shade
14 May 2018 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Lancelot Clark Storth Clawthorpe SD543774 VC69 Westmorland Claire Gillham Warm 13019.png
14 May 2020 Speckled Yellow 4 Adult Whinlatter Forest Park Cockermouth NY182266 VC70 Cumberland K Hamilton
11 Jun 2022 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult River Duddon, nr. Hinning House Cockley Beck NY239003 VC70 Cumberland Andy Bolton Amongst river bank vegetation.
24 May 2018 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD418909 VC69 Westmorland Bryan Ingleby/Kath Armstrong Full sun,23degC,
12 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Lambhowe Hill Crosthwaite SD415917 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
14 May 2014 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Barkbooth Lot Crosthwaite SD415907 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
28 May 2015 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Uldale Egremont NY032117 VC70 Cumberland Barbara Nelson
29 Apr 2019 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult High Dam (above) Finsthwaite SD360887 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans
13 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult High Fam above Finsthwaite SD360888 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
9 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult High Dam Finsthwaite SD361889 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
9 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult High Dam Finsthwaite SD361885 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick First this year for me.
15 May 2014 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Humphrey Head Flookburgh SD390740 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Looked worn.
16 May 2023 Speckled Yellow 10 Adult Halecat Woods Grange over Sands SD4383 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick Flying in dull weather when butterflies inactive. At least 10.
24 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Well wood Grizebeck SD242862 VC69 Westmorland Helen Wallace Overcast. Early afternoon
11 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD333819 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
4 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD332818 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
4 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD332820 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
27 May 2015 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD336817 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
23 May 2015 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD334817 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
23 May 2015 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD332820 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
18 Apr 2014 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Roudsea Moss and Woods Haverthwaite SD332824 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick in dappled shade 13 deg C, 100% sun, no wind
14 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Old Park Wood to Barker Scar Holker SD335776 VC69 Westmorland Colin & Jane Sharman
13 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Barker Scar Holker SD332782 VC69 Westmorland Colin &Jane Sharman
27 May 2020 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Holme Park Fell Holme SD537795 VC69 Westmorland Barry Dyson
21 Jun 2021 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Kettlewell Crag, Kendal Fell Kendal SD503933 VC69 Westmorland Lindsey Gould 18 00
20 May 2014 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult The Helm Kendal SD531888 VC69 Westmorland Brian Snell
17 May 2020 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Between Ashness Bridge and Great Wood Keswick NY271199 VC70 Cumberland Anthony Marsh Flying and settling in grass. Slightly battered specimen 25613.jpeg
26 May 2014 Speckled Yellow 3 Adult Longside Wood Keswick NY238281 VC70 Cumberland Brian Snell Flying in sunny glade.
14 May 2022 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Farrer's Allotment Levens SD454858 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 80% sun 15 oC....all in usual place
14 May 2022 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Wakebarrow Levens SD456864 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 80% sun 15 oC
9 Jun 2017 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Whitbarrow White Scar Levens SD458851 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick
8 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Whitbarrow Levens SD452885 VC69 Westmorland Sue and Finn Bugge Correction
8 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Whitbarrow-Township Plantation Levens SD452885 VC69 Westmorland Sue Bugge
9 Jun 2023 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult High Hampsfield Lindale SD406799 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick warm, some breeze, shaded under trees
10 May 2014 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Chapel House Wood Lindale SD386858 VC69 Westmorland R. Eddleston
16 May 2021 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Newton Fell Low Newton SD410818 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson Hunkered down in grass, unwilling to fly.
27 May 2023 Speckled Yellow 8 Adult Whitbarrow Mill Side SD444865 VC69 Westmorland Howard and Penny Smith 41068.jpeg
23 May 2019 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Chapel House Plantation Newby Bridge SD3879186158 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
10 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow 3 Adult Stonethwaite Rosthwaite NY267136 VC70 Cumberland Karen Mclellan
13 May 2023 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Yewbarrow Woods Rusland SD3487 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
31 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Haybridge Nature Reserve Rusland SD336877 VC69 Westmorland Karen Bullimore
30 May 2018 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY125019 VC70 Cumberland Tom and Felix Fitter
30 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 3 Adult Irton Pike Santon Bridge NY122015 VC70 Cumberland Ewan Munro and Pete Howard
27 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY1302 VC70 Cumberland N Godden, C Clay GR edited by MT 14/10/15
12 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow 5 Adult Irton Fell Santon Bridge NY134023 VC70 Cumberland Allan Rodda GR edited by MT 14/10/15
23 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Seaton Seaton NY013307 VC70 Cumberland John Callion
24 May 2019 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult High Arnside Tarn Skelwith Bridge NY330010 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Sunny and breezy.
9 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Skelwith Skelwith Bridge NY334039 VC69 Westmorland Karen Mclellan
29 May 2022 Speckled Yellow 27 Adult Red How Thackthwaite NY1520423082 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke 36059.jpeg
5 May 2020 Speckled Yellow 3 Adult Red How Thackthwaite NY1519923416 VC70 Cumberland Thalia Sparke 25438.jpeg
11 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 7 Adult Township Plantation The Howe SD450885 VC69 Westmorland G Ashworth
9 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 4 Adult Township Plantation The Howe SD452884 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Very sunny, warm
1 Jun 2022 Speckled Yellow 5 Adult Armboth Thirlmere NY30551776 VC70 Cumberland Chris Scaife 36132.jpeg
1 Jun 2014 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Hause Point Thirlmere NY316152 VC70 Cumberland Irene Stephenson
1 Jun 2022 Speckled Yellow 30 Adult Newlands Beck embankment Thornthwaite NY237247 VC70 Cumberland Tony Marsh Many flying in the afternoon. 36087.jpeg
16 May 2014 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Powter Howe Thornthwaite NY220265 VC70 Cumberland K Hamilton
7 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow 8 Adult Rainsbarrow Wood Ulpha SD188925 VC70 Cumberland James Brockbank
14 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 5 Adult Thwaite Head Ulverston SD3590 VC69 Westmorland Allan Sumner
8 Jun 2023 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Breaks Moss Walton NY505654 VC70 Cumberland Richard Brown on woodland track to moss
1 Jun 2022 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Watendlath Watendlath NY276164 VC70 Cumberland Chris Scaife
16 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Windermere garden Windermere SD413986 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon
2 Jun 2020 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Barkbooth Lot Winster SD418907 VC69 Westmorland Lynne Farrell
31 May 2023 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Ian Tallon 4.15 -5.00PM 41313.jpeg
20 May 2023 Speckled Yellow 4 Adult Wakebarrow Witherslack SD455864 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson and B Dixon
18 May 2023 Speckled Yellow 4 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434882 VC69 Westmorland Chris Scaife
8 May 2022 Speckled Yellow 3 Adult North Lodge Witherslack SD429873 VC69 Westmorland Margaret and David Eastlick flying at road side and hedge
6 Jun 2021 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Witherslack Woods Witherslack SD434865 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 20oC full sun.....fresh and bright
19 May 2021 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD433844 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick First to be seen this year.
24 May 2019 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Halecat Woods Witherslack SD432835 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 19oC 100% sun
14 May 2019 Speckled Yellow 8 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland Mo Richards Warm
12 May 2019 Speckled Yellow 3 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434878 VC69 Westmorland Tom and Felix Fitter
5 May 2019 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Witherslack Woods Witherslack SD434865 VC69 Westmorland D Jackson
20 May 2018 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD434880 VC69 Westmorland Richard Evans 13164.jpeg
17 May 2018 Speckled Yellow 5 Adult Witherslack Woods middle ride Witherslack SD435867 VC69 Westmorland David Jackson
13 May 2018 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Halecat Woods Witherslack SD433834 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
18 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440829 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
18 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440828 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick 13 deg C 100% sun
18 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 3 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD4388 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey 20deg.C, light NE breeze, full sun.
9 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 6 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD435870 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 14oC 60% sun.
9 May 2017 Speckled Yellow 14 Adult Witherslack Woods Witherslack SD436865 VC69 Westmorland Chris Winnick 13oC 60% sun.
23 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD434843 VC69 Westmorland Karen Bullimore
12 May 2016 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Whitbarrow NNR Witherslack SD450855 VC69 Westmorland Michael Foley
7 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow Adult Yewbarrow Witherslack SD433852 VC69 Westmorland Martin Chadwick
4 Jun 2015 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Latterbarrow Nature Reserve Witherslack SD440827 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
26 May 2015 Speckled Yellow 2 Adult Whitbarrow Witherslack SD4686 VC69 Westmorland John Mounsey Windy, sunny, 16deg.
6 Jun 2014 Speckled Yellow 3 Adult Witherslack Hall School Sports Field Witherslack SD439869 VC69 Westmorland David Eastlick
26 May 2014 Speckled Yellow 1 Adult Howe Ridding Witherslack SD435880 VC69 Westmorland Marg and David Eastlick
26 May 2014 Speckled Yellow 7 Adult Howe Ridding (nearby} Witherslack SD433875 VC69 Westmorland Marg and David Eastlick
18 May 2014 Speckled Yellow 5 Adult Whitbarrow Witherslack SD433879 VC69 Westmorland Gary Hedges