I am beyond improvement in such matters but hope I retain some of the spirit of my second photo - my chirpy little moth-enemy the robin, which continues to take an unhealthy interest in my examination of the eggboxes in the morning. We had a friend staying overnight and I was pleased to show him a Merveille du Jour and a Pink-barred Sallow. But for the rest, we have a brown study today and one which will tax my ID powers later on. Unless, that is, some kindly expert chances to pass by...
Update: And they have! TWO of them, to whom very many thanks, as ever. See Comments for the answer to the riddle these brownish brethren pose.
5 comments:
They look like Brown Spot Pinions to me. MDJ here this morning too! Yipee :o)
PS- Fantastic audio of a Death's Head squeaking on this blog:
http://boulmerbirder.blogspot.co.uk/
Hi Martin,
Your first moth is a Brown-spot Pinion.
Cheers,
Richard
Hi again,
Sorry but I've just had a closer look and realised that both the first and the fourth photos are Brown-spot Pinions, the rest are all Beaded Chestnuts.
Richard
Thanks so much both. I am getting lazy in my old age but I think my ID-blindness is incurable, at least without some kind of neuro cell transfer like this amazing breakthrough in Poland. Even after looking at the Bible's pics of the BSP and the BC, thanks to your guidance, I/m not sure I can tell them apart.
Oh well...
Many thanks again
M
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