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Down at Denbies today, I came across this lovely moth, one I have never seen the like of before. I then spotted these delightful little birds, surveying the world from a large pile of chalk. Again, I have no idea what they are (there were five or six altogether). If anyone can identify these for me, that would be great.

Thank you!

Dave

Hi Dave,

Your moth is a clouded buff (http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=1572) and your delightful birds are wheatears (allegedly a corruption of 'white arse', from the white rump they show in flight ...).

Guy

Thanks, Guy! I turns out I have seen a Clouded Buff before, but the dark hindwings of this one completely threw me. The other one seemed to be uniformly "custard and jam" coloured.

I can confirm the birds displayed prominent white rear ends when they took off!

Cheers,

Dave

This one is female. There's quite a difference.