Travel
Caspian Gulls in Bucharest: a cheap winter weekend break
Seán Ronayne found that a February visit to the Romanian capital was the perfect place to become well-versed in Caspian Gull identification.
19/02/2019
Identification
Is that a female American Wigeon or a hybrid? American Golden Plover or the rarer Pacific? Some of birding's best-known ID experts provide the answers to these and many more identification conundrums.
Identification
Eurasian Sparrowhawk and Northern Goshawk photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart provides expert advice on how to separate the well-known Eurasian Sparrowhawk from the much scarcer Northern Goshawk.
14/02/2019
Identification
Pheasant photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart provides in-depth advice on how to separate the familiar Common Pheasant from the rarer Golden and Lady Amherst's Pheasants.
13/01/2019
Identification
Sawbill photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart is on hand to offer expert advice on separating Goosander, Red-breasted Merganser, Smew and Hooded Merganser in all plumages.
16/12/2018
Identification
Grebe photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart offers expert advice on how to separate Great Crested, Red-necked, Black-necked and Slavonian Grebes in all plumages.
16/11/2018
Identification
Focus on: Rough-legged Buzzard
A scarce winter visitor from the far north, Rough-legged Buzzard is a perennial favourite among birders. Ed Stubbs takes a closer look at...
02/11/2018
Identification
Autumn leaf warbler photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart gives expert advice on how to separate Yellow-browed, Hume's Leaf, Pallas's, Eastern Crowned and Pale-legged Leaf Warblers.
05/10/2018
Identification
Autumn flycatchers photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart explains how to tell the regular Spotted, Pied and Red-breasted Flycatchers from their rarer counterparts.
15/09/2018
Identification
Great and Cory's Shearwater photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart explains how to separate two of the scarcer and more desirable shearwaters to visit our waters.
20/08/2018
Travel
A Caspian Gull photo-fest in Romania
Jamie Partridge visited Romania's Black Sea coast to get his fill of young Caspian Gulls, but was also thrilled by how generally 'birdy'...
06/08/2018
Identification
Golden plover photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart details the differences between the familiar European Golden Plover and its rarer counterparts, American and Pacific Golden...
14/07/2018
Identification
Marsh tern photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart explains how to tell the difference between Black, White-winged and Whiskered Terns in all plumages.
15/06/2018
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