Identification
Black Grouse, Capercaillie, Red Grouse and Ptarmigan Photo ID Guide
Andy Stoddart leads you through the differences between our four native grouse species, with particular attention to the tricky females.
14/05/2018
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
Common and Iberian Chiffchaffs and Willow Warbler photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart helps you differentiate between all three of these tricky Phylloscopus warblers with confidence.
27/03/2018
Identification
Brent Geese photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart highlights ID tips to separate Dark-bellied and Pale-bellied Brents, Black Brant and 'Grey-bellied' Brant.
14/02/2018
Identification
Velvet, White-winged and Stejneger's Scoters ID photo guide
There was a time when any scoter with a white wing-bar was simply a ‘Velvet’. Not any more, as what was once regarded as a single Holarctic...
27/01/2015
Identification
Identification: Little Shearwater
From the archive: Anthony McGeehan looks at one of seawatching's biggest identification challenges, the diminutive Little Shearwater....
16/12/2014
Identification
October ID tips: British and Continental Coal Tits
In autumn, the British subspecies of Coal Tit can be joined by numbers of the nominate subspecies from the Continent. See if you can...
01/10/2014
Identification
September ID tips: Black and White-winged Black Terns
Black Terns will be moving through on passage this month, with hopefully a few White-winged Black Terns mixed in. Learn how to separate the...
01/09/2014
Identification
August ID tips: Eurasian Curlew and Eurasian Whimbrel
These two similar-looking waders can be easily confused in late summer by the unsuspecting birder. These top tips will help you separate...
01/08/2014
Identification
July ID tips: female Yellowhammer and Cirl Bunting
Found in Devon and Cornwall in Britain, Cirl Bunting isn't a species that all birders will be familiar with. If you're taking a trip to the...
01/07/2014
Identification
June ID tips: Peregrine Falcon and Hobby
These similar-looking falcons both breed in Britain and are increasing in numbers. Both likely to be seen in June, they can easily be...
01/06/2014
Identification
May ID tips: Stock and Feral Rock Doves
Birders want to see genuinely wild birds, but in the case of Stock Dove this can be problematic, with the widespread and very similar Feral...
01/05/2014
Identification
April ID tips: Common and Black Redstarts
Spring migration is in full swing this month, and two species that will certainly liven up a day's birding are Common and the much scarcer...
01/04/2014
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