Migration
Birding while you sleep: getting to grips with noc-mig ID
In the second instalment of our series on nocturnal sound recording, Joe Stockwell takes a look at how to recognise the calls of some...
01/04/2020
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
Redwing and rarer relatives photo ID guide
The familiar Redwing winters in Britain and Ireland in the millions, but could you recognise any of the four similar Asian thrushes which...
22/02/2020
Identification
Goldeneye and Bufflehead photo ID guide
Common Goldeneye is a familiar winter sight across Britain, but Barrow's Goldeneye and Bufflehead are rare vagrants. Chris Harbard provides...
25/01/2020
Identification
Ferruginous Duck photo ID guide
Rare, scarce, hybrid, escape ... there are many factors complicating the status and identification of Ferruginous Duck in Britain and...
19/12/2019
Identification
Tufted Duck, Greater Scaup and Lesser Scaup photo ID guide
Tufted Duck is common and widespread in Britain, but hidden among them could be the scarce Greater Scaup or rare Lesser Scaup – learn to...
29/11/2019
Identification
Richard's, Blyth's and Tawny Pipits photo ID guide
Three large pipit species are encountered in Britain, but separating them can be a real challenge. Fear not, for Andy Stoddart is on hand...
21/10/2019
Identification
Reed, Little and Rustic Buntings photo ID guide
The archetypal 'little brown jobs', streaky autumn buntings provide an eternal identification conundrum for experienced and novice birders...
04/10/2019
Identification
Meadow, Tree and Olive-backed Pipit photo ID guide
Perplexed by pipits? Let Andy Stoddart's expertise aid you in distinguishing a scarce Siberian visitor from two more familiar species.
20/09/2019
Identification
Starling photo ID guide
José Luis Copete provides expert advice on how to identify Common, Rosy and Spotless Starlings in all plumages.
12/09/2019
Identification
Juvenile skua photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart shares his expertise on how to separate juvenile Pomarine, Arctic and Long-tailed Skuas.
31/08/2019
Identification
Ortolan Bunting photo ID guide
Keith Vinicombe provides tips on how to separate Ortolan and Cretzschmar's Buntings in all plumages, while also taking a look at two rarer...
17/08/2019
Identification
Dunlin, Curlew Sandpiper and White-rumped Sandpiper photo ID guide
Andy Stoddart provides expert advice on how to separate both adult and juveniles of three sometimes tricky calidrids.
02/08/2019
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