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
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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
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
Identification
March ID tips: Little Ringed and Ringed Plovers
This month sees the arrival of Little Ringed Plovers to Britain. But these small waders often share their breeding habitats with the...
01/03/2014
Identification
Ring Ouzel photo ID guide
Early spring produces the first migrant Ring Ouzels, with robust but shy males and females appearing on open lowland ground on their way to...
13/02/2014
Identification
February ID tips: Black-necked and Slavonian Grebe
With their red eyes and largely black and white winter plumage, at this time of year Black-necked and Slavonian Grebes can appear very...
01/02/2014
Identification
January ID tips Comorant and Shag
In poor weather at this time of year the usually maritime Shag can be found inland; learn to distinguish it from the commoner Cormorant...
03/01/2014
Identification
December ID tips: Bewick's and Whooper Swans
Flocks of wintering swans will have returned from their breeding grounds by now. But are they Bewick's or Whooper? Learn how to tell these...
01/12/2013
Identification
Common and Pallid Swifts ID Photo Guide
Spring into summer, and again in late autumn, are times in which the familiar Common Swift has to be separated from Pallid Swift, its rarer...
07/11/2013
Identification
November ID tips: first-winter Common and Mediterranean Gulls
In autumn and early winter, first-winter Common and Mediterranean Gulls can look confusingly similar. David Callahan's tips will help you...
06/11/2013
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