Identification
Linnet and Twite
When male Linnet loses its summer plumage it becomes another small brown finch, and is less easily separated from Twite. Keith Vinicombe...
01/01/2010
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
Baird's Sandpiper
Keith Vinicombe unravels the ID intricacies of separating Baird's Sandpiper from potential confusion species, White-rumped and Semipalmated...
01/01/2010
Identification
Meadow and Tree Pipits
Our two commonest pipits are very similar and best separatedby habitat and song, but there are other reliable differences between them, as...
01/01/2010
Identification
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Keith Vinicombe made the most of two rare opportunities to compare Hudsonian and Eurasian Whimbrels and puts the case for splitting them.
01/01/2010
Identification
Common and Black Redstarts
Female and juvenile Common and Black Redstarts on migration aren't as straightforward to identify as breeding birds. Keith Vinicombe points...
01/01/2010
Identification
Green and Wood Sandpipers
Among the earliest of the southward-bound waders, Green Sandpipers are sometimes mistaken for scarcer Wood Sandpipers. Keith Vinicombe...
01/01/2010
Identification
American and Pacific Golden Plovers
Vagrant American and Pacific Golden Plovers can be very difficult to separate from each other and from the more familiar European Golden...
01/01/2010
Identification
Bewick's and Whooper Swans
Winter brings Bewick's and Whooper Swans to favoured wetlands in Britain. Keith Vinicombe explains how to separate these two similar...
01/01/2010
Identification
Manx and Balearic Shearwaters
Late summer heralds movements of Balearic Shearwaters into British waters. Keith Vinicombe explains how to separate this Critically...
01/01/2010
Identification
Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Ruff
Is it Buff, or a Ruff? Juveniles of the latter are often mistaken for young Buff-breasted Sandpipers in autumn. Keith Vinicombe helps you...
01/01/2010
Identification
Glaucous and Iceland Gulls
Late winter is the peak time for the white-winged Glaucous and Iceland Gulls in Britain. Keith Vinicombe explains how to separate these two...
01/01/2010
Identification
Common and Lesser Whitethroats
Familiar inhabitants of hedgerows in summer, Common and Lesser Whitethroats can be separated on more than just appearance, explains Keith...
01/01/2010
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