Bird Id Articles

Autumn flycatchers photo ID guideAndy Stoddart explains how to tell the regular Spotted, Pied and Red-breasted Flycatchers from their rarer counterparts.

Identification of the Larus canus complex

Autumn leaf warbler photo ID guideAndy Stoddart gives expert advice on how to separate Yellow-browed, Hume's Leaf, Pallas's, Eastern Crowned and Pale-legged Leaf Warblers.

Identification of American Herring Gull in a western European context

Identification of Yellow-legged Gulls in Britain

Focus on: shades of Yellow Wagtail If you're confused by Yellow Wagtail forms, then this guide will help you understand which is which.

White Wagtail and Pied Wagtail

Bird in Flight - ID guide

Focus on: summer Yellow-legged GullsNow is a great time to be out looking for Yellow-legged Gulls – particularly juveniles.

Marsh tern photo ID guideAndy Stoddart explains how to tell the difference between Black, White-winged and Whiskered Terns in all plumages.

Notes for separating Bat species

Brent Geese photo ID guideAndy Stoddart highlights ID tips to separate Dark-bellied and Pale-bellied Brents, Black Brant and 'Grey-bellied' Brant.

Mamora's Warbler Identification

Golden plover photo ID guideAndy Stoddart details the differences between the familiar European Golden Plover and its rarer counterparts, American and Pacific Golden Plovers, in all plumages.

Identification of adult American Herring Gull

A consideration of "The Herring Gull Assemblage" in South Korea

The Orphean Warbler on Scilly in October 2017

Field identification and ageing of Siberian Stonechats

Field identification of Pine Bunting

Arctic Redpoll Identification Revisited

The Separation of White and Pied Wagtails

Identifcation of Male Subalpine Warblers

Identification of Caspian Gull

Identification of vagrant Iberian Chiffchaffs

Identification of Wilson’s and Common Snipe

A beginner’s vegetative guide to orchids of the British Isles

Common, Arctic and Roseate Terns photo ID guideAndy Stoddart provides tips on how to recognise three familiar medium-sized tern species in all plumages.

Flight calls of migratory birds

Juvenile skua photo ID guideAndy Stoddart shares his expertise on how to separate juvenile Arctic, Pomarine and Long-tailed Skuas.

Meadow, Tree and Olive-backed Pipit photo ID guidePerplexed by pipits? Let Andy Stoddart's expertise aid you in distinguishing a scarce Siberian visitor from two more familiar species.

Eastern Yellow Wagtails

Identification of red-backed, isabelline and brown shrikes

Richard's, Blyth's and Tawny Pipits photo ID guide

Autumn Water Pipit Identification

Quaker Moth identification

Harriers. Juvenile Pallid vs Montagu’s

Common and European Honey Buzzards photo ID guide

Notocelia. trimaculana, N.rosaecolana & N.roborana

The Uncertain Rustic

Moth Comparison Pages

Notes on various calls

Key to the echolocation calls of British bats

Common micro-moths of Berkshire Ed2.pdf

Herring v Thayer's

Siberian and American Pipits

Moths of the season: Challenging chestnutsSteve Whitehouse gives expert advice on telling Chestnut from Dark Chestnut.

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A comprehensive look at the identification of Marsh, Blyth’s Reed, Eurasian Reed, Melodious and Icterine Warblers

Spring yellow wagtails photo ID guideDominic Mitchell takes a look at the various guises, both familiar and scarce, of one of our most eagerly awaited summer visitors.

Flora of East Anglia

Orange-billed terns photo ID guidePaul Dufour and Pierre-André Crochet provide in-depth analysis on the identification of Elegant, Lesser Crested and the 'Royal' Terns.

The Baltic Gulls at ApplefordBaltic Gull - field sketch This year, I've developed a bit of an obsession with mid-summer gull watching. Right in the doldrums between the ...

Focus on: Southern Small WhiteWill Langdon profiles this rapidly expanding European butterfly and pin-points what to look for in a potential British vagrant.

BFTB-Fumitories-Arable-crib.pdf (naturebftb.co.uk)

A Field Key to the Grasses of the East Midlands (genesis-ws.co.uk)

Key to Groups of British Grasses Biodiversity Projects (fscbiodiversity.uk)

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