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Focus On: Baird's & White-rumped Sandpipers - BirdGuides
WEBSep 25, 2006 · On Baird's the broad supercilium behind the eye tends to be less striking. Calls of the two species differ too, White-rumped uttering an indistinct jeet or tzeet. White-rumped Sandpiper: Adult summer, Co. Wicklow, August. The streaking extends along the flanks and the breast is heavily streaked (photo: Paul and Andrea Kelly).
January ID tips: Pink-footed, Tundra Bean and Taiga Bean Geese
WEBJan 1, 2013 · Learn how to distinguish Pink-footed, Tundra and Taiga Bean Geese, which are all grey and white geese with orange bills and legs. See photos, bill shapes, tail patterns and flight features to identify them in the field.
British woodpecker photo ID guide - BirdGuides
WEBMay 10, 2019 · Learn how to identify and age the three breeding woodpeckers in Britain: Great Spotted, Green and Lesser Spotted. See photos, descriptions and tips for distinguishing the males and females of each species.
The decline of British starlings - BirdGuides
WEBJul 26, 2019 · Learn why Common Starlings are facing a dramatic population crash in Britain and how scientists are trying to find out the causes and solutions. Discover the latest research, the citizen science project and the threats to this familiar bird.
Focus On: Identification of Cape Gannet - BirdGuides
WEBSep 26, 2007 · Cape Gannet breeds on six islands on the west and south coasts of South Africa and coastal Namibia. It is a true oceanic wanderer and a possible vagrant in northwest Europe, where it can be distinguished from Northern Gannet by its longer gular stripe and black secondaries and tail.
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Baird's Sandpiper - BirdGuides
WEBJan 1, 2010 · Learn about the scarce and rare vagrant Baird's Sandpiper, a small wader with long wings and a flat-backed appearance. Compare it with the similar White-rumped Sandpiper and see how to identify its features, habitat and migration route.
Wintering Blackcaps – Where Do They Come From and Why?
WEBJan 13, 2003 · In a rather elegant experiment, Professor Peter Berthold and his colleagues captured 40 Blackcaps near Weston-super-Mare during the winters of 1988-1990 (the Somerset coast is still one of the best sites for wintering Blackcaps in UK). Peter took these birds to his research station in southern Germany and …
Common and Pallid Swifts ID Photo Guide - BirdGuides
WEBNov 7, 2013 · Common and Pallid Swifts ID Photo Guide. Juvenile Common Swift (Aylesbury, Bucks, mid-July 2002). Photo by David Kjaer (www.davidkjaer.com). 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 southern congener, which probably occurs in …
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