Separating Short-eared and Long-eared Owls
As difficult species go, the Long and Short-eared Owl pairing are amongst the most challenging to identify, especially in flight.…
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BTO Bird ID – Yellow-coloured wagtails
When is a yellow wagtail not a Yellow Wagtail? These bright-coloured summer visitors are declining across much of their range…
BTO Bird ID – Corvids – Crow, Rook, Raven
A black crow flies over – but is it a Crow, a Rook or even a Raven? Let this video…
BTO Bird ID – Winter Divers
Divers in winter can be confusing and difficult to identify. Let this video help you to confidently separate Red-throated, Black-throated…
BTO Bird ID – Skuas
Identifying skuas passing offshore in late summer is one of the great challenges of bird ID. There are clues to…
BTO Bird ID – Winter Buzzards: Common and Rough-legged
In winter, Honey-buzzard is replaced by Rough-legged Buzzard as the key confusion species with Common Buzzard. This identification video talks…
BTO Bird ID – Curlew and Whimbrel
Curlew is a familiar wader, found in wild habitats around the UK. In April and May numbers of their smaller…
BTO Bird ID – Hirundines and Swift
With their swept back wings and aerial lifestyle hirundines (Swallow, Sand and House Martins) and the similar, but unrelated, Swift…
BTO Bird ID – Peregrines
A truly iconic species, tales of Peregrine stoop speeds and its claim to be the fastest bird on Earth are…
BTO Bird ID – Summer Buzzards: Common Buzzard and Honey-buzzard
Buzzard and Honey-buzzard are a difficult pair to tell apart particularly at height, as they are often seen. A successful…