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Identification

'northern' Willow Warbler (left) grey colder tones, lack of usual colours - Willow Warbler (right) normal brighter green & yellow colouration - Matt Prior

BLACK REDSTART female (left) greyish colour all over, dull orange outer tail feathers, very dark central tail feathers - REDSTART female (right) buff upperparts, pale underparts, bright orange tail with dark centre central feathers - Graham Deacon

WAXWING - female (left) white on inner edges of primaries - male (right) yellow on inner edges of primaries, red wax tips to secondaries - Chippenham 2005 - Graham Deacon

GOLDCREST (left) plain face, narrow black crown-stripe, green upperparts - FIRECREST (right) black eye-stripe with white supercilium, broad black crown-stripe, bronze mantle colouration - Graham Deacon

NIGHTINGALE (left) bright rufous tail, rufous upperparts, pale underparts and breast - THRUSH NIGHTINGALE (right) dull rufous tail, drab olive/brown upperparts, dull underparts & breast - both birds Salisbury Plain 2008 - Graham Deacon

NIGHTINGALE (left) bright rufous tail, rufous upperparts, pale underparts and breast - THRUSH NIGHTINGALE (right) dull rufous tail, drab olive/brown upperparts, dull underparts & breast - both birds Salisbury Plain 2008 - Graham Deacon

SPARROWHAWK - 2nd year male - age based on new greyer flight feathers compared to the old browner retained juvenile feathers - Graham Deacon

LONG EARED OWL (top) - orange eyes, ear tufts, heavily barred upperparts, warm buff patch on base of primaries. SHORT EARED OWL (bottom) - yellow eyes, no ear tufts, paler yellowish patches to base of primaries, pale trailing edge to flight feathers - Graham Deacon

KINGFISHER - male (left) with all black bill, female (right) with red base to the bill - Graham Deacon

GOLDFINCH - differences in facial pattern. Male (left) with red extending beyond the eye. Female (right) with red not extending beyond the eye - Graham Deacon

HOUSE SPARROW (left) grey crown & grey cheek - TREE SPARROW (right) chestnut crown, white cheek with black spot - Graham Deacon

NIGHTINGALE (left) & REDSTART (right) - comparison of juvenile plumage and tail colouration - Graham Deacon

REDSTART - comparison of tail markings - Graham Deacon

WILLOW WARBLER (left) long yellow supercilium, yellowish underparts, longer paler bill - WOOD WARBLER (top right) long yellow supercilium, yellow throat with white underparts, bright green fringes to flight feathers - CHIFFCHAFF (bottom right) shorter supercilium, drab olive/green upperparts, darker bill

GREEN WOODPECKER - LEFT (2nd year) lack of green on primary coverts, dark centres fo greater coverts, more extensive white spotting - RIGHT (adult) green edges to primary coverts, all green greater coverts, less extensive white spotting, greener primaries & secondaries - SPTA centre - April 2008 - Graham Deacon

MARSH TIT (left), small bib, black nasal feathers, white cutting edge to upper mandible. WILLOW TIT (right), large bib, brown nasal feathers, all black bill - Ogbourne St George - March 2010 - Graham Deacon

ICTERINE WARBLER - large size compared to phylloscopus warblers, large head. long broad bill, short primaries, short tail, dark legs, pale panel in secondaries, narrow poorly marked supercilium - Richard Creighton

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Header photo: Stephen Davis. Location: Lydeway, Salisbury Plain