This month’s challenge is all about the identification of long-legged birds

Check your answers against our explanations. Remember, there are no ‘trick’ birds or extreme rarities among these...

Finding the best birds can mean looking in some less than obvious places, writes Paul Brook

Amazingly, we have reached another September, the beating heart of birding autumn. Migration is in full swing, and there is always a chance of finding something very special. Here are five birds which will make any September day.

Birds of prey in flight have a reputation for being very tough to identify. However, follow these guidelines and you have a good chance of telling these five larger species apart. Note photos are not to scale.

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