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Spoonbills in Northumberland 2011 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This section contains various articles, papers, etc. dealing with diverse identification matters which it is hoped may be of interest to club members and other birders when out \u2018in the field\u2019. If you feel that you would like to contribute something to this section please email ntbcorg@gmail.com Spoonbills in Northumberland 2011by Mike S. HodgsonA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1343","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1343"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13912,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1343\/revisions\/13912"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
by Mike S. Hodgson<\/strong>
A review of the substantial influx into the county during late spring and summer 2011 with reference to ageing criteria that may be used. \u00a0\u00bb Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Black-tailed-Godwit.jpg\")
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Black-tailed Godwits \u2013 Sub-Specific Identification & Status in the County<\/strong>
by Chris G. Knox<\/strong>
A review of the field identification of the two main sub-species and an overview of their status in Northumberland. \u00a0\u00bb Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Yellow-legged-Gull.jpg\")
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Yellow-legged Gulls
by County Records Committee<\/strong>
An aid to identification and criteria for record assessment produced (in September 2004) by the Northumberland County Records Committee. \u00a0\u00bb Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Water-Pipit.jpg\")
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Water and Rock Pipits in Northumberland
by Mike S Hodgson<\/strong>
A look at this species pair, that sometimes cause confusion in the county, with hints on some identification pointers. There have been several long-staying Water Pipits in recent winters. \u00a0\u00bb Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Lesser-Whitethroat.jpg\")
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Central Asian Lesser Whitethroats
by Colin Bradshaw<\/strong>
A short article with photos focusing on the problems of the racial identity of some of the \u2018Lesser Whitethroat\u2019 group. This was generated by the interest shown by birders in the identity of a Lesser Whitethroat at St. Mary\u2019s Island in October 2009. \u00a0\u00bb Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.ntbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Siberian-Chiffchaff.jpg\")
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Identifying \u2018Siberian\u2019 Chiffchaffs
by Colin Bradshaw<\/strong>
Another short article with photos concentrating on the features needed to correctly get to grips with this rare and difficult subspecies. \u00a0\u00bb Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n