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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JTweedie" data-source="post: 1749911" data-attributes="member: 8075">It seems to be particular groups of birds that can be tough to identify, for me it's waders and gulls.  I can easily identify the more obvious birds like Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, adult LBB, GBB, BH Gull, but I start having probs when someone says it's a Yellow-legged Gull (not easy when it's in the water) or a young bird.One problem with waders is there are so many variations of them depending on their sex, what time of year it is etc, that a general purpose field guide doesn't really do them justice, and can make many species appear so alike.  I'm thinking I may splash out for a dedicated field guide to waders.I've been birding for years and years so feel I have a decent knowledge of birds, but someone posted a photo of a Dusky Warbler recently and I just nodded my head and took their word for it.  It's not a bird that's ever been on my radar so I had no knowledge about it whatsoever, so just had to accept what they said.</blockquote>