Earlier this year Martin Garner gave a fascinating talk, Birding Frontiers, in which he opened many local birders eyes to both common and rare birds. One of the most basic examples was how he highlighted the humble Robin and in particular the identification of migrant birds from the continent. If you want to learn more or have forgotten what they look like then look at the image below and his website at:
http://birdingfrontiers.com/
The key features that Martin highlighted were the olive upperparts (not brown) and orange breast (not red). Martin is revisiting us next spring for another talk so prepare to learn more!
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| Continental Robin, Shetland October 2010 |
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