storm in a teacup Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Apart from watching with someone in the know down the foreshore can any of you recommend any books or mp3s downloads that will help me with my species identification before the season starts. Cheers Storm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 You could go all out and get the BASC 'Hand Book of Shooting', or the extract from it for the quarry species only - the 'Pocket Guide to Quarry Identification'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Most of the wildfowling clubs websites will have quarry identification , Fenlands is good and gives sound files for some of the quarry. http://www.fenlandwa.org.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 If you can get hold of it the BBC Wildfowl video is good showing wildfowl in flight as well as at rest and freeze framing ID points. Its out of print nowadays , but its often on Amazon second hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storm in a teacup Posted March 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Thanks everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Or just use You tube. Moving pics, with sound, of everything you`re likely to see on the shore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reabrook Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 As good as books, DVDs, Youtube etc are they cannot replicate birds in their natural environment, especially in flight. A few visits to a well stocked reserve is well worth the effort and entrance fee. Things have moved on now but a few years ago all GWA ID training was carried out at Slimbridge WWT Centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy.plinker Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 The basc pocket ID book is good ,also the rspb bird guide app is good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie10 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 As Reabrook says, get down to the local reserves or reserviours, anywhere with many species of duck and waders, go down the marsh out of season. Alot of wildfowling is done in poor light conditions and then you can start to recognise ducks by the shape and by the wing beats. The way different ducks fly with allow you to identitfy species but most importantly non quarry types. Like Shelduck and mallard, shelduck flap slowly, Mallard much more rapidly appearing desperate. That's how I do it and I can identify birds from far off, but I did always birdwatch when I was younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storm in a teacup Posted March 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 I been down the reserve a few times but most of the geese have gone. I am just looking for something to read/listen to while I am at work unfortunately youtube is out as I cant take a phone/ipod touch to work only an mp3 player with no camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reabrook Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 This is quite an interesting site. Unfortunately it doesn't have video of many of the duck species. However when first starting many people tend to concentrate on what they can shoot. It's equally as important to be able to recognise what you can't shoot especially in poor conditions. Shelduck, Cormorant and Curlew etc do excellent first light impressions of quarry species! http://www.bto.org/about-birds/bird-id/grey-geese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 You need the British Wildfowl equivalent of this Captain Mainwaring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 (edited) that is a really eclectic mix of WWII aircraft, some pretty onbscure planes. although I can claim to have seen a Fairey Swordfish over the foreshore none of the others have ever been sighted whilst out on the marsh. Edited March 30, 2015 by scolopax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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