Visiting England 22-25.1.2011

I visited England shortly at the end January. The main purpose was to visit the bird skin collection at the Natural History Museum in Tring. I was interested to check Red-flanked Bluetail skins and find out if there are any differences between age classes in female-plumaged birds in autumn. I found something interesting but I need to analyse all the photos properly before publishing anything. Maybe I also need to go back there again and check the skins again more precisely.


Some autumn adult males. See how variable the back colour can be.
Copyright Natural History Museum, London.