Even birds you see fairly often can be surprisingly difficult to tell apart, especially when they're flying past or hiding in the bushes. For me, the tricky ones are often those that look almost identical until you notice one tiny detail. Which species still catches you out, and what helped you finally learn to recognise it?

QQ for the Queen's Bird Nerds:

What's happening with raptor research in the UK?

Is there decent funding?

Is eco research supported by the government?

What could a person with golden/bald eagle, sharpie, osprey, turkey vulture experience in particular get involved with?

Halp?

I'm looking for some advice on good birdwatching sites in Norfolk near Wymondham. For a university project, I need to compare different census techniques for bird surveying in woods and open land so the site would need to have both of these.