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Hi Steve,
I keep an Irish list,which is a relatively low 279(not including Yellow-legged Gull,Carrion Crow,White Wagtail or a few other potential splits-best to wait until these things are official!).
I keep a year list as a means of making things more interesting,but only compete against my own totals from previous years.At the moment I'm on 200 for the year,and my record(set last year)is 201,so I should beat that.
The interesting thing is that back in 2000 when I got 39 ticks(incl.S-B Dowitcher,Blue-winged Warbler,REV,Isabelline Shrike etc.),I actually managed less species in the year than I have so far THIS year!This year SEEMED quiet,but I did see lots of seabirds earlier in the autumn,many of the regular scarce migrants co-operated(still need Yellow-browed for the year),and the spring saw me ticking Alpine Swift(found 5 together in Cork city!),GS Cuckoo,White Stork,Woodlark(a "mega" over here!) and Golden O.
1 Lesser throat and 1 Black Red the best at a wet Old Head of Kinsale today(had seen 2 Lesser throats,3 Black Reds,1 Turtle Dove,1 Reed Warbler and a few Chiffs/Wheatears/Swallows yesterday)
Hoping to tick Pallas' Warbler this autumn,and whatever else may turn up.
My year list starts,of course,on 1st Jan!!
I keep an Irish list,which is a relatively low 279(not including Yellow-legged Gull,Carrion Crow,White Wagtail or a few other potential splits-best to wait until these things are official!).
I keep a year list as a means of making things more interesting,but only compete against my own totals from previous years.At the moment I'm on 200 for the year,and my record(set last year)is 201,so I should beat that.
The interesting thing is that back in 2000 when I got 39 ticks(incl.S-B Dowitcher,Blue-winged Warbler,REV,Isabelline Shrike etc.),I actually managed less species in the year than I have so far THIS year!This year SEEMED quiet,but I did see lots of seabirds earlier in the autumn,many of the regular scarce migrants co-operated(still need Yellow-browed for the year),and the spring saw me ticking Alpine Swift(found 5 together in Cork city!),GS Cuckoo,White Stork,Woodlark(a "mega" over here!) and Golden O.
1 Lesser throat and 1 Black Red the best at a wet Old Head of Kinsale today(had seen 2 Lesser throats,3 Black Reds,1 Turtle Dove,1 Reed Warbler and a few Chiffs/Wheatears/Swallows yesterday)
Hoping to tick Pallas' Warbler this autumn,and whatever else may turn up.
My year list starts,of course,on 1st Jan!!
Darrell Clegg
Well-known member
I keep a UK life list which currenly stands at 415 ( sorry Harry no Irish birds on there!) there are a few blockers on there which even the most ardent twitchers would appreciate - Chestnut -sided Warbler anyone!!
I also keep a county list for Cornwall which stands at 329 - it went up one this week when I found a Goshawk
My other two lists are probably my most important - an area list, in this case Caradon aka South-East Cornwall, which at the moment is 230 and a personal finds list currently 253. Red-flanked Bluetail and Spanish Sparrow are the best birds on both of those lists.
I used to keep a year list but it got too silly, I can't see the point anymore in travelling all day to see a particular species every year, when I can pop up the road to Rame Head and watch the local birds.
I also keep a county list for Cornwall which stands at 329 - it went up one this week when I found a Goshawk
My other two lists are probably my most important - an area list, in this case Caradon aka South-East Cornwall, which at the moment is 230 and a personal finds list currently 253. Red-flanked Bluetail and Spanish Sparrow are the best birds on both of those lists.
I used to keep a year list but it got too silly, I can't see the point anymore in travelling all day to see a particular species every year, when I can pop up the road to Rame Head and watch the local birds.
