Bird List Order (1 Viewer)

AlanR · Dec 22, 2006

As a newcomer I am a bit fazed by the rather extensive list of British birds. It seems to have a standard order for the birds, but it looks almost random.
Are there any easy ways to help to remember the order?
Alan
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pduxon · Dec 22, 2006

Picus-viridis said:
As a newcomer I am a bit fazed by the rather extensive list of British birds. It seems to have a standard order for the birds, but it looks almost random.
Are there any easy ways to help to remember the order?
Alan
:h?:

it gets worse since the official order changed recently!!

robinm · Dec 22, 2006

Hi Alan,

A warm welcome to BirdForum from all the Moderators and Admin. Glad to have you on board :t:

As Pete says it's changed recently

The order is something you get used to, but does have the advantage that "similar" species appear together.

Keith Dickinson · Dec 22, 2006

Picus-viridis said:
As a newcomer I am a bit fazed by the rather extensive list of British birds. It seems to have a standard order for the birds, but it looks almost random.
Are there any easy ways to help to remember the order?
Alan
:h?:

Hi Alan Welcome to BF

Download the British List from the BOU site http://www.bou.org.uk/

Then it's really just a matter of remembering the order of the various groups, that way you can thumb through a fieldguide quite quickly. Don't worry about being word perfect, after over 20 years birding I'm nowhere near getting the various species on the right sequence, even less chance now that the sequence has altered.

Flemingo · Dec 22, 2006

Don't worry too much you'll soon get a adequate working knowledge. A mug of cocoa and flip through the guide at bedtime helps.

AlanR · Dec 22, 2006

Keith Dickinson said:
Hi Alan Welcome to BF

Download the British List from the BOU site http://www.bou.org.uk/

Then it's really just a matter of remembering the order of the various groups, that way you can thumb through a fieldguide quite quickly. Don't worry about being word perfect, after over 20 years birding I'm nowhere near getting the various species on the right sequence, even less chance now that the sequence has altered.

Thanks for that. At least I can start learning the right list! I had a feeling there would be no easy answer.
Alan
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postcardcv · Dec 22, 2006

pduxon said:
it gets worse since the official order changed recently!!

yeah - after 20+ years of birding (and learning the order) they go and change it! I still use the old order for my lists, it's the one I know and the one that most field guides use.

Ant · Dec 22, 2006

I'm sticking to the old order, although my lists are normally in chronological order- that is, no groups listed together, but all new species seen on a single day are,

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