Looks as if Greater Yellowlegs was the end.
I was surprised how similar the big year totals are for ABA, Aus and now WP.
Perhaps the next step is South America or Africa.
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2017 Western Palearctic Big Year (3 Viewers)
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I was surprised how similar the big year totals are for ABA, Aus and now WP.
Perhaps the next step is South America or Africa.
dantheman
Bah humbug
Think L Evans had 600+ (650?) under a slightly more relaxed taxonomy, and I had 550 AERC a few years back.
And that was about it?!
... ?
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Ken Noble
How are we going to get our vicarious listing experience in 2018?
Frenchy
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Over 272,000 posts on the Word Association thread on Ruffled Feathers started by Doc Martin. I'm sure he's proud!
Captain_of_Crunch
YVdpep_re64
The WP team have created a profile on Netfugl with their full list for last year. They currently have a total of 652 as most rare species do not yet have a date or location entered:
http://netfugl.dk/ranking.php?id=wp&mode=list&page_nr=1&profile_id=8775
http://netfugl.dk/ranking.php?id=wp&mode=list&page_nr=1&profile_id=8775
Maffong
Well-known member
It's been a month and I've tried to write a commentary about this big year.
Let me know what you think
https://thelittlestint.blogspot.de/2018/02/a-commentary-on-first-attempt-of-big.html
Maffong
Let me know what you think
https://thelittlestint.blogspot.de/2018/02/a-commentary-on-first-attempt-of-big.html
Maffong
Gladiator96
Well-known member
they seem to have ticked South Polar Skua instead of Great Skua on that list
Richard Prior
Halfway up an Alp
Well done Maffong! You have put in a lot of work during the WP Bigyear and again here.It's been a month and I've tried to write a commentary about this big year.
Let me know what you think
https://thelittlestint.blogspot.de/2018/02/a-commentary-on-first-attempt-of-big.html
Maffong
I’m just wondering, perhaps their record will never be broken as future attempts will most probably use the newer WP boundaries as per Dominic Mitchell(and the upcoming Shirihai WP passerines book?).
Andy Adcock
Worst person on Birdforum
Has it been agreed by any committee/s or do we have authors setting boundaries?
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Xenospiza
Distracted
They held an entertaining talk at the Dutch Birding day today. They really rubbed it in that the Dutch don't care about Cat C birds ("WP listers must see (or hear) them") and they also mentioned the limits of the WP ("according to BWP"). "Rules are fun" – must be a Swedish thing!
I must attach a picture for everyone with an interest in the state of telecommunication in the WP...
I must attach a picture for everyone with an interest in the state of telecommunication in the WP...
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Andy Adcock
Worst person on Birdforum
Xenospiza
Distracted
They even lost coverage on the M25. We can all agree that coverage in Britain is crap, can't we? (Germany must be in the bottom 5).
They admitted W Sahara was rather "surprisingly good" instead of "best", but they were watching youtube videos at Oued Jenna.
lewis20126
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4G in the UK is a national embarrassment - Hampshire is barely covered in many areas with many areas with no signal at all - you have to remember that most people use data from home, so mast coverage is focused on urban areas. Planning restrictions also limit mast heights - not something you'll have a problem with in China for example.
cheers, alan
Paul Chapman
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I found mobile phone reception along the Aouserd road patchy but maybe similar to my experience of the Bristol to London train line....... :eek!:
I certainly caused some consternation for our guide when I responded to a text message to celebrate a football result. :king:
In Dakhla, it was better than Bristol.
All the best
GiG
Well-known member
It's been a month and I've tried to write a commentary about this big year.
Let me know what you think
https://thelittlestint.blogspot.de/2018/02/a-commentary-on-first-attempt-of-big.html
Maffong
Impressive write-up. Bit of a tease having a photo of Shikra!
Previous Big Years that we've all followed on Birdforum have had people guessing the final tally so your estimate was spot on this time.
Gi
Paul Chapman
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They did better than I thought before the year started (19.12.16). I think that their total equates to c740 on a Netfugl basis (as at that stage) so a full 20 higher.
It is important of course to remember the different bases eg Netfugl, Clements, IOC, etc - including with comparisons of Noah Strycker's and Arjan Dwarhuis' World Years - when talking about totals/predictions.
Will anyone really keep a WP list on a different geographical basis or do a Big Year on one? Its only real interest is its history otherwise you may as well see the species where they are far easier?
All the best
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Acrocephalus
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Setting zoological boundaries is based on faunistic studies. In the old times, these were published mainly in books and now mainly in articles. In the case we are discussing now, it’s neither DM’s book nor the forthcoming WP passerines who first proposed changing the WP boundaries to include Arabia and Iran (or parts of them). Both of these works are applying the previous works. For a starter, see this page about the definition of the ‘Greater Western Palearctic’ and the references it cited. (easily read with Google translator).
See also this article and the references in cited:
Roselaar, K. 2006. The boundaries of the Palearctic region. British Birds 99: 602-618.
