michaelboustead
Well-known member
Congratulations! I can't imagine the physical effort. I would be curled up in a fetal position after a month. So many wonderful memories.
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2016 - World Yearlist Record Attempt (2 Viewers)
- Thread starter John Cantelo
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Andy Adcock
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I'm fully expecting that Arjan will go in to rehab when the withdrawl kicks in!
Amazing year, well done.
A
So now we need to retune our Big Year fixation to the WP
First Noah, then Arjan, now this: http://www.bigyearwp.com/
I think they could more easily describe it as an effort to see all the Collins guide listed birds in one year.
Fortunately there is already an active BF thread covering their quest:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=331740
It is off to a running start and looks to become another great adventure.
First Noah, then Arjan, now this: http://www.bigyearwp.com/
I think they could more easily describe it as an effort to see all the Collins guide listed birds in one year.
Fortunately there is already an active BF thread covering their quest:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=331740
It is off to a running start and looks to become another great adventure.
What a fantastic achievement, and the trip of a lifetime, I can only image how many amazing places he must have visited, the people he has met and the number of flights he must have taken..... Well done to Arjan. I look forward to reading about this some time in the future.
In the future, I wonder if including China is the key to breaking 7000 species?
Also, I wonder how long it will be (and what species it will be) until Arjan sees a species which he didn't see during 2016?
In the future, I wonder if including China is the key to breaking 7000 species?
Also, I wonder how long it will be (and what species it will be) until Arjan sees a species which he didn't see during 2016?
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
dalat
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Indeed some great birds to finish this awesame adventure! Congratulations for the record and for having had a great year!
sicklebill
well-known Cretaceous relic
Congratulations to Arjan and his team, a fantastic effort, i was worried that health issues might cause dramas and am so glad they did not, and as for stamina, I got tired just reading about it! Thanks also to Paul Chapman and others folks on this thread for such thoughtful analyses. How much was raised for BirdLife in the end by the way, any figures yet?
JustinJansen
Well-known member
StevePreddy
Well-known member
Justin/Vincent
Do you know what Arjan's life list now stands at, and how many of the birds he saw this year were lifers?
Thanks
Steve
Do you know what Arjan's life list now stands at, and how many of the birds he saw this year were lifers?
Thanks
Steve
Melanie
Well-known member
A new BirdLife article on Arjan. What a lucky guy.
http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/n...131692773&mc_cid=6d3ddb9f5d&mc_eid=d5bff19eba
http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/n...131692773&mc_cid=6d3ddb9f5d&mc_eid=d5bff19eba
I think this deserves another plug;
After 83 Birdforum pages, over 2000 posts and over 287,000 views, its a little sad that only 135 people have pledged money to this great cause (through the justgiving page, anyway).
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Biggest-Year
Go on, I'm sure we can all afford to donate a few Euros towards conserving the most vulnerable species of birds....
After 83 Birdforum pages, over 2000 posts and over 287,000 views, its a little sad that only 135 people have pledged money to this great cause (through the justgiving page, anyway).
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Biggest-Year
Go on, I'm sure we can all afford to donate a few Euros towards conserving the most vulnerable species of birds....
McMadd
You should see the other bloke...
Sounds like someone got his copy of HBW/BLI Checklist 2 then...?
rockfowl
Mark Andrews
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Does it count if it was split after the end of the year?
dantheman
Bah humbug
rockfowl
Mark Andrews
I guess that's for others to decide, I don't have a problem with it.
