Uk County Year Lists - what's the score? (1 Viewer)

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Oct 28, 2017

• #1

Just wondering what a good/record year for the best (and other ) counties in the UK is.

Saw something about the Norfolk County record for an individual being 279(?) one year - indicates the complete county list for that year must be a reasonable number.

Cornwall (as a whole) looks set to break through the 300 (reported) species barrier imminently for this year (2017).

 

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GWB77

Grafham Water Birder

• Oct 29, 2017

• #2

The Cambs Year List record is 218 species. My personal best year list in the county was 214 species.....

 

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Steve Lister

Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.

• Oct 29, 2017

• #3

The Leics/Rutland year list record is 202 - set by me a few years ago.

Steve

 

Frenchy

Well-known member

• Nov 3, 2017

• #4

Garry Taylor got 287 in Yorkshire last year. We couldn't find a higher total, so reckon that's probably the UK county year list record.

 

GiG

Well-known member

• Nov 3, 2017

• #5

The Suffolk record is 264, set by Lee Woods in 2005. He saw 91% of the birds seen in the county during the year and was also the finder of the Trumpeter Finch at Landguard.

 

Nohatch

Mad scientist

• Nov 3, 2017

• #6

Hants generally in the region of 230-240: http://www.goingbirding.co.uk/hants/yearlisting.asp

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Nov 3, 2017

• #7

Thanks for the replies. Seems like there are some numbers for individual birders out there, but finding the total for any particular county as a whole a bit more awkward - maybe only hidden in the hard copies of the county bird reports? Or maybe LGRE or even Birdguides?

GiG said:

The Suffolk record is 264, set by Lee Woods in 2005. He saw 91% of the birds seen in the county during the year and was also the finder of the Trumpeter Finch at Landguard.

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I make that 290 species total seen in the county for the year then (264 / 0.91)

 

dantheman

Bah humbug

• Nov 3, 2017

• #8

Steve Lister said:

The Leics/Rutland year list record is 202 - set by me a few years ago.

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Frenchy said:

Garry Taylor got 287 in Yorkshire last year. We couldn't find a higher total, so reckon that's probably the UK county year list record.

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Nice! Do you know how many species were missed that year?

 

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Steve Lister

Senior Birder, ex County Recorder, Garden Moths.

• Nov 4, 2017

• #9

Sorry Dan, I misunderstood what you were after.

The highest Leics/Rutland county total was 226 in 2010, the year I got 202. It varies considerably from year to year, with just 203 recorded in 2015 for example.

Steve

 

Frenchy

Well-known member

• Nov 5, 2017

• #10

dantheman said:

Nice! Do you know how many species were missed that year?

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No idea, sorry. I guess it would be possible to find out by asking all the county recorders and/or bird report editors, but might be a bit of a task!

 

Phil Andrews

It's only Rock and Roller but I like it

• Nov 6, 2017

• #11

Given we dont even know who holds the British year list record (does Mark Pass's efforts last year count as no detail has been released as far as I am aware?) what chance have we of the county records?