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:-CHow do you see all those birds!? I've seen (only) 143 diff. species, where as most of the other people on BF have loads more! Oh, well, you're probably all stringers anyway! (joke):-O
My life list is 115 which I am quite happy about. I have lots of time to see more birds.... there's no rush (unless you are close to your life expectancy?).
But more seriously, you can either chase sightings, or try to generate your own sightings by getting to the right habitats at the right (or even wrong) time of year. It might help to target particular birds that you haven't yet seen, at least to tick off the less scarce species.
The more birds in more situations that you see, the less you have left to see... so less to look forward too!
When you put it that way, I guess 143 isn't that bad. I still have some really common birds that I haven,t seen, though! (yellow wag, ruddy duck, smew ect.)
When you put it that way, I guess 143 isn't that bad. I still have some really common birds that I haven,t seen, though! (yellow wag, ruddy duck, smew ect.)
I wouldn't describe Smew as a really common bird but one was reported as showing at Wraysbury Gravel Pits, South London, today. This is also a good area for Ring-necked Parakeet if you need that species.