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Nerds! UK Big Year 2018 (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter McMadd
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foresttwitcher
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Come on, put us out of our misery!
Andy Adcock
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Not really bovvered innit
Paul Higson
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Anyone know what finally happened to the Big Year 2016 in UK ??????
Was anything ever published/printed etc etc ????
Was anything ever published/printed etc etc ????
Paul Chapman
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Absolutely nothing.
One of the dispiriting things about that is that it leaves the 'record' (?) in a bizarre state of flux which would put off anyone mad enough to think about giving it a crack. (I'll leave to one side my view about the need for clarity and contemporaneous publication in the Strycker/Dwarhuis/WP Big Year team mould for a total to be truly vetted and credible as it may lead to even more Antipodean opprobrium to be heaped on my armchair.)
All the best
lewis20126
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Paul Chapman
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lewis20126
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No, too hard - I normally manage 180-200 photographed. You try flying Jack Snipe - in the rain!
cheers, a
Paul Chapman
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I have tried that and I have always failed. I intend to try again at the weekend. I only tend to get photos of Jack Snipe when they are obvious:-
https://ebird.org/media/catalog?userId=USER674479&q=jack snipe&user=Paul Chapman
A deficit of 20-40 seems a bit high though. I remember someone suggesting that the WP Big Year guys should be able to go for 100% photographed or near enough.
That said, I'm only 86/110 for Somerset photographed so far this year.
All the best
lewis20126
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I remember someone suggesting that the WP Big Year guys should be able to go for 100% photographed or near enough.
Yup. Evidence is better than none. Well, so lawyers tell me.
cheers, a
lewis20126
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Paul Chapman
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:clap::clap:
Better than I have ever done. It must be that more expensive lighterweight lens of yours. :king:
All the best
dantheman
Bah humbug
McMadd
You should see the other bloke...
lewis20126
Well-known member
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Can't see any running total to accompany his sightings?
lewis20126
Well-known member
Doesn't look 'full on' to me, as he doesn't seem to have been for much yet and there have been a few wintering rarities to mop up which he hasn't seen. Good luck to him though - I'm sure he'll see more in Britain (and Ireland?) this year than me! :t:
cheers, alan
Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
On BUBO Lee is on 186 and Jim Swalwell 188.
....we give up. Who? :smoke:
