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Where on Earth do we all sprout? I did a quick research over the extreme members on BF map (see http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=4567). Here they are with approximate degrees (basics: North Pole is 90 N, South Pole 90 S and Date Line 180 E/W):
The northernmost member: Kevin J Purcell; Fairbanks, Alaska - 65 N
The easternmost member: Roy191; Auckland, New Zealand - 175 E
The westernmost members: Davedorsey & Andy Hoffmann; Anchorage area, Alaska, USA - 149 W
The southernmost members: Corwin, Pen Gwynne & Mike Mules; Melbourne area, Australia - 37 S
 
I wonder, who lives highest above the sea level? Somebody in the Rockies, or possibly Alps?

And who opposite? Somebody in Holland, or maybe Israel's Dead Sea area?
 
jurek said:
I wonder, who lives highest above the sea level? Somebody in the Rockies, or possibly Alps?
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I think that title may belong to one of our S. American members

I'm not sure the BF map is as up to date as it used to be, I know we have at least one member from the Falkland Isles down south, probably several from S. Island N.Z. and several from Iceland to the North.

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Andy
 
I do live a little north of 66N at Husavik in northern Iceland (Edward lives in Reykjavik at around 64N). I find it hard to believe that I am the northernmost member in BF!
 
Gaukur said:
I do live a little north of 66N at Husavik in northern Iceland (Edward lives in Reykjavik at around 64N). I find it hard to believe that I am the northernmost member in BF!
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Now that really is north - 66.04010ºN according to AutoRoute on my computer!

Gaukur - could you add this to your Profile, as I'm not sure that I shall be able to remember this interesting fact by next year?! :eek!:
 
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Who lives in the most unremarkable area!!

Being close to some of the 'claimed' centre of England locations, I'm nowhere near any of the most N, S, E, or W sites.

We don't have any mountains so no chance of 'highest,' neither are we very flat so nowhere near the 'lowest,' either.

Being far from the coast we can't claim to be the windiest or wettest.

As for habitat and the birdlife therein, we've got a few small woods but no large forest areas and no large watery habitat, either. So no specialised birds to be proud of like Kites or Bitterns or Bearded Tits, etc. And no RSPB reserves, locally, to keep an eye on.

We don't get any 'falls' of migrants as happens in coastal areas and as far as I'm aware there's never been a 'BB' rarity to set the pulse a-racing - whether it's something to see now or something to read about from a previous time!

Plenty of 'common' birds and other wildlife, of course, but wouldn't it be nice to put the old place on the map just once in a while!
 
Adey Baker said:
We don't get any 'falls' of migrants as happens in coastal areas and as far as I'm aware there's never been a 'BB' rarity to set the pulse a-racing - whether it's something to see now or something to read about from a previous time!
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I've been moaning about how crap Berkshire is recently but to quantify things Berks has had 44 BB rarities (up to 2002) and Leicester has had 46. Herefordshire has only had 14 so count yourself lucky! You're right though, inland birding is hard work.
 
Adey Baker said:
Who lives in the most unremarkable area!!
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Now that is what mathematicians call the "interesting number paradox". If you could nominate somewhere as being the least remarkable, it suddenly gains an interesting property and ceases to be unremarkable.
 
marek_walford said:
I've been moaning about how crap Berkshire is recently but to quantify things Berks has had 44 BB rarities (up to 2002) and Leicester has had 46. Herefordshire has only had 14 so count yourself lucky! You're right though, inland birding is hard work.
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My immediate locality is very short of rarity hotspots (about 14 species less than Herefords!).

Leicestershire, of course, has always been combined with Rutland for wildlife recording purposes so Rutland Water helps boost the figures considerably and Eyebrook res. on the Leics./Rutland border has had a steady stream of good birds over the decades.

But both of those are on the opposite side of the county to me at about 35/40 miles away. I couldn't make either a local patch. I'd struggle to get to RW in less than an hour without breaking the law!

Mind you, if I did ever find a BB rarity on my local patch, I'd probably faint with the shock of it!
 
Gaukur said:
I do live a little north of 66N at Husavik in northern Iceland (Edward lives in Reykjavik at around 64N). I find it hard to believe that I am the northernmost member in BF!
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Gaukur, you know very well that I live in Kópavogur, not Reykjavík, but 64°N is about right. Have you seen the sun today? I heard a rumour that it was on the southern horizon today for a while but I missed it

We have one member in the Falklands which is around 52°S I think. That'll be tough to beat unless we've got anyone on a research base in Antarctica!

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