Which place in Europe has the longest list? (1 Viewer)

dalat

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• Sep 4, 2014

• #1

Hi, this article speculates that Heligoland might be Europe's spot with most species observed (432). I wonder if that is so indeed, or if there other spots with longer lists...
Anyone made a sort of ranking of location lists?

 

ApusApus

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• Sep 4, 2014

• #2

Firstly, you need to start with what is the definition of "location", it does have a rather big bearing on the subject IMO!


Shane

 

Andy Hurley

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• Sep 4, 2014

• #3

I think it obviously means the small island of Helgoland in the North Sea! Its a known birding hotspot like Spurn, Shetland, or Gibralter. If you want to count countries only then I assume that Dalat probably already has that list

 

Richard Klim

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• Sep 4, 2014

• #4

Andy Hurley said:

I think it obviously means the small island of Helgoland in the North Sea! Its a known birding hotspot like Spurn, Shetland, or Gibralter.

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Well, Shetland has a longer list, but it's ~150km north to south, and comprises multiple islands totalling ~1500km2. Hardly a comparable "spot"!

 

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dalat

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• Sep 4, 2014

• #5

Richard Klim said:

Well, Shetland has a longer list, but it's ~150km north to south, and comprises multiple islands totalling ~1500km2. Hardly a comparable "spot"!

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Ok I see, size of "location" is indeed rather decisive... Helgoland is a basically a small rock, and I think for the list they count the waters of a 20 km perimeter as well. But applying that size to other locations wouldn't make much sense.

Best we forget that question and back to our own lists

 

Andy Hurley

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• Sep 4, 2014

• #6

Richard Klim said:

Well, Shetland has a longer list, but it's ~150km north to south, and comprises multiple islands totalling ~1500km2. Hardly a comparable "spot"!

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By your measure, the UK is not comparable to say, Russia for example. It is still a country. By this standard, the same as Helgoland or Shetland are bird hotspots within national borders.

 

Richard Klim

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• Sep 4, 2014

• #7

Andy Hurley said:

By your measure, the UK is not comparable to say, Russia for example. It is still a country. By this standard, the same as Helgoland or Shetland are bird hotspots within national borders.

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Florian used the word 'spot'. Fair Isle would be a fair (pardon the pun) comparison. Shetland is arguably a (hot!?) region rather than a hotspot.

 

Andy Hurley

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• Sep 4, 2014

• #8

Fair point, Richard, I was refering Shane's use of the word "location", but I should have quote that, mea culpa.