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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dantheman" data-source="post: 3457196" data-attributes="member: 32998">Yes, very interesting indeed.Will all 3 end up competing with each other as time goes by (ie will they have their own local agenda between trips as intimated in the blog page) could it all get quite messy? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> For those dissing Britain, they seem to be forgetting that as an island (group) it is extremely well placed to receive extra-limital vagrants which will be hard to pick up elsewhere - Sibes to a degree, but also the Yanks. The Azores will of course be good, but in a good year the UK  can get 12+ Nearctic shorebird species alone. A potentially greater variety and much easier to twitch. Depends where the birds turn up in the particular year.Budget will be interesting.Re future proofing - Just how many subspecies will they be targeting along the way? They could go for the full 2000+ if they were really keen just to make sure ...Presume they'll have gen for specialities like Andalusian Hemipode (Small Buttonquail), but there are others eg Cape Verde Buzzard? Bourne's Heron which they will just catch? Too late for some species ...And yes Iran and area would potentially be a good idea but don't they have to be careful about having Israel stamps in the same passport?</blockquote>

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