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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tichodrome" data-source="post: 1212904" data-attributes="member: 52083">Having never got around to taking my driving test, a large chunk of my birding has been done by bike, though I have been lucky enough to live in some very bike friendly places. I spent 2 years in Davis in California's Central Valley, where an extensive network of bike paths allows easy access to riparian woodland, farmland and standing water. I amassed about 180 species on my bike list while there, and this year several of the locals are doing a BIBGY (Big Green Big Year), see <a href="http://www.sparroworks.ca/bigby.html" target="_blank">http://www.sparroworks.ca/bigby.html</a>I now live in Cambridge, UK, where the national cycle network brings such excellent sites as Fen Drayton, Wicken Fen and the Cam Washes within reach. Since I got my bike in April I've seen about 115 species at these sites. Birding by bike is definitely to be recommended, though some unsurfaced bike paths and the Fen Drayton entrance road have caused me more than my fair share of flat tyres!</blockquote>