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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Cantelo" data-source="post: 1745982" data-attributes="member: 2844">I'm in the fortunate position of having seen all the UK & European species mentioned thus far - yes even Lanceolated Warbler despite Farnboro John having 100 or so more UK species than me!  What strikes me is how many people have not seen species that I'd regard as pretty straight forward -as I should after the best part of 50 years of birding in the UK; Green Woodpecker & Cuckoo come to mind.  What I'd suggest is that those who are struggling should join their county bird societies,  read county avifaunas/annual reports & go on organised field trips (with county societies or local RSPB groups),</blockquote>