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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bonxie2003" data-source="post: 3404238" data-attributes="member: 73794">Hi there, I've spent the last year doing numerous visits to Bedford and failing (by seconds in some cases) to see the last Lady Amherst. Then two nights ago I suddenly woke up in the middle of the night and asked myself, why do I want to see a bird that occurs in Myanmar and south China to appear on my British list when clearly it is not a British bird? I know it's on the British list, as are the other pheasants and I starting thinking how many of the ring necked pheasants that I count each year are any more wild than the gamekeeper's pointer. My British list is over 400 and my world is almost 1500. My first major twitch was the Red-breasted Nuthatch and I can hear you say that that was hardly a British bird. No it wasn't, but it got here, with or without man's help, ultimately by itself. Then I came to Capercaillie. I feel I can accept this. It was here, we drove it out, we brought it back. I was wondering if anyone else doesn't include introduced species on their list, or shares similar views or things I'm being pedantic.Thank you for taking time to read this. I wonder if it's made you think too.BonxieParakeets on the bird feeder again</blockquote>