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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pete Mella" data-source="post: 1534227" data-attributes="member: 47236">For me it's gulls and geese/swans - I still need the rare gulls from Med upwards, and I still need White-fronted, Bean and Barnacle (!!!) geese and Bewick's Swan.Other ones include Scaup, Slav grebe, Osprey, Little Stint, Little Auk, Twite, Firecrest, Woodlark, Black Redstart, and worst of all I haven't seen a merlin since I was a kid...As others have said having oodles of new stuff to see is actually a good position to be in. Most hardened birders seem to be slightly envious rather than disparaging.It's also got to be remembered that where you live dictates what you have and haven't seen - for example round me redstart, red grouse and pied fly are easy, where some people would have some trouble finding these without travelling.</blockquote>