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Message: <blockquote data-quote="purple highflyer" data-source="post: 1617634" data-attributes="member: 76882">Hi FozzybearNothing wrong with lists,I have a life list & this year I,ve been doing a hertfordshire & essex list because I live almost right on the border of the two counties ,admit I,ve had some angst about a few birds missed,but its all part of the game,and a game is all it is (to me anyway). You say you like to see new things, thats the same motivation that gets a lot of people out weather it be to shetland to see a lbj or like someone I know who gets up an unearthly hour to scour the local patch before work and the information he gathers on local bird movement and numbers is staggering,we all ,in our hearts, are hoping for that day when a rare bird shows up,a list is still a list, and a bit of fun,thats all.:smoke:PH .</blockquote>