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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pete Mella" data-source="post: 3256760" data-attributes="member: 47236">It's all down to what you feel comfortable with, and what you consider your list to be. Is it a list of birds you've had the skill to ID? Is it a list of birds you know you've seen (including those IDed by others?). Is it a list of birds you've recorded (in which case certain heard-onlies would count)?When I first started out I'd tick most things, and still have a couple of things on my list IDed by others that I still wonder about scrubbing off at some point. There are big grey areas though - if you turn up at a twitch, can you always honestly say you'd have IDed or located the bird without the assembled crowd's help?I'm a bit more circumspect now and willing to let things go more easily - I've had too many occasions where I've ticked bad or probable views, then had great views later and wished this had been the "lifer" moment. I don't tick on call for life, but do for year, which leaves a couple of weird moments where things are on year lists that have never made the life list.</blockquote>