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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Cantelo" data-source="post: 1252701" data-attributes="member: 2844">I'm in the fortunate position of having been birding since that young whippersnapper Methuselah was a lad so, despite not being a fanatical twitcher, amongst all the UK species mentioned thus far only PG Tips, Yellow-breasted Bunting and Pechora Pipit would be ticks. I suppose, then, they must be my bogey birds, but I've only been to Shetland once (and that was over 30 years ago) so they don't really feel like it.   Countywise Common Rosefinch is my commonest not-yet-seen species.  I must admit that some bogey birds made my eybrows rise a fraction since with minimal research (join your county bird society & thumb through its annual reports) they shouldn't present too big a problem.  It's also a function of time spent birding though.  Some listed birds have made me appreciate just how scarce or rare some species (LSW, Willow Tit & Hawfinch for example) have become in recent years.</blockquote>