tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post6906634610919294275..comments2024-03-28T21:44:36.332+00:00Comments on Not Quite Scilly: Listing for DummiesGavin Haighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-85041692599442181892022-01-10T11:25:27.436+00:002022-01-10T11:25:27.436+00:00Apart from a handful of enjoyable day-list efforts...Apart from a handful of enjoyable day-list efforts (which as we both know can be a lot of fun) I normally prefer not to 'chase' a list. Too much angst. Happy to keep a tally, though like you I rarely remember them!<br /><br />This year I'll make a bit of an exception, and try seeking out some of the trickier species. While I'm in the mood... 😄Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-70415340253864478942022-01-09T12:18:34.258+00:002022-01-09T12:18:34.258+00:00Hacked. 😄Hacked. 😄Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-61326213465335287972022-01-09T11:54:55.083+00:002022-01-09T11:54:55.083+00:00Handy if you can remember lists. I've two loca...Handy if you can remember lists. I've two location lists of exactly 100 but wouldn't be able to say what was on them.<br />A Jan 1st London list of 90, is one I can remember. Species involved? Nope. <br />I stopped twitching once my British List made 300. Later I went through the list and eradicated everything I couldn't remember seeing clearly. That combination of poor views and loss of memory cost the list at least 30 species.<br /><br />I have a couple of fishing lists as well. Both 100 of perch and roach respectively weighing over 2lb's each, but the exact number is unknown.<br /><br />So for me, the lists are largely meaningless. Content and quantity; and which lets face it, are the core of the items, are rendered irrelevant if you can't remember either. Good luck to those who can.<br />Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-11522825027688022652022-01-09T10:22:50.439+00:002022-01-09T10:22:50.439+00:00Guest writer this week?Guest writer this week?Jonathan Lethbridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12791327377479687655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-21531902850327276322022-01-09T09:21:16.987+00:002022-01-09T09:21:16.987+00:00A list can be a source of motivation, pleasure, fr...A list can be a source of motivation, pleasure, frustration, disappointment, and all the rest of it too. Amazing what a column of bird names is capable of.Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-59176647553433688082022-01-09T08:55:57.716+00:002022-01-09T08:55:57.716+00:00A list is just date, it's interpretation that ...A list is just date, it's interpretation that gives in a meaning. At best it's a historical, scientific document, at the least it's a bragging right. Dave Burrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08259482046178828401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-57534936258203541682022-01-09T08:37:05.821+00:002022-01-09T08:37:05.821+00:006499? Are you sure? No splits or lumps while you w...6499? Are you sure? No splits or lumps while you weren't looking? 😄Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-74008591733057691002022-01-09T00:42:00.901+00:002022-01-09T00:42:00.901+00:00No, no, no, no, nooo. A list is not simply a list ...No, no, no, no, nooo. A list is not simply a list of numbers at all, otherwise we'd all be stood chest deep on a railway bridge or beneath the flight path of Heathrow or Gatwick airports scribbling numbers and times. A list is a story to be regaled with pride and pomp, fanfare and red carpets! My British list stands at precisely 6499 species, just one away from a significant number. None of these are heard-only's (though I have several heard-onlys on my world list, mostly from Nicaraguan mountainsides) and none at all from nocmig kits (can you imagine the shame!) Happily all of my White-tailed Eagles are the real deal long established plastic dross (rather than the IOW newly fledged plastic dross) so my birding conscience is entirely clear too, even though it comprises less than 7% of my British list. Gibsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699055561230102061noreply@blogger.com