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2014 Challenge

Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 4:48 pm
by Neil Southworth
Final Year list totals as at 31.12.14:-

Len Poxon 133
Gary Lilley 132
Neil Southworth 129
Nora West 129
Ian Ball 124
Paul Whittaker 110
John Edwards 100
David Beattie 97
Mike Greenhalgh 51

Re: 2014 Challenge

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:28 pm
by Chris Rae
Some great scores and we're only just into spring.

Chris

Re: 2014 Challenge

Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 6:55 pm
by David Beattie
After the bird race my total is now 97

Re: 2014 Challenge

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:29 pm
by John Edwards
Neil, I mistakenly thought I'd seen Whoopers earlier in the year but looking through my diary I realize I hadn't so the Whoopers I saw flying over on the 24th bring my Chorley list to 96, maybe I'll reach 100 this year!

Re: 2014 Challenge

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:40 pm
by Chris Rae
What do you all need and are hoping to see before the end of the year ?

Re: 2014 Challenge

Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 11:19 am
by Neil Southworth
Chris,
151 species have been recorded so far. I'm on 129 which means I've missed 22. Of these, 6 are summer visitors / passage migrants so there's no chance with those. Another 12 are vagrants in the Chorley area so they are extremely unlikely. Two are residents, but one would require a visit to the moors, and the other (Lesser Pecker) is now so rare that it is extremely unlikely. The last two are essentially winter visitors / passage migrants - Jack Snipe and Black Redstart - so I will be lucky to see either of those.
There are still other possibilities (all rare) such as one of the divers, one of the rarer grebes, Smew, Barnacle Geese, White-fronted Geese, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull and Great Grey Shrike. All the stuff of dreams!
In short I'm not expecting to increase my score by more than one or two, and I don't suppose anyone else will either!

Re: 2014 Challenge

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2014 7:31 pm
by Chris Rae
Well done everyone, especially Len.

Chris

Re: 2014 Challenge

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:36 pm
by Neil Southworth
The final totals for 2014 as I know them are now listed. If anyone thinks their total is incorrect, please let me know so that it can be amended accordingly.
Congratulations to Len on his victory in a tight race.