Twitchers or Birders?

[Adam Cheeseman]

Lists are very rarely pre-defined in my experience. Don't know of anyone who has such a list. Though a wishlist could be described as such.

The lists I keep are: Garden, Work, County (various but mainly Surrey and London), British and World.

Cheers,

Adam

[david156]

Originally Posted by simon taylor

What ever happened to the phrases "Birdwatcher" or "Birdwatching"??

Isnt "Birder" another Yankee word that's crept into our vocabulary?

Yo ' all have a good now...

I got the term Birder from Bill Oddies little black bird book years ago!!

As for lists for birds. Which should you use? Do you use the official british list published by the BOU or UK400 list by the BBA. Should a sub species be counted as a seperate tick on a list?

[Jason Green]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

Lists are very rarely pre-defined in my experience. Don't know of anyone who has such a list. Though a wishlist could be described as such.

So if 'Twitchers' don't have lists as such, why do people say they 'Put ticks in boxes'? If they don't have lists, then they hear of a rarity, travel there and then see it - then write it. If so, then they don't tick boxes. If they do tick boxes, it must already be written, and so-called a list, pre-defined or otherwise - or is this then called a wishlist, of sorts?

Maybe I'm just over-analysing again...

[wizzo]

You know how it is, when you wish you'd never mentioned something? lol

[Adam Cheeseman]

Originally Posted by Jason Green

So if 'Twitchers' don't have lists as such, why do people say they 'Put ticks in boxes'? If they don't have lists, then they hear of a rarity, travel there and then see it - then write it. If so, then they don't tick boxes. If they do tick boxes, it must already be written, and so-called a list, pre-defined or otherwise - or is this then called a wishlist, of sorts?

Maybe I'm just over-analysing again...

There is the national checklist of British Birds which people work from. I think what was inferred in the original question is do people make up their own lists of birds they want to see, which they normally don't. Most people however do keep a list of species they have seen usually based against the officially accepted birds on the national checklist. So they aren't making a predetermined list of species they want to see just working from a list of those that have already been recorded in Britain.

Cheers,

Adam