list of british birds?

[philbyuk]

hi all im looking for a list of all british birds?
what i need is a list of all british birds so that i can print it out and then tick them off as i see/photograph them
anyone seen anything on the net?

[Ollie]

Hi, this is the list I use when I want to check a birds latin name before uploading to WAB. Probably not exactly what you are looking for but it is a British list
British Ornithologists Union: The British List Category A, B, C

[Gill Catton]

Try this:
Blackwell Synergy - Cookie Absent

If that link doesn't work, go onto the BOU website and look up 'species list' and a link to the british checklist is on the next page

[lol geoff]

There is a pretty comprehensive list here.

Blackwell Synergy - Cookie Absent


You'd better get busy there's a lot of them.

Snooze you lose.

[glsammy]

I use this list Species Codes

As it's in alpha order, therefore easier to find the bird!

[philbyuk]

thanks a lot pepes just what i was looking for , I've put them in excell and added a few columns ie Location ,date,time,Weather,Date,time,camera,aperture,speed ,Iso. anyone with suggestions for anymore basic input that i missed please put suggestions forward

lol i should have them all ticked by july

thanks for your help
if anyone wants a copy let me know

[Nick Robinson]

Comments column... where you can put down your thoughts and identification tips and tricks. Try a rule of thumb where for every twitch you go on, you go to a local wood, park, marsh and do some 'birding.' I think you'll get a lot more out of your twitching. Also, use that 'local patch watching' to get to know the topography of a bird.

[Chris Hawes]

Originally Posted by Ollie

Hi, this is the list I use when I want to check a birds latin name before uploading to WAB. Probably not exactly what you are looking for but it is a British list
British Ornithologists Union: The British List Category A, B, C

Excellent - I've been meaning to find something like this for ages! Now... to get ticking...

[nightshade]

Originally Posted by Nick Robinson

Comments column... where you can put down your thoughts and identification tips and tricks. Try a rule of thumb where for every twitch you go on, you go to a local wood, park, marsh and do some 'birding.' I think you'll get a lot more out of your twitching. Also, use that 'local patch watching' to get to know the topography of a bird.

This is a good idea I could do with different outlines to make notes in

[Gill Catton]

I've never really understood the whole 'ticking' thing, is it a boy thing? A type of hunter gatherer instinct?
I make fieldnotes obviously, including a list of what I have seen at a particular site I need to for my job for the write up as otherwise it's easy to forget the details for a specific site but I have never felt the need to keep a long standing life or garden or 'patch' checklist. I understand the excitement with seeing a new bird but in my own head I already know what I have seen and what I haven't, is that what the list is about? Do other people forget what they've seen or feel satisfaction in seeing it on paper? Is it about having a longer list than others?
Hope I'm not coming across badly here, it's so hard to get tone across in type!! Absolutely criticism here, I'm just curious to understand