Day listing strikes me as being one of the most enjoyable sorts of listing so I wondered if any members might have some good stories to tell about their daylisting exploits. Obviously feel free to boast of any high totals but I'd be interested in any good totals on days when you weren't really trying to get a big list or maybe totals that were relatively high under unusual circumstances. Which species generally seem to elude you on birdraces?
Hi Fifey,
My best day total is 138 in Northumberland. What always eludes - Marsh & Willow Tits are always very tricky, as they're very quiet during the incubation period, which just happens to coincide with the peak diversity of available species in mid May. Green Woodpecker's another that's difficult.
Michael
I have a 128 on the ancient 100 of Wirral.... and I think 139 in Cheshire, but I need to check on that.
The 128 was without Redpoll and Nuthatch