Georgebirds
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Because I just couldn't decide which way I wanted to keep it, my Life List comes in three different formats!
Here first of all, is the most proper, my Taxonomic Order list (using Ebird, hoping theirs isn't a contentious or idiosyncratic order no-one else likes!)
Greylag Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Brent Goose
Barnacle Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Bewick's Swan
Whooper Swan
Egyptian Goose
Common Shelduck
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Eurasian Teal
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
Common Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Smew
Goosander
Red-breasted Merganser
Grey Partridge
Common Pheasant
Red-legged Partridge
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Rock Dove
Stock Dove
Common Woodpigeon
European Turtle Dove
Collared Dove
Common Cuckoo
Common Swift
Water Rail
Common Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Common Crane
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Grey Plover
European Golden Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Northern Fulmar
Great Cormorant
European Shag
Great Bittern
Little Egret
Western Cattle Egret
Great White Egret
Grey Heron
Glossy Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Osprey
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Red Kite
Common Buzzard
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Common Kingfisher
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Eurasian Green Woodpecker
Common Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Parakeet
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Eurasian Jay
Common Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Coal Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit
Great Tit
Eurasian Skylark
Bearded Tit
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow
Western House Martin
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Cetti's Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Goldcrest
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eurasian Treecreeper
Eurasian Wren
White-throated Dipper
Common Starling
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Eurasian Blackbird
Fieldfare
Spotted Flycatcher
European Robin
Black Redstart
European Stonechat
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Grey Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Common Chaffinch
Hawfinch
Eurasian Bullfinch
European Greenfinch
Common Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
European Goldfinch
Snow Bunting
Yellowhammer
Common Reed Bunting
Next, alphabetical order
Arctic Tern
Avocet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Barn Owl
Barnacle Goose
Bearded Tit
Bewick's Swan
Bittern
Black Redstart
Blackbird
Blackcap
Black-headed Gull
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-winged Stilt
Blue Tit
Brent Goose
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Canada Goose
Cattle Egret
Cetti's Warbler
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Gull
Common Scoter
Common Tern
Coot
Cormorant
Crane
Crow
Cuckoo
Curlew
Curlew Sandpiper
Dipper
Dunlin
Dunnock
Egyptian Goose
Feral Pigeon
Fieldfare
Fulmar
Gadwall
Garden Warbler
Garganey
Glossy Ibis
Goldcrest
Golden Oriole
Golden Plover
Goldeneye
Goldfinch
Goosander
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Great White Egret
Green Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Greenshank
Grey Partridge
Grey Plover
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Hawfinch
Hen Harrier
Heron
Herring Gull
House Martin
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Kingfisher
Knot
Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Redpoll
Lesser Whitethroat
Lesser Yellowlegs
Linnet
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Gull
Little Owl
Little Ringed Plover
Long-eared Owl
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Mallard
Mandarin Duck
Marsh Harrier
Meadow Pipit
Mediterranean Gull
Mistle Thrush
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Nuthatch
Osprey
Oystercatcher
Peregrine Falcon
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Pink-footed Goose
Pintail
Pochard
Red Kite
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-crested Pochard
Red-legged Partridge
Redshank
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Reed Warbler
Ring-necked Parakeet
Ringed Plover
Robin
Rock Dove
Rook
Ruff
Sand Martin
Sanderling
Sandpiper
Sandwich Tern
Sedge Warbler
Shag
Shelduck
Short-eared Owl
Shoveler
Skylark
Smew
Snipe
Snow Bunting
Song Thrush
Sparrowhawk
Spoonbill
Spotted Flycatcher
Starling
Stock Dove
Stonechat
Swallow
Swift
Tawny Owl
Teal
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Tufted Duck
Turnstone
Turtle Dove
Water Rail
Whimbrel
Whitethroat
Whooper Swan
Wigeon
Willow Warbler
Woodpigeon
Wren
Yellowhammer
Yellow Wagtail
And finally, probably least interesting to anyone else, but my favourite - Chronological order.
Well, mostly - I've put all the birds I've known my whole life at the beginning, followed in rough order by all the ones I remember learning/seeing for the first time as a child and teen and adult, and then all the species since I've been keeping yearly lists take their exact right places toward the end.
A little background on why this is so vague - I've been a nature fan as long as I can remember, but got into actual birding much later : started keeping year lists in 2019, and didn't up it into a hobby to focus on by making special day trips, seeing as many as I could, and identifying everything possible, until January 2023. So I'm both a lifelong bird lover, and a relatively new birder!
House Sparrow
Dunnock
Robin
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Wren
Starling
Coot
Moorhen
Crow
Jackdaw
Rook
Magpie
Woodpigeon
Feral Pigeon
Heron
Pheasant
Mute Swan
Mallard
Swallow
House Martin
Kestrel
Skylark
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lapwing
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Collared Dove
Jay
Grey Partridge
Curlew
Barn Owl
Green Woodpecker
Hawfinch
Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
Mistle Thrush
Whooper Swan
Pied Wagtail
Yellowhammer
Redshank
Sandpiper
Knot
Sand Martin
Fieldfare
Smew
Golden Oriole
Spoonbill
Swift
Treecreeper
Dipper
Little Grebe
Sparrowhawk
Redwing
Long-tailed Tit
Oystercatcher
Great Crested Grebe
Ringed Plover
Willow Warbler
Red-legged Partridge
Wigeon
Barnacle Goose
Turtle Dove
Cuckoo
Buzzard
Chiffchaff
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Turnstone
Coal Tit
Shelduck
Kingfisher
Cormorant
Red Kite
Little Egret
Egyptian Goose
Little Owl
Goldcrest
Nuthatch
Avocet
Bullfinch
Pink-footed Goose
Pochard
Bewick's Swan
Teal
Reed Bunting
Ring-necked Parakeet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Pintail
Spotted Flycatcher
Arctic Tern
Grey Wagtail
Stonechat
Fulmar
Common Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Blackcap
Crane
Tree Sparrow
Short-eared Owl
Shag
Marsh Harrier
Snipe
Brent Goose
Shoveler
Curlew Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Cattle Egret
Tufted Duck
Hen Harrier
Water Rail
Stock Dove
Tawny Owl
Mandarin Duck
Gadwall
Great White Egret
Dunlin
Rock Dove
Sanderling
Meadow Pipit
Cetti's Warbler
Reed Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Sandwich Tern
Grey Plover
Whitethroat
Osprey
Common Tern
Sedge Warbler
Ruff
Common Scoter
Goldeneye
Goosander
Snow Bunting
Golden Plover
Long-eared Owl
Peregrine Falcon
Long-tailed Duck
Black Redstart
Red-breasted Merganser
Glossy Ibis
Bittern
Garden Warbler
Little Ringed Plover
Greenshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Garganey
Black-winged Stilt
Bearded Tit
Yellow Wagtail
Mediterranean Gull
Little Gull
Red-crested Pochard
Here first of all, is the most proper, my Taxonomic Order list (using Ebird, hoping theirs isn't a contentious or idiosyncratic order no-one else likes!)
Greylag Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Brent Goose
Barnacle Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Bewick's Swan
Whooper Swan
Egyptian Goose
Common Shelduck
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Eurasian Teal
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
Common Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Smew
Goosander
Red-breasted Merganser
Grey Partridge
Common Pheasant
Red-legged Partridge
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Rock Dove
Stock Dove
Common Woodpigeon
European Turtle Dove
Collared Dove
Common Cuckoo
Common Swift
Water Rail
Common Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Common Crane
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Grey Plover
European Golden Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Northern Fulmar
Great Cormorant
European Shag
Great Bittern
Little Egret
Western Cattle Egret
Great White Egret
Grey Heron
Glossy Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Osprey
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Red Kite
Common Buzzard
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Common Kingfisher
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Eurasian Green Woodpecker
Common Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Parakeet
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Eurasian Jay
Common Magpie
Eurasian Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Coal Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit
Great Tit
Eurasian Skylark
Bearded Tit
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow
Western House Martin
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Cetti's Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Goldcrest
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eurasian Treecreeper
Eurasian Wren
White-throated Dipper
Common Starling
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Eurasian Blackbird
Fieldfare
Spotted Flycatcher
European Robin
Black Redstart
European Stonechat
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Grey Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Common Chaffinch
Hawfinch
Eurasian Bullfinch
European Greenfinch
Common Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
European Goldfinch
Snow Bunting
Yellowhammer
Common Reed Bunting
Next, alphabetical order
Arctic Tern
Avocet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Barn Owl
Barnacle Goose
Bearded Tit
Bewick's Swan
Bittern
Black Redstart
Blackbird
Blackcap
Black-headed Gull
Black-tailed Godwit
Black-winged Stilt
Blue Tit
Brent Goose
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Canada Goose
Cattle Egret
Cetti's Warbler
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Gull
Common Scoter
Common Tern
Coot
Cormorant
Crane
Crow
Cuckoo
Curlew
Curlew Sandpiper
Dipper
Dunlin
Dunnock
Egyptian Goose
Feral Pigeon
Fieldfare
Fulmar
Gadwall
Garden Warbler
Garganey
Glossy Ibis
Goldcrest
Golden Oriole
Golden Plover
Goldeneye
Goldfinch
Goosander
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Great White Egret
Green Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Greenshank
Grey Partridge
Grey Plover
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Hawfinch
Hen Harrier
Heron
Herring Gull
House Martin
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Kingfisher
Knot
Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Redpoll
Lesser Whitethroat
Lesser Yellowlegs
Linnet
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Gull
Little Owl
Little Ringed Plover
Long-eared Owl
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Mallard
Mandarin Duck
Marsh Harrier
Meadow Pipit
Mediterranean Gull
Mistle Thrush
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Nuthatch
Osprey
Oystercatcher
Peregrine Falcon
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Pink-footed Goose
Pintail
Pochard
Red Kite
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-crested Pochard
Red-legged Partridge
Redshank
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Reed Warbler
Ring-necked Parakeet
Ringed Plover
Robin
Rock Dove
Rook
Ruff
Sand Martin
Sanderling
Sandpiper
Sandwich Tern
Sedge Warbler
Shag
Shelduck
Short-eared Owl
Shoveler
Skylark
Smew
Snipe
Snow Bunting
Song Thrush
Sparrowhawk
Spoonbill
Spotted Flycatcher
Starling
Stock Dove
Stonechat
Swallow
Swift
Tawny Owl
Teal
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Tufted Duck
Turnstone
Turtle Dove
Water Rail
Whimbrel
Whitethroat
Whooper Swan
Wigeon
Willow Warbler
Woodpigeon
Wren
Yellowhammer
Yellow Wagtail
And finally, probably least interesting to anyone else, but my favourite - Chronological order.
Well, mostly - I've put all the birds I've known my whole life at the beginning, followed in rough order by all the ones I remember learning/seeing for the first time as a child and teen and adult, and then all the species since I've been keeping yearly lists take their exact right places toward the end.
A little background on why this is so vague - I've been a nature fan as long as I can remember, but got into actual birding much later : started keeping year lists in 2019, and didn't up it into a hobby to focus on by making special day trips, seeing as many as I could, and identifying everything possible, until January 2023. So I'm both a lifelong bird lover, and a relatively new birder!
House Sparrow
Dunnock
Robin
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Wren
Starling
Coot
Moorhen
Crow
Jackdaw
Rook
Magpie
Woodpigeon
Feral Pigeon
Heron
Pheasant
Mute Swan
Mallard
Swallow
House Martin
Kestrel
Skylark
Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lapwing
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Collared Dove
Jay
Grey Partridge
Curlew
Barn Owl
Green Woodpecker
Hawfinch
Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
Mistle Thrush
Whooper Swan
Pied Wagtail
Yellowhammer
Redshank
Sandpiper
Knot
Sand Martin
Fieldfare
Smew
Golden Oriole
Spoonbill
Swift
Treecreeper
Dipper
Little Grebe
Sparrowhawk
Redwing
Long-tailed Tit
Oystercatcher
Great Crested Grebe
Ringed Plover
Willow Warbler
Red-legged Partridge
Wigeon
Barnacle Goose
Turtle Dove
Cuckoo
Buzzard
Chiffchaff
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Turnstone
Coal Tit
Shelduck
Kingfisher
Cormorant
Red Kite
Little Egret
Egyptian Goose
Little Owl
Goldcrest
Nuthatch
Avocet
Bullfinch
Pink-footed Goose
Pochard
Bewick's Swan
Teal
Reed Bunting
Ring-necked Parakeet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Pintail
Spotted Flycatcher
Arctic Tern
Grey Wagtail
Stonechat
Fulmar
Common Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Blackcap
Crane
Tree Sparrow
Short-eared Owl
Shag
Marsh Harrier
Snipe
Brent Goose
Shoveler
Curlew Sandpiper
Black-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Cattle Egret
Tufted Duck
Hen Harrier
Water Rail
Stock Dove
Tawny Owl
Mandarin Duck
Gadwall
Great White Egret
Dunlin
Rock Dove
Sanderling
Meadow Pipit
Cetti's Warbler
Reed Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Sandwich Tern
Grey Plover
Whitethroat
Osprey
Common Tern
Sedge Warbler
Ruff
Common Scoter
Goldeneye
Goosander
Snow Bunting
Golden Plover
Long-eared Owl
Peregrine Falcon
Long-tailed Duck
Black Redstart
Red-breasted Merganser
Glossy Ibis
Bittern
Garden Warbler
Little Ringed Plover
Greenshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Garganey
Black-winged Stilt
Bearded Tit
Yellow Wagtail
Mediterranean Gull
Little Gull
Red-crested Pochard
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