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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
Whooper Swan
Egyptian Goose
Common Shelduck
Mandarin Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Eurasian Teal
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
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Grey Plover
Golden Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Black-headed 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
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow
Western House Martin
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Cetti's Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Eurasian Blackcap
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Goldcrest
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eurasian Treecreeper
Eurasian Wren
White-throated Dipper
Common Starling
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Eurasian Blackbird
Fieldfare
European Robin
Black Redstart
European Stonechat
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Grey 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, one of the ways I keep my paper list in a nice little hardback notebook - Alphabetical order
Arctic Tern
Avocet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Barn Owl
Barn Swallow
Barnacle Goose
Bittern
Black Redstart
Blackbird
Blackcap
Black-headed Gull
Black-tailed Godwit
Blue Tit
Brent Goose
Bullfinch
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Cattle Egret
Cetti's Warbler
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Buzzard
Common Crane
Common Gull
Common Scoter
Common Tern
Coot
Cormorant
Cuckoo
Curlew
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin
Dunnock
Egyptian Goose
Fieldfare
Fulmar
Gadwall
Glossy Ibis
Goldcrest
Golden Oriole
Golden Plover
Goldeneye
Goldfinch
Goosander
Green Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Great White Egret
Grey Heron
Grey Partridge
Grey Plover
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Hawfinch
Hen Harrier
Herring Gull
House Martin
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Kingfisher
Knot
Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Redpoll
Lesser Whitethroat
Linnet
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Mallard
Mandarin Duck
Marsh Harrier
Meadow Pipit
Mistle Thrush
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Nuthatch
Osprey
Oystercatcher
Peregrine Falcon
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Pink-footed Goose
Pintail
Pochard
Red Kite
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-legged Partridge
Redshank
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Reed Warbler
Robin
Ringed Plover
Ring-necked Parakeet
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
Starling
Stock Dove
Stonechat
Swift
Tawny Owl
Teal
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Tufted Duck
Turnstone
Turtle Dove
Water Rail
Whimbrel
White-throated Dipper
Whitethroat
Whooper Swan
Wigeon
Willow Warbler
Woodpigeon
Wren
Yellowhammer
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
Wren
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Starling
Coot
Moorhen
Crow
Jackdaw
Rook
Magpie
Wood pigeon
Feral pigeon
Pheasant
Heron
House martin
Swallow
Herring gull
Skylark
Kestrel
Mallard
Mute Swan
Black-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lapwing
Canada Goose
Collared Dove
Jay
Greylag Goose
Grey Partridge
Curlew
Barn Owl
Green Woodpecker
Hawfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
Mistle Thrush
Whooper Swan
Pied Wagtail
Yellowhammer
Rock Dove
Redshank
Sandpiper
Knot
Sand Martin
Fieldfare
Smew
Golden Oriole
Spoonbill
Swift
Treecreeper
Dipper
Little Grebe
Sparrowhawk
Redwing
Long-tailed Tit
Oystercatcher
Common Ringed Plover
Great Crested Grebe
Willow Warbler
Red-legged Partridge
Avocet
Wigeon
Barnacle Goose
Turtle Dove
Cuckoo
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Chiffchaff
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Kingfisher
Coal Tit
Cormorant
Red Kite
Little Egret
Egyptian Goose
Little Owl
Nuthatch
Goldcrest
Pink-footed Goose
Pochard
Shelduck
Teal
Reed Bunting
Ring-necked Parakeet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Pintail
Arctic Tern
Grey Wagtail
Stonechat
Fulmar
Common Gull
Blackcap
Common Crane
Stock Dove
Short-eared Owl
Turnstone
Shag
Snipe
Marsh Harrier
Brent Goose
Shoveler
Curlew Sandpiper
Cattle Egret
Hen Harrier
Meadow Pipit
Tufted Duck
Water Rail
Tawny Owl
Gadwall
Mandarin Duck
Great White Egret
Cetti's Warbler
Reed Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Sandwich Tern
Grey Plover
Common Whitethroat
Common Tern
Osprey
Sedge Warbler
Ruff
Whimbrel
Black-tailed Godwit
Tree Sparrow
Common Scoter
Goldeneye
Goosander
Golden Plover
Long-eared Owl
Peregrine Falcon
Long-tailed Duck
Black Redstart
Red-breasted Merganser
Glossy Ibis
Bittern
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
Whooper Swan
Egyptian Goose
Common Shelduck
Mandarin Duck
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Eurasian Teal
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
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Grey Plover
Golden Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Black-headed 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
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Sand Martin
Barn Swallow
Western House Martin
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Cetti's Warbler
Long-tailed Tit
Eurasian Blackcap
Lesser Whitethroat
Common Whitethroat
Goldcrest
Eurasian Nuthatch
Eurasian Treecreeper
Eurasian Wren
White-throated Dipper
Common Starling
Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Eurasian Blackbird
Fieldfare
European Robin
Black Redstart
European Stonechat
Dunnock
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Grey 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, one of the ways I keep my paper list in a nice little hardback notebook - Alphabetical order
Arctic Tern
Avocet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Barn Owl
Barn Swallow
Barnacle Goose
Bittern
Black Redstart
Blackbird
Blackcap
Black-headed Gull
Black-tailed Godwit
Blue Tit
Brent Goose
Bullfinch
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Cattle Egret
Cetti's Warbler
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Common Buzzard
Common Crane
Common Gull
Common Scoter
Common Tern
Coot
Cormorant
Cuckoo
Curlew
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin
Dunnock
Egyptian Goose
Fieldfare
Fulmar
Gadwall
Glossy Ibis
Goldcrest
Golden Oriole
Golden Plover
Goldeneye
Goldfinch
Goosander
Green Woodpecker
Greenfinch
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Crested Grebe
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Great White Egret
Grey Heron
Grey Partridge
Grey Plover
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Hawfinch
Hen Harrier
Herring Gull
House Martin
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Kestrel
Kingfisher
Knot
Lapwing
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Redpoll
Lesser Whitethroat
Linnet
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Mallard
Mandarin Duck
Marsh Harrier
Meadow Pipit
Mistle Thrush
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Nuthatch
Osprey
Oystercatcher
Peregrine Falcon
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Pink-footed Goose
Pintail
Pochard
Red Kite
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-legged Partridge
Redshank
Redwing
Reed Bunting
Reed Warbler
Robin
Ringed Plover
Ring-necked Parakeet
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
Starling
Stock Dove
Stonechat
Swift
Tawny Owl
Teal
Tree Sparrow
Treecreeper
Tufted Duck
Turnstone
Turtle Dove
Water Rail
Whimbrel
White-throated Dipper
Whitethroat
Whooper Swan
Wigeon
Willow Warbler
Woodpigeon
Wren
Yellowhammer
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
Wren
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Starling
Coot
Moorhen
Crow
Jackdaw
Rook
Magpie
Wood pigeon
Feral pigeon
Pheasant
Heron
House martin
Swallow
Herring gull
Skylark
Kestrel
Mallard
Mute Swan
Black-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lapwing
Canada Goose
Collared Dove
Jay
Greylag Goose
Grey Partridge
Curlew
Barn Owl
Green Woodpecker
Hawfinch
Linnet
Redpoll
Mistle Thrush
Whooper Swan
Pied Wagtail
Yellowhammer
Rock Dove
Redshank
Sandpiper
Knot
Sand Martin
Fieldfare
Smew
Golden Oriole
Spoonbill
Swift
Treecreeper
Dipper
Little Grebe
Sparrowhawk
Redwing
Long-tailed Tit
Oystercatcher
Common Ringed Plover
Great Crested Grebe
Willow Warbler
Red-legged Partridge
Avocet
Wigeon
Barnacle Goose
Turtle Dove
Cuckoo
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Chiffchaff
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Kingfisher
Coal Tit
Cormorant
Red Kite
Little Egret
Egyptian Goose
Little Owl
Nuthatch
Goldcrest
Pink-footed Goose
Pochard
Shelduck
Teal
Reed Bunting
Ring-necked Parakeet
Bar-tailed Godwit
Pintail
Arctic Tern
Grey Wagtail
Stonechat
Fulmar
Common Gull
Blackcap
Common Crane
Stock Dove
Short-eared Owl
Turnstone
Shag
Snipe
Marsh Harrier
Brent Goose
Shoveler
Curlew Sandpiper
Cattle Egret
Hen Harrier
Meadow Pipit
Tufted Duck
Water Rail
Tawny Owl
Gadwall
Mandarin Duck
Great White Egret
Cetti's Warbler
Reed Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Sandwich Tern
Grey Plover
Common Whitethroat
Common Tern
Osprey
Sedge Warbler
Ruff
Whimbrel
Black-tailed Godwit
Tree Sparrow
Common Scoter
Goldeneye
Goosander
Golden Plover
Long-eared Owl
Peregrine Falcon
Long-tailed Duck
Black Redstart
Red-breasted Merganser
Glossy Ibis
Bittern
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