I read somewhere that many birders / twitchers / listers can be placed somewhere on the autism / asperger's spectrum: certainly many of us exhibit some of the characteristics! Since I started looking at birds (as opposed to seeing them) at around ten years of age, I've maintained some form of diary, linked to various lists. These days my records are kept on an XL database: mine, I think, is slightly out of date, since some recent new birds had to be added at the bottom. At the time of writing this post, these are my current totals:
Life list: 439
Bird species I've photographed: 357
Yare Valley list: 189
Best year list: 307
Best day total: 157
I realize that none of these are even in the second division of birding lists, but I rarely leave Norfolk and certainly don't chase new ticks unless they're something special like a Lammergeier! The letter below refers to the second time the 'Cley Casuals' won the national 24 hour bird race with, I seem to recall, 153 species.
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