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Post Info TOPIC: THE GREATER MANCHESTER 200 CLUB.


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RE: THE GREATER MANCHESTER 200 CLUB.


well done to paul heaton on becoming the latest birder to see 200 species in the county

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JUDITH SMITH The lastest member of the GM 200 club, just sneaked in, smile.gif
is this so you can take my place on the christmas dinner list,
how many other secret member are out thereconfused.gif will i become the tenth member or will others show their colours.
just two to go for me I am sure i could find a couple of dodgey records but hopefully the county will supply two good ones soon.biggrin.gif
just out of interest MR Warfords 200 bird was bittern can the other members remember what their 200 bird was, if so they can claim a GM200 club certificatebiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif
Keep birdingbiggrin.gif

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Ian McKerchar wrote:

The current systematic list on the website is my 'winter project' and entails more work than you might imagine so please bear with it. It will also feature some truely user friendly and rather impressive items once they are all complete but this will take some time more! Either way the systematic list will be one of the main features on the website in the future, very interactive and comprehensive but the potential work involved (research, information gathering, rarity reviews etc) will take time and unfortunately in the process may even see some species on the list removed!

Stick with it, because in the end it'll be worth it. Anyway, I think if you have another look Common Teal is indeed there...now anyway wink.gif.






So, it is!
The reason I was looking at the list was to print it off and work out my personal GM tally (somewhere in the 160s). In it's current format, it's not that 'printer friendly', so I'm really looking forward to an improved version.smile.gif


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The current systematic list on the website is my 'winter project' and entails more work than you might imagine so please bear with it. It will also feature some truely user friendly and rather impressive items once they are all complete but this will take some time more! Either way the systematic list will be one of the main features on the website in the future, very interactive and comprehensive but the potential work involved (research, information gathering, rarity reviews etc) will take time and unfortunately in the process may even see some species on the list removed!

Stick with it, because in the end it'll be worth it. Anyway, I think if you have another look Common Teal is indeed there...now anyway wink.gif

If anyone finds any other errors etc could they let me know by email please as often it's the only way I'll ever find out and always appreciated.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 20:03, 2007-12-07

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Gentlemen Gentlemen The GM200 club cannot be held accountable for the county systematic list but is concerned with members personal list, I am sure Mr Mc Kerchar will sort it out.biggrin.gif

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I saw a common teal at elton recently, is this yet another 1st for Manchester?!?!biggrin.gif
Just wondered because of previous postconfused.gif

-- Edited by Ian Campbell at 17:34, 2007-12-07

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I've just been perusing the Systematic County List on the main web pages. Common or Eurasian Teal seems to be missing, Green-winged Teal is there, but not its commoner relative!weirdface.gif

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Well I did go for the Mandarin Duck and picked up the long-tailed duck on the way and 6 crossbills at walker fold wood too! I've been a few times and places for the crossbills so very pleased about them. Also went looking for the cetti's warbler too trying to be greedy. Great to put faces to names at the flashes. Great day-just another 36 and Ill be there!
Steve


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a few others i need include curlew sandpiper, black-throated diver, marsh tit, spotted crake and ring-billed gull. even on 194, 200 seems a long way off.

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Well done Alan. Still a bit of a way to go yet myself to reach 200. Hoping for Bittern myself by end of year. Only one I've ever seen in Manchester was also on Bryn flash on my first ever visit to Wigan flashes.

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Well done Alanbiggrin.gif What a great bird to mark the occasion, took me 20 years to see a Bittern at Leighton Moss !!!

I'm with Geoff, it'll be a long time before i reach 200hmm.gif


Cheers Dean.

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brian fielding wrote:

i dont think i have many easy birds left to see but still need bewicks, quail, osprey, water pipit, barnacle and brent geese, red-crested pochard, leaches petrel, pec sand , richards pipit, yellow browed warbler and great grey shrike.






So no easy one's there either then! Anybody actually claiming a genuine Barnacle in the county? Come on own up...evileye.gif

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the 200 club???,i can only dream and keep on looking,warfy noticed your avatar thingy changed
is that a wigganer??

cheers geoffbiggrin.gif

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welcome to the Premiership Dadbiggrin.gif your in danger of leaving me Heaton behind unless he pulls his finger out, he isnt going to be on the top table at Christmasbiggrin.gif

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i dont think i have many easy birds left to see but still need bewicks, quail, osprey, water pipit, barnacle and brent geese, red-crested pochard, leaches petrel, pec sand , richards pipit, yellow browed warbler and great grey shrike.

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Yes well done Alan on the 200. I've a bit of a way to go so I'll have a piece of that luck if you are handing it out, but will certainly be making an effort to add a few. I've been after the crossbills a few times but with no luck yet- think I'll get over for one of them Mandarins to speed me up a bit!
Cheers
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Thanks for that guys, Nice to get excellent views Bittern as my 200th bird, it took a lot of persuading "Doubting Thomas" Warford Junior to go to Wigan Flashes today, he was saying things like we might see one after our 10th trip sometime in feb 2008 and we get one within 20mins of arriving at WF !!! Good bird for 200th, now switching my attention to my tarts tick of Merlin + both Harriers. Good luck to all those in the 190's. will watch with interest.


-- Edited by Alan Warford at 18:01, 2007-11-25

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well done mr warford on the 200 species milestone. i wonder who will be next to break into the gm200 club, i still need 6 so probably wont be me.

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What a way to gain access into the GM200 CLUB well done the Warford duo, as for me supplying all the info and leg work yesterday made it easy for you.idea.gif

The pressure is on for me now to try and get on the GM200 christmas table.

Mr warford senior enjoy the pride of finding your GM 200 bird yourselfbiggrin.gif
keeping birding

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