The lists here are those that have been achieved through a huge amount of time, effort and commitment, over a yearlong period.
Nigel Pepper set the standard for all to try and beat during 1996.
John Sawyer achieved his total during a year-long challenge against Pete Davis and Gary Gardiner in 2005
Gary Gardiner attempted to set a new year list record during 2007, having a great start to the year with a 100 species seen by the end of the first week of February but a lull during June/July slowed things a bit, fortunately a good October and November got things back on track.
Gary Gardiner broke his record of 2007 in 2008, with a year end total of 185. This included 11 site ticks for him (and a new bird for the site with a Storm Petrel being seen). This total was somehow achieved despite a great effort being made to generate a big Essex Year list, with the Essex year total ending at 238 and again with some very nice birds being seen throughout the year.
Year listing is fun and a committed challenge, Good Luck to those for the future !
To see the lists achieved during the above years click on the links below.
This space is still left for Pete Davis - 2010 !!
