Happy New Year to all,
I agree that the list would certainly be significantly bigger. When twitching
and rare bird seeking weren't such big things in the UK, there were smaller
lists and less records. However, when you look at the British List, probably
about half of it consists of rare vagrants and accidentals which have been
dragged in by unusual weather conditions. It is also a rather small island in
an entirely temperate zone and subject to a large proportion of migrants from
regular migration routes. Appling the same maths to Australia would probably
double the Australian list, but I don't think Aus would see anything like the
proportion of vagrants and accidentals as the UK, just because of the
geographical issues. At an optimistic guess, you might add 50 to 100 if it had
the same kind of birder coverage as the UK? P.S. we might discover a new
species, though!
Cheers
Tim
> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 08:00:44 +1100
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Birders, Brits and stats
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> I think you are right Ed - there must be areas the size of the UK that
> rarely see a birder - especially in the wet season. How many Grey-headed
> Lapwings (or similar) are in remote country towns waiting to be seen? How
> many Hoopoes secretly holiday in the north of WA far from prying eyes?
>
> On 1 January 2013 21:05, Ed Williams <> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Dom, Dave, Julian and all - and a very Happy New Year!
> >
> > <>
> > I would suspect if there were the same density of Birders in Australia as
> > the UK there would also be significantly more than 850 on the Aussie list.
> > However I am obviously unable to prove this statement :)
> >
> >
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