I like keeping lists, I keep too many to keep track of (even though none of them are high enough to have a respectable place in any rankings) but my most important ones are listed below. My 2009 year list can be found on the appropriate page.
Lists- total number of bird species seen in particular areas (all BOU)
British Life BOU 261 Latest= SPOTTED SANDPIPER, ZITTING CISTICOLA, Marsh Warbler, Richard's Pipit, CITRINE WAGTAIL, Rosy Starling, Pallas's Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Bluethroat
London 165 Latest= BROWN SHRIKE
Beddington SF 127 Latest= Little Stint, Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Cuckoo, Nuthatch, Black-tailed Godwit (2009=116)
Banstead Downs 71 Latest= Reed Bunting, Brambling, Tree Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Great Black-backed Gull (2009= 68)
Nonsuch Park 61 Latest= Lesser Redpoll, Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Skylark
Old year lists:
should I have been admitted to a mental health clinic last year...?
Britain 2008 197 BOU 198 UK400 (White Wagtail) last additions= Red Kite, Razorbill, Slavonian Grebe, Waxwing, Hawfinch, Night Heron
Kent 2008=139 last= Razorbill, Slavonian Grebe, Waxwing
Surrey 2008=121 last= Hawfinch
London 2008=124 last= Hawfinch, Woodcock, Goosander
Nonsuch Park 2008=57 last=Tawny Owl
Beddington SF 2008=109 last= Iceland Gull and Bullfinch
Banstead Downs 2008=56 last= Treecreeper