very cool! impressive effort!

Keep on walking!

Impressive performance! Although I visit the Empordà region annually in July/August, I still have not seen a few of the species you mention in your report (vagrants excluded). Is the complete list online somewhere?

Really cool!

Thanx for sharing. :)

Well done! Could there be another location or country where this total could be even higher? In the WP I am thinking of Israël, Morocco or Turkey, but in Europe I think it should be Spain. Might there be some spot in the south of the country that could give even more?

Hi Redmar, thanks for your comment and yes, we have been thinking a lot where in Europe to score higher ... but I think it can difficult, especially because you cannot cover more than let's say 60 kms in one day, therefore you need areas where the high mountains and the lowlands (wetlands, sea) are close by. Maybe Southern Spain, Andalucia for example, could be a candidate. The only way is by testing it! ;) Best!

Excellent record! And the best part: no motorised transport... need to do this myself one day. Can the legendary record of Ted Parker & Scott Robinson be broken?

@Dusan:
I guess that in the Neotropics you can get a lot more by walking down the Andes! Eastern Ecuador is the place to be I guess, or Manu road?

What's the Ted Parker record?

@Deli:

Good luck, I might not be the one to test that, as I never walked more than 30k a day ;)

Ted Parker's total was 331 species: all by foot and paddled canoe at Cocha Cashu Station, Manu lowlands, Peru in Sept 1982.

Manu road would be great for a bicycle big day... very long walk otherwise. 

Great story. I love the green angle.

If you go to an exotic location to beat this record you have to travell and pollute. That nullifies the idea of doing a green birding day. You can't beat a green record if you pollute to get there in the first place.

What a fantastic achievement and brilliant to see Ponc in the team. Massive congratulations to the whole team. Spread the news that Green Birding is the best way to see birds!

By the way Dusan, this year I will be cycling down the Manu Road. There is no way I could ever conceive of beating, or even approaching Ted Parker and Scott's immense record but knowing how fabulous the Manu Road is from top to bottom from previous birding time there, I know the adventure is going to be amazing.

Meanwhile Ponc . . .  where can we meet up for a day's birding? It would be so wonderful to meet you in person. 

Happy New Year everyone.