I have other favourite places to go unwind, especially the East Coast Birdwatch Ireland Nature Reserve and I always love to help with the Knockcree Conservation Site it’s just that that field was literally a 5 minute or so walk away and the others require a bit of driving. :P
And you’re absolutely right with checking with your observations to see how they’ve changed. Especially when you’re close to going past another 1000 observation waypoint!