London's Top Listers
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Table
| Name | No | Best Species | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Moon | 312 | Pacific Golden Plover, Glossy Ibis, Laughing Gull. | 84.1% |
| 2 | Paul Whiteman | 310 | Hume’s Warbler, Blyth’s Reed Warbler. Latest: LB Dowitcher | 83.6% |
| 3 | Steve Connor | 305 | Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Desert Wheatear, Slate-coloured Junco. Latest: LB Dowitcher | 82.3% |
| 4 | Bob Watts | 304 | American Robin, Bee-eater, Rough-legged Buzzard, Slate-coloured Junco. Latest: Night Heron | 82.0% |
| 5 | Howard Vaughan | 303 | Hume’s Warbler. Latest: LB Dowitcher | 82.0% |
| 6 | Dominic Mitchell | 303 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Slate-coloured Junco | 81.7% |
| 7 | Peter Naylor† | 300 | Pacific Golden Plover, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Caspian Tern | 81.1% |
| 8 | John Archer | 297 | Bridled Tern, Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 80.2% |
| 9 | Steve Bacon | 295 | Naumann's Thrush, Great Snipe & Franklin's Gull. Latest: LB Dowitcher | 79.1% |
| 10 | Andrew Self | 293 | Black Stork, 4 skuas, Long-billed Dowitcher. Latest: Guillemot | 78.5% |
| 11 | Andy Tweed | 291 | Puffin, Bee-eater. Latest: LB Dowitcher | 78.0 |
| 12 | Steve Spooner | 289 | Paddyfield Warbler, American Robin | 77.4% |
| 13 | John Edwards | 285 | White-rumped Sandpiper, Stone Curlew, Brown Shrike & Dusky Warbler | 76.8% |
| =14 | Barry Wright | 284 | Bridled Tern | 76.6% |
| =14 | Des McKenzie | 284 | Franklin’s Gull, Hume’s Warbler. Latest: Blue-winged Teal | 76.6% |
| 16 | Garry James | 284 | Golden Oriole. Latest: LB Dowitcher | 76.8% |
| 17 | Phil Vines† | 283 | Western Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper | 76.5% |
| =18 | Nick Tanner | 282 | Naumann’s Thrush, Rustic Bunting | 76.2% |
| =18 | Chris Lamsdell | 282 | 76.2% | |
| 20 | Peter Fletcher† | 278 | 75.0% | |
| 21 | Mike Spicer | 277 | Glossy Ibis, Buff-breasted Sandpiper and 4 Skuas | 74.8% |
| 22 | Tony Gray† | 276 | Hume’s Warbler | 74.5% |
| =23 | Dave Morrison | 274 | Sociable Plover, Collared Pratincole | 74.1% |
| =23 | Vince Halley-Frame | 274 | White-tailed Eagle, Subalpine Warbler. Latest: Blue-winged Teal | 74.1% |
| 25 | Joan Thompson | 269 | Laughing Gull, Dipper | 72.7% |
| 26 | Garry Messenbird | 267 | 72.1% | |
| 27 | Rupert Hastings† | 265 | Collared Pratincole, Balearic Shearwater | 71.6% |
| 28 | Ken Barrett† | 261 | Western Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper | 70.5% |
| 29 | Gareth Richards | 256 | Naumann’s Thrush, Sociable Plover | 69.2% |
| 30 | Gavin Haig | 253 | Baird’s Sandpiper, Gannet | 68.3% |
| 31 | Jonathan Lethbridge | 250 | Tawny Pipit & Dotterel | 67.5% |
| 32 | Andrew Verrall† | 247 | Kentish Plover | 66.8% |
| 33 | Mark Hardwick† | 246 | Lesser Kestrel, Great Snipe | 66.5% |
| 34 | Leo Batten | 245 | Iberian Chiffchaff, Hume’s Warbler | 66.2% |
| 35 | Adam Cheeseman | 243 | Naumann's Thrush, Hume's Warbler, Grey-cheeked Thrush. Latest: Marsh Harrier | 65.9% |
| 36 | Tony Morris | 236 | Bridled Tern, Franklins Gull | 63.8% |
| 37 | Sacha Barbato | 226 | Long-billed Dowitcher, Hume’s Warbler | 61.1% |
| 38 | Dave Dack | 217 | Citrine Wagtail, Sociable Plover | 58.6% |
| 39 | Chris Langsdon | 216 | Sociable Plover, Alpine Swift | 58.3% |
| 40 | Steve Gale | 213 | Balearic Shearwater, Buff-breasted Sand, Long-billed Dowitcher | 57.5% |
Rules for Inclusion
- 1. All records must be accepted by BBRC or LNHS Rarities Committee
- 2. Recent additions not yet accepted by the BBRC/LNHS can be counted provided they had multiple observers
- 3. Only BOU species count - see LondonList - total 373 species (including Dark-eyed Junco)
- 4. UK400 club splits do not count
- 5. Escapes/feral birds and all Ruddy Shelducks do not count. All free-flying Red-crested Pochard and Barnacle Geese count as they've reached Category C status.
- 6. All species must be recorded in the LNHS Recording Area - 20 miles from St Paul's Cathedral
- 7. All species must be personally seen or heard (recordings from web cams or noc-mic devices do not count)
- 8. Birds that were trapped and ringed may be counted providing they were released close to where they were caught
- 9. Birds taken into care and later released do not count unless they are still present the day after release
- 10. An individual of a reintroduced indigenous species may be counted if it is part of a population that has successfully hatched young in the wild or when it is not possible to reasonably separate the reintroduced individual from a wild-born individual (in practice this means Isle of Wight White-tailed Eagles are not countable until they start breeding)
- Rupert Hasting's list compiled by Andrew Moon
- Mark Hardwick's & Andrew Verrall's lists compiled by Andrew Self