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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 309 Hume’s Warbler, Blyth’s Reed Warbler 83.3%
=3 Bob Watts 304 American Robin, Bee-eater, Rough-legged Buzzard, Slate-coloured Junco. Latest: Night Heron 82.0%
=3 Steve Connor 304 Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Desert Wheatear, Slate-coloured Junco. Latest: BW Teal 82.0%
5 Dominic Mitchell 303 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Slate-coloured Junco 81.7%
6 Howard Vaughan 302 Hume’s Warbler. Latest: BW Teal 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 292 Naumann's Thrush, Great Snipe & Franklin's Gull 78.9%
10 Andrew Self 291 Black Stork, 4 skuas, Long-billed Dowitcher. Latest: Stone-curlew 78.6%
=11 Steve Spooner 289 Paddyfield Warbler, American Robin 78.0%
=11 Andy Tweed 289 Puffin, Bee-eater. Latest: Night Heron 78.0%
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 Phil Vines† 283 Western Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper 76.5%
=17 Nick Tanner 282 Naumann’s Thrush, Rustic Bunting 76.2%
=17 Chris Lamsdell 282 76.2%
19 Garry James 281 Golden Oriole. Latest: BW Teal 75.9%
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


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