LondonListers

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London's Top Listers

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	Name	No	Best Species	%
1	Andrew Moon	298	Glossy Ibis, Laughing Gull	82.0%
2	Peter Naylor	295	Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Caspian Tern	80.4%
3	Paul Whiteman	290	Hume’s Warbler, Blyth’s Reed Warbler	79.8%
4	Steve Connor	283	Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Desert Wheatear	78.0%
5	Phil Vines	282	Western Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper	77.7%
6	Peter Fletcher	278		76.6%
7	Tony Gray	276	Hume’s Warbler	76.0%
=8	John Archer	273	Bridled Tern, Buff-breasted Sandpiper	75.1%
=8	Bob Watts	273	American Robin, Great White Egret	75.1%
10	Steve Spooner	272	Paddyfield Warbler, American Robin	74.8%
11	Howard Vaughan	271	Hume’s Warbler	74.6%
12	David Darrell-Lambert	269	Great Snipe, White Stork, Great Skua	74.5%
13	Chris Lamsdell	268		74.2%
14	Garry Messenbird	267		74.0%
=15	Rupert Hastings	265	Collared Pratincole, Balearic Shearwater	73.4%
=15	Dominic Mitchell	265	Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher	73.4%
17	Andrew Self	264	Black Stork, 4 skuas, Montagu's Harrier	73.1%
18	Des McKenzie	263	Franklin’s Gull, Hume’s Warbler	72.9%
19	Ken Barrett	261	Western Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper	72.3%
20	Steve Bacon	258	Naumann's Thrush, Great Snipe & Franklin's Gull	71.7%
21	John Edwards	256	White-rumped Sandpiper and Stone Curlew	71.1%
22	Nick Tanner	254	Naumann’s Thrush, Rustic Bunting	70.4%
23	Gavin Haig	253	Baird’s Sandpiper, Gannet	70.1%
=24	Dave Morrison	247	Sociable Plover, Collared Pratincole	68.3%
=24	Joan Thompson	247	Laughing Gull, Dipper	68.3%
26	Mark Hardwick	246	Lesser Kestrel, Great Snipe	68.0%
27	Leo Batten	245	Iberian Chiffchaff, Hume’s Warbler	67.8%
28	Vince Halley-Frame	241	Subalpine Warbler, Cattle Egret	66.6%
29	Tony Morris	236	Bridled Tern, Franklins Gull	65.3%
30	Garry James	231	Golden Oriole	64.0%
31	Sacha Barbato	225	Long-billed Dowitcher, Hume’s Warbler	62.0%
=32	Gareth Richards	217	Naumann’s Thrush, Sociable Plover	60.1%
=32	Dave Dack	217	Citrine Wagtail, Sociable Plover	60.1%
34	Chris Langsdon	215	Sociable Plover, Alpine Swift	59.6%
35	Steve Gale	213	Med. Shearwater, Buff-breasted Sand, Long-billed Dowitcher	58.7%
36	Jonathan Lethbridge	206	Brown Shrike & Alpine Swift	56.9%
37	Adam Cheeseman	204	Naumann's Thrush, Hume's Warbler, Grey-cheeked Thrush	56.3%

Rules for Inclusion

• 1. All records must be accepted by BBRC or LNHS Records Committee (well-watched pending birds like the Brown Shrike can be counted)
• 2. Species can be counted if heard only
• 3. Only BOU species count - see LondonList - total 363 species.
• 4. UK400 club splits do not count
• 5. Escapes/feral birds such as the Barnes Whooper Swan and all Ruddy Shelducks do not count. Barnacle Geese do not count unless proven to be from a feral population in the Midlands or East Anglia (or wild birds).
• 6. All species must be seen in the LNHS Recording Area - 20 miles from St Paul's Cathedral
• 7. Recent additions not yet accepted by the BBRC/LNHS can be counted provided they had multi observers.
• 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.

• Rupert Hasting's list compiled by Andrew Moon
• Mark Hardwick's list compiled by Andrew Self