LondonListers

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London's Top Listers

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	Name	No	Best Species	%
1	Andrew Moon	295	Glossy Ibis, Laughing Gull	81.8%
2	Peter Naylor	291	Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Caspian Tern	80.6%
3	Paul Whiteman	289	Hume’s Warbler, Blyth’s Reed Warbler	80.0%
4	Phil Vines	282	Western Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper	78.1%
5	Steve Connor	281	Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Desert Wheatear	77.9%
6	Peter Fletcher	277		76.7%
7	Tony Gray	276	Hume’s Warbler, Radde's Warbler	76.5%
=8	Bob Watts	268	American Robin, Great White Egret	74.2%
=8	Steve Spooner	268	Paddyfield Warbler, American Robin	74.2%
=8	Chris Lamsdell	268		74.2%
=11	Howard Vaughan	267	Hume’s Warbler, Desert Wheatear	74.2%
=11	Garry Messenbird	267		74.0%
=13	David Darrell-Lambert	266	Great Snipe, White Stork, Great Skua	73.7%
=13	John Archer	266	Bridled Tern, Buff-breasted Sandpiper	73.7%
15	Rupert Hastings	265	Collared Pratincole, Balearic Shearwater	73.4%
16	Dominic Mitchell	263	Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher	72.9%
=17	Ken Barrett	261	Western Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper	72.3%
=17	Des McKenzie	261	Franklin’s Gull, Hume’s Warbler	72.3%
19	Andrew Self	260	Black Stork, 4 skuas	72.1%
20	John Edwards	256	White-rumped Sandpiper and Stone Curlew	71.1%
21	Steve Bacon	253	70.1%
22	Nick Tanner	252	Naumann’s Thrush, Rustic Bunting	69.8%
23	Gavin Haig	251	Baird’s Sandpiper, Gannet	69.5%
24	Mark Hardwick	246	Lesser Kestrel, Great Snipe	68.0%
25	Dave Morrison	245	Sociable Plover, Collared Pratincole	67.8%
26	Leo Batten	244	Iberian Chiffchaff, Hume’s Warbler	67.6%
27	Joan Thompson	242	Laughing Gull, Dipper	66.8%
28	Tony Morris	236	Bridled Tern, Franklins Gull	65.3%
29	Vince Halley-Frame	231	Subalpine Warbler, Cattle Egret	64.0%
30	Garry James	227	Golden Oriole	62.8%
31	Sacha Barbato	224	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	212	Med. Shearwater, Buff-breasted Sand, Long-billed Dowitcher	58.7%
36	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
• 2. Species can be counted if heard only
• 3. Only BOU species count - see LondonList including Caspian Gull - total 362 species (NB Glaucous-winged Gull not yet accepted by BOU so not yet counted on the London List).
• 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 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