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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 280 Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Desert Wheatear 77.6%
6 Peter Fletcher 277 76.7%
7 Tony Gray 276 Hume’s Warbler, Radde's Warbler 76.5%
8 Chris Lamsdell 268 74.2%
=9 Howard Vaughan 267 Hume’s Warbler, Desert Wheatear 74.2%
=9 Garry Messenbird 267 74.0%
11 David Darrell-Lambert 266 Great Snipe, White Stork, Great Skua 73.7%
=12 Rupert Hastings 265 Collared Pratincole, Balearic Shearwater 73.4%
=12 Bob Watts 265 American Robin, Great White Egret 73.4%
14 Steve Spooner 263 Paddyfield Warbler, American Robin 72.8%
15 John Archer 262 Bridled Tern, Buff-breasted Sandpiper 72.5%
16 Ken Barrett 261 Western Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper 72.3%
17 Dominic Mitchell 259 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher 71.8%
=18 Andrew Self 258 Black Stork, Great White Egret, 4 skuas 71.5%
=18 Des McKenzie 258 Franklin’s Gull, Hume’s Warbler 71.5%
20 John Edwards 255 White-rumped Sandpiper and Stone Curlew 70.8%
21 Gavin Haig 251 Baird’s Sandpiper, Gannet 69.5%
22 Nick Tanner 249 Naumann’s Thrush, Rustic Bunting 69.0%
23 Steve Bacon 247 68.4%
24 Mark Hardwick 246 Lesser Kestrel, Great Snipe 68.0%
25 Leo Batten 244 Iberian Chiffchaff, Hume’s Warbler 67.6%
=26 Joan Thompson 240 Laughing Gull, Dipper 66.5%
=26 Dave Morrison 240 Sociable Plover, Collared Pratincole 66.5%
28 Tony Morris 236 Bridled Tern, Franklins Gull 65.3%
29 Sacha Barbato 224 Long-billed Dowitcher, Hume’s Warbler 62.0%
30 Vince Halley-Frame 221 Subalpine Warbler, Cattle Egret 61.3%
31 Gareth Richards 217 Naumann’s Thrush, Sociable Plover 60.1%
32 Chris Langsdon 215 Sociable Plover, Alpine Swift 59.6%
33 Steve Gale 212 Med. Shearwater, Buff-breasted Sand, Long-billed Dowitcher 58.7%
34 Garry James 211 Golden Oriole 58.4%
35 Dave Dack 207 Citrine Wagtail, Sociable Plover 57.3%


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 the recent Rainham flock).
  • 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.


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