LondonListers

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London's Top Listers

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	Name	No	Best Species	%
1	Andrew Moon	294	Glossy Ibis, Laughing Gull	81.5%
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	279	Blyth’s Reed Warbler, Desert Wheatear	77.3%
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	Rupert Hastings	265	Collared Pratincole, Balearic Shearwater	73.4%
=11	David Darrell-Lambert	265	Great Snipe, White Stork, Great Skua	73.4%
=13	Steve Spooner	263	Paddyfield Warbler, American Robin	72.8%
=13	Bob Watts	263	American Robin, Great White Egret	72.8%
15	Ken Barrett	261	Western Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper	72.3%
16	John Archer	259	Bridled Tern, Buff-breasted Sandpiper	71.8%
17	Andrew Self	258	Black Stork, Great White Egret, 4 skuas	71.5%
18	Dominic Mitchell	257	Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher	71.2%
19	Des McKenzie	254	Franklin’s Gull, Hume’s Warbler	70.3%
20	Gavin Haig	251	Baird’s Sandpiper, Gannet	69.5%
21	Steve Bacon	247		68.4%
22	Mark Hardwick	246	Lesser Kestrel, Great Snipe	68.0%
23	Nick Tanner	245	Naumann’s Thrush, Rustic Bunting	67.8%
24	Leo Batten	244	Iberian Chiffchaff, Hume’s Warbler	67.6%
25	Tony Morris	236	Bridled Tern, Franklins Gull	65.3%
26	Joan Thompson	235	Laughing Gull, Dipper	65.2%
27	Dave Morrison	232	Sociable Plover, Collared Pratincole	64.3%
28	Sacha Barbato	224	Long-billed Dowitcher, Hume’s Warbler	62.0%
=29	Gareth Richards	217	Naumann’s Thrush, Sociable Plover	60.1%
=29	Vince Halley-Frame	217	Subalpine Warbler, Cattle Egret	59.9%
31	Chris Langsdon	215	Sociable Plover, Alpine Swift	59.6%
32	Dave Dack	207	Citrine Wagtail, Sociable Plover	57.3%
33	Garry James	202	Golden Oriole	55.8%

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 Rainham Dec 07 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 such as the Crossness Squacco Heron can be counted.

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