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	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	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%
14	Rupert Hastings	265	Collared Pratincole, Balearic Shearwater	73.4%
15	John Archer	264	Bridled Tern, Buff-breasted Sandpiper	73.1%
16	Ken Barrett	261	Western Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper	72.3%
=17	Dominic Mitchell	260	Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher	72.1%
=17	Des McKenzie	260	Franklin’s Gull, Hume’s Warbler	72.1%
19	Andrew Self	259	Black Stork, 4 skuas	71.8%
20	John Edwards	256	White-rumped Sandpiper and Stone Curlew	71.1%
=21	Gavin Haig	251	Baird’s Sandpiper, Gannet	69.5%
=21	Nick Tanner	251	Naumann’s Thrush, Rustic Bunting	69.5%
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	Dave Morrison	242	Sociable Plover, Collared Pratincole	66.8%
26	Joan Thompson	241	Laughing Gull, Dipper	66.5%
28	Tony Morris	236	Bridled Tern, Franklins Gull	65.3%
29	Vince Halley-Frame	225	Subalpine Warbler, Cattle Egret	62.3%
29	Sacha Barbato	224	Long-billed Dowitcher, Hume’s Warbler	62.0%
32	Garry James	218	Golden Oriole	60.4%
31	Gareth Richards	217	Naumann’s Thrush, Sociable Plover	60.1%
35	Dave Dack	217	Citrine Wagtail, Sociable Plover	60.1%
33	Chris Langsdon	215	Sociable Plover, Alpine Swift	59.6%
34	Steve Gale	212	Med. Shearwater, Buff-breasted Sand, Long-billed Dowitcher	58.7%

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