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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, 76.5%
8 Howard Vaughan 270 Hume’s Warbler, Radde's Warbler 74.8%
=9 Bob Watts 268 American Robin, Great White Egret 74.2%
=9 Steve Spooner 268 Paddyfield Warbler, American Robin 74.2%
=9 Chris Lamsdell 268 74.2%
12 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 254 Naumann's Thrush, Great Snipe & Franklin's Gull 70.4%
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
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