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2001 British Year List Rankings

Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 JAMES LEES English ( Avon) 322 Latest Tundra bean goose ,22nd Dec had fantastic festive day in the thick snow oh yea and 2 Arctic Redpolls with 30 Mealy Redpolls and at last the Ross's goose wich looked remoatly tickable in the snow.
2 Stephen D Keightley British (Teesside) 310 Snowy Egret,Redhead,Snowy Owl Gull billed Tern & Mealy Redpoll 21st Nov
3 Rob Martin British 310 29th Dec. I think this is the end, until i transfer to uk400 rules (never!). Best birds this year: the two post exam twitches-Little Swift and Marmora's Warbler, PG tips, the Snowy Owl blag (do you know where your owl came from?!!) our ridiculous mid-winter get every single rare in southern britain in two days trip (successful) and just the sheer fun of the trips with the eco crew.
4 Rik Addison British 310 Latest, Bonapartes Gull, Arctic Redpoll and Surf Scoter. 305 BOU, 317 UK400. 5 Non-BOU Species are Feas Petrel, Snowy Egret, YL, Caspian Gulls and Black Scoter
5 Garry Bagnell British (Sussex) 303 As of 31st December. Recent sightings:- 284 Redhead, 285 Waterail, 286 Ring-necked Duck, 287 Little Auk, 288 Gull-billed Tern, 289 Black-winged Stilt, 290 Ross's Goose, 291 Baikal Teal(?), 292 Bearded Tit, 293 Mealy Redpoll, 294 RB Goose, 295 Brambling, 296 Arctic Redpoll, 297 Bittern, 298 Snow Goose, 299 Black Scoter, 300 Ivory Gull, 301 Iceland Gull, 302 Small Canada (Richardson's), 303 Caspian Gull
6 Robert Laughton (Bristol) English 300 Latest: Hawfinch 29/12/01 1-FEA'S PETREL (My first pelagic ever & im sure it will be the best, What a bird !) 2-SARDINIAN WBLR (A local rare bird for once, I saw it on its last day!) 3-RED-N.STINT (A great bird, not to mention a PG Tips on the same day!) Best Day: 13th Oct Paddyfield,Yellow br,Melodious Wblrs/Rose-br Grosbeak/Rough-l Buzzard & Richard's Pipit= Scilly magic!!
7 Geeza English 299 Ross's, Todd's Canada and thousands of Pink-feet in the snow. FEA'S PETREL. Green Heron. Pechora on Fair Isle. Serin & Bluethroat in SE Essex. Latest Purple Sand(!) 28/12.
8 kriss dutheridge 297 Great grey shrike,Paddyfield warbler,Short-toed lark,Green heron,Little bunting,Dusky warbler,Sociable lapwing,Isabelline shrike,Buff-breasted sandpiper,Pied wheatear
9 Jez Robson UK 296 Baltimore Oriole, Bobolink, Olive Backed Pipit,Little Swift, Pallas' Gropper, Caspian Tern, 3 Bluethroats, Laughing Gull, Red Necked Stint and Isabelline Wheatear,Egrets (I've had a few)
10 Darren Ward Yorkshire 293 Latest - Redhead-22 Dec 01 --Squacco, Snowy Owl, Gull-billed Tern, Bobolink,Green Heron, Red-necked Stint etc
11 Mark Ward Cambridgeshire 285 277 of these were within East Anglia (Beds, Cambs, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk).
12 Richie Moores English 284 Iceland Gull- I knew I would see one eventually
13 Dan Brown welsh 280 Brambling at last! Cracking year a;though i have missed Velvet scoter, firecrest, LEO, and all the scottish stuff! Best birds as Rob martin plus Black w prat
14 Simon Mahood 280 Amazing year however many I've seen, Merry Christmas!!!
15 Nick Moran English (Suffolk) 280 SNOWY EGRET in snow 3 feet away, 2 hours B4 dark on 31st Dec!! G-w Teal, Mandarin.
16 Gareth Metcalf British 275 Grosbeak & Paddyfield Warbler, Scilly's 2001..........(15.10.01)
17 Bob Bailey British Devon 275 205 in Devon
18 John Walshe English (Yorkshire) 273 25/11 - Norfolk this W/E Gull-billed, Brant, RB Goose. Year highlight Snowy Egret Trip
19 Kris Dutheridge English ( Yorkshire ) 271 Latest=Two smart Dottrels after a long long walk, A fantastic King Eider, And a sexy male Red-Backed Shrike . , Jointly Found A-G-Plover Adult summer this year!
20 lee woods English,Suffolk 268 Green heron,P G Tips,Feas petrel,Little swift,Marmoras warb,Paddy warb,Sharp tailed sand,R N stint,Snowy owl & SNOWY EGRET.(231 sp in Suffolk)
21 Keith Clack British 266 Thanks to everyone who helped along the way to getting this total,it was a long,great trip! Latest Mealy & Arctic Redpolls + Shorelark 28 Dec
22 Nick Smith English 257 Year highlights- Little Swift, Green Heron, Snowy Egret, Redhead, Bluethroat on Beeley Moor, Sabine's at Farmoor, PGTips, GB Tern, WWBTern, Pallid Swift over Cromer
23 Rich Hall British 254 2 Long-eared Owls 27/12; Crippling views of a crippled Sociable Plover, Dartford Warbler and Green-winged Teal 23/12
24 Dave Horton British 249 Snowy Egret, BOBOLINK,R.N.STINT, PG TIPS GREEN HERON U.K.400 Total - 253
25 Brendan & Ruth McCartney English 245 24 Dec. Brambling!
26 Rich Prior British 241 Laughing Gull(a life tick)on my birthday,latest ever Sandwich Tern,9th Dec !
27 Stephen Patmore English 240 '01 highighlights - Bluethroat (Southend), Wilson's Phalarope (Old Hall), American Goldie (Cambs), Red-necked Stint, Gull-billed Tern, Snowy Owl
28 Stan Can British 238 Icterine Warbler, Thrush Nightingale, Monty, etc (14/05/01)
29 Steve Lister British 237 Recent additions Arctic and Dusky Warblers, RBFlycatcher, Serin. Long-tailed Skua and Sabine's Gull all in Cornwall 21-27 October, plus American Wigeon at Eyebrook Res 17.11.
30 Bill Haines British 237 Lesser pecker, Crane, Squacco Heron
31 Neil Glenn english (Notts) 234 (BOU only) Paddyfield Warbler & Pied Wheatear on Scilly, plus good views of a Cetti's. Green Heron.
32 Mark Bailey British 232 200 seen in Devon. (200 in Devon for the 11th sucessive year) Highlights Liitle Swift,Green Heron,Snowy Egret (Baikal Teal).Also Chough,Hooded Crow(!) and Cattle Egret(??) in Devon.
33 Sara McMahon British 231 R-L Buzzard in Cornwall. Stunning bird.
34 Andy Farr Dorset-ish 227 (Dorset = 195) THE END! 31.12.01 - Ended the year by dipping Tundra Beans! My Best 2001 moments - Being on the scene as the Scilly Paddyfield Wblr was found; that high-speed drive down to Stanpit for the Caspian Tern!; Getting back Lesser Scaup for the Dorset list!!! Worst moment - Missing the Portland Chough! BRING ON 2002!
35 Rich d. Londres British 217 T.nightingale,R.R.Swallow,subalp,R.B.fly,Icky,R.B shrike,Bluethroats,S.T Treec, Blk Duck, C Rosefinchs.
36 Mike King British 217 Nov 30 Richard's Pipit at Frampton
37 Geri Thomas Welsh 213 Quail at 5 yards!
38 Peter File English 210 uk400(214)latest= Green Heron,RBfly, Radde's Warbler, GGShrike
39 Rod Dean English 209 , red-breasted flycatcher
40 adrian george english 207 Long eared Owl, Thrush Nightingale, Bluethroat, 3xRed Rumped Swallow and LITTLE SWIFT 28/5
41 nick sampford english 207 sub-alpine at spurn/tawny pipit at holme
42 Ashley Banwell 202 all in Norfolk, PG Tips yippee!!
43 Jon Smith English 201 Just had a week on Lundy. RB Fly, Rosefinch, Dicks Pip and R R Swallow which I missed !!! Dusky Warbler, Snowy Owl. Big Scottish Trip is Planned !
44 Michael Frankis Northumbrian 193 16 May 2001. ALL in Northumberland
45 Neil Carr English 183 Thrush Nightingale at Spurn; Rustic Bunting at Filey's Parish wood best bird of year so far ( 17-5-2001)
46 David Fox English 176 Siberian Stonechat, RB Flycatcher, Hoopoe,White-winged black tern, YB Warbler, Rustic warbler
47 Richard Wesley British 176 Sabine's Gull at Farmoor Reservoir 19/08/01
48 Ian Bennell English 176 PF Geese, BW Stilt, Snow Bunting, Spotshank, Arctic Redpoll , Mealy Redpoll + B-T Diver (26-30.12.01) BUT MISSED BLOODY ROSS'S GOOSE !!
49 Gary Lewis celt 175 29/09 Y.B.WARBLER HOLME NOA Redhead 10/11
50 Nick Anscomb British 175 Long-tailed duck at Draycote Reservoir
51 Kit Day (16) English 173 Gull-billed Tern, Slavonian Grebe, Squacco Heron
52 John Reeves British 172 Sociable Plover, RB Shrike, Collared Pratincole, Goshawk, Nightjar (in the hand), Black-winged Stilt.
53 Nic Fieldsend British 171 30/9 Braved the gales in Cornwall to notch up 3rd Baird's in a fortnight. Also cracking views of Pec Sand at Landulph last weekend. Waiting expectantly for those Yankee passerines....
54 Steve Warrillow British 169 uk 157 Yorks Stunning views of BLACK HEADED BUNTING nice year tick !
55 Gripped Off British 169 Surf Scoters, R L Buzzard, PINE BUNTING, Fudge Duck etc. (Updated 7/3/2001)
56 Paul Gosling English 163 22/6/01 Great few days in Scotland and a good day in Norfolk (90 sp., wife in tow!)
57 Simon Nichols English 162 Being 18th on this list for a brief period !!!! ( 2nd May )
58 Sue Warrillow UK 158 uk 148 yorks Black Head Bunting,Chough calling Corncrake and Black Guillemot
59 Bob Waind UK Yorkshire 149 uk 143 Yorks Stunning views of peregrine at thorne Moors and hearing Nightingale in Yorkshire for the first time magic !!!
60 peter stanford english 149 Inland Kittiwake & Sabine's gull - Oct 11th
61 Andy Dowse English 145 Dotterel with young - Drumuchter
62 Steve Minton British 145 all on Moore n.r. in Cheshire by 20-10-01. still on 145 by 31-12, beat the last site yearlist by 8 (137 set in 1999)
63 Andrew Goodall British 141 20/05/01 Savi's Warbler, Whimbrel, Corn Bunting
64 andy peter ENGLISH 141 3 M Surf Scoters.
65 Chris Button British 136 Sketching Waxwing in Weymouth
66 Steve Seal British 129 All in Warwickshire \ 03\05\01
67 Malcolm Tait English 128 Red-necked Phalarope at Cley, June. Cley's flamingo and pelican in one November week were good fun, too.
68 Ben Rackstraw British 126 Hawfinch, Brambling, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker within minutes of each other! 21/02/01
69 Martin Gray Orkney 95 Swallow(06/04), bernicla Brent Goose, Marsh Harrier, Med Iceland Glaucous Gull, Stonechat, Little Auks, dead Brunnichs Guillemot (29/01)
70 Neil Crossley British 92 3.02.01 - Merlin & Marsh H on Sheppey