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Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 Ian Sinclair 2261 Angola, Antarctica, Brazil, Chile, Comoro Islands, Costa Rica, Malawi, Mascarene Islands, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
2 Michael Knoll German 1850 Germany, SE-Asia, Australia, NZL, Peru, Argentina; definite hilite: diademed sandpiper-plover in peru
3 Dollyann Myers USA 1800 Antarctic pack ice and eastern South Africa
4 Ron Hoff USA 1795 Antarctic pack ice and eastern S. Africa, Nov/Dec-2002.
5 Ian Lewis British 1717 Western Mexico, Bhutan, Iceland, Ecuador and UK
6 Marc Guyt Dutch 1535 The Netherlands, Thailand, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Peru.
7 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 1454 Sweden,Cyprus,Uganda,Mexico,Kenya,India,Andaman Is.
8 Dave Sargeant British 1340 Last upd: Dec-02. Oman, Cuba, Jamaica, Kenya, UK, Peru
9 Bob Stinger English 1298 U.K.,Cyprus,Egypt,Malawi,Tenerife,Holland,New Zealand,Australia,Thailand 26/11
10 János Oláh Jr. Hungarian 1256 Hungary, Japan, South-Africa, Namibia, Finland, Norway
11 Vaughan Ashby British 1124 Goa, Costa Rica, Texas, Kazakhstan, Colorado & Wyoming
12 Peter Kaestner USA 1111 Alagoas Antwren, Sick's Antwren, Pinto's Spinetail, Dec 2002
13 Norbert W. Hopf German 1105 Vietnam, Bavaria, SE Peru
14 Bob Bailey British 1093 Gambia,Costa Rica, Canada, USA and UK
15 Brian Fletcher British/Australian 998 Australia, Falklands, Chile, Spain, Uganda, Taiwan
16 Mark Sutton British 884 Costa Rica, Tibet , Thailand & UK
17 Stephen Harris English 825 England, Scotland, Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa and Lesotho.
18 Peter Carnall South African 806 Southern Africa/Australia/New Zealand
19 Justin Jansen The Netherlands 800 Australia, Hong Kong, The netherlands, Belgium
20 Kevin Vang Australia/ Norway/ USA 721 In 2002 Egypt, USA, Kenya, Malawi, Moçambique, Australia, Zimbabwe,South Africa Hong Kong, Viet Nam so far.
21 PODSTER English 720 Gurney's Pitta,Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo,Spoon-billed Sandpiper,and in UK,Lesser Sandplover,Lesser Kestrel,Twite,Pallid Harrier.AFRICAN FINFOOT in South Africa
22 Nicholas Block DE, USA 655 Western Mexico, Isla Cozumel, and much of US
23 Jenny Norman South African 617 All in Southern Africa!
24 Jonathan Newman UK 593 Argentina and UK only
25 Mario Renden Dutch 591 Whooping Crane, Trumpeter Swan (Texas), Schneider's Pitta, Sunda Coucal, Milky Stork, Javan Hawk Eagle, Waterfall Swift (Java/Sumatra)
26 Nick Upton British 535 Thailand+SE England
27 Georges Olioso French 533 Bewick's Swan (France)
28 Brandon Percival USA (CO) 521 updated 31 December 2002.
29 Kevin Guse USA 445 Sedge Wren, Half Moon Bay, CA (12/28/02)
30 Rik Addison British 440 Everetts Thrush, Fruithunter, Garnet - Giant - Hooded - Banded & Blue Headed Pittas, Ross's Gull, Red - Rumped Swallow, Alpine Swift, Lesser Sandplover, Hudsonian Whimbrel
31 Martin Sullivan UK 352 Birds seen in UK, Spain and Costa Rica. Highlight: Pearl Kite in Costa Rica.
32 Matt Brady US 263 Thick-billed Murre, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Redpoll in WA, Tufted Duck, Laysan Albatross, Yellow-billed Loon, Blk.-throated Blue Warb in CA. Newest: Greater Sage Grouse, Harris's Sparrow in Lassen Co. CA, Plumbious Vireo in Red Rock Canyon NV. No Falcated Duck, though.
33 Rich D. Londres British 132 not much! errr Bittern,Common crane, Golden pheasant.
34 Mathias Kummerlen German-Costarican 76 I´ve just started the listing thing, we´ll see how the year turns out

Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 Ed Opperman Dutch 465 Turkey/Egypt/Israel/Finland/France/Sweden/Marocco
2 Tommy Frandsen Denmark 395 The Azores
3 Steve Lister British 371 Have just added 11 species in Fuerteventura, including new colonist Palm Dove.
4 Vincent Stork Dutch 350 269 in Netherlands, 50 extra in Egypt, Grey-headed Woodpecker in France and 30 additions in Scandinavia
5 Georges Olioso French 282 Bewick's Swan
6 Jonathan Clarke British 280 19/8/02 31 lifers in a recent trip to Spain and Morocco. Not bad?!!?

Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 Steve Lister British 328 Added White-backed, Middle-spotted and Black Woodpeckers, plus Saker, in a week in Hungary. White-rumped Swift in Spain. Lesser Sand Plover and Least Sandpiper in UK. Latest Red-flanked Bluetail in Lincs.
2 Norbert Model German 311
3 Paul Clack British 309 Nutcracker in Belgium. In Britain Lesser Sand Plover, Elegant Tern, Pallid Harrier & Collared Fly. In Spain Eagle Owl, Great Bustard and Sp. Imperial Eagle. Little Shear, Leach's Petrel and Sabine's Gull in Biscay.
4 Garry Bakker Dutch 307 Yearlist total for the NETHERLANDS only. Highlights a.o.: Glossy Ibis, Squacco Heron (2), Cattle Egret, Ross'Goose (2), Ferruginous Duck (4), Falcated Duck, American Wigeon, Green-Winged Teal, Lammergeier, Golden Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, Baillons Crake, Common Pratincole, Pacific Golden Plover (3), White-rumped Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper (3), Broad-billed Sandpiper, Great Snipe, Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowleggs, Wilsons Phalarope, Franklins Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Iceland Gull (2), Glaucous Gull (3), Whiskered Tern, White-winged Tern, Eagle Owl (4, at nest site), European Bee-eater (2, at nest site), Alpine Swift, Grey-headed Woodpecker, Middle Spotted Woodpecker, Citrine Wagtail, Trush Nightingale (own find), Dark-throated Trush, Subalpine Warbler, Barred Warbler, Cetti's Warbler (2), Zitting Cisticola, Aquatic Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Pallas Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler (2), Iberian Chiffchaf, Turkestan Shrike, Woodchat Shrike (2), Rose-coloured Starling,Two-barred Crossbill (2) and Rustic Bunting; a probable Elegant Tern and a Siberian Chiffchaf (no species status) were also seen, but are not included in the total.
5 Roland Graf German 302
6 Vincent Stork Dutch 301 269 species in Holland, 1 extra in France and 31 additionals in Scandinavia
7 Nick Smith English (Staffs) 299 Black Vulture, Thekla Lark, Eleonora's Falcon, Marmora's Warbler, Booted Eagle, Blue Rock Thrush on Mallorca, Lesser Sand Plover, Bee-eaters in UK amongst others
8 Georges Olioso French 254 Jack Snipe, Wallcreeper, Bewick's Swan (all in France)
9 András Kóta Hungarian 254 Storm Petrel and Great Skua (Norway), Eleonoras falcon and Purple Gallinule (Spain), Canada Goose, Wallcreeper (Hungary)
10 Justin Jansen Holland 239 (10-6-02)Last ones, Lammergeier, (own find) Tereksandpiper, Melodious Warbler, (own find) Red-footed Falcon and Elegant tern
11 Ian Pitts UK 228
12 Martin Sullivan U K 168 Purple Gallinulle in Spain (Cordoba)