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Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 Adrian Riley British 380 (UK400) 368 (BOU) Making some great new friends. Thanks John for your gracious comments, and well done.
2 John Pegden English 353 (BOU) UK400 = 364 Latest 2-Barred Crossbill, Rufous Turtle Dove, Forster's Tern, Red-flanked Bluetail. And that's it unless a Booted Eagle flies over Heathrow on Saturday. I'm off to Borneo to start 2003 yearlist! Highlights of the year too many to list, but now's a good time to drag up Red-billed Tropicbird again. Have had a great year getting around the country seeing loads of birds and meeting many friendly birders. Congratulations Adrian - you have managed an incredible total. (Maybe some day I'll give up work and challenge properly!)
3 Richard Bonser Cheshire 343 (BOU) (356 UK400) 7 lifers this yr:Lesser Kes, Fea's Petrel, Pallid Harrier, Veery, W-T Sparrow, G-C Thrush, Ruf Turtle Dove. Other highlights inc finding Black Brant, S-T Lark & sum plum Grey Phal. Best day Cornwall March (Scops Owl, B-E Wheatear etc). Last couple of weeks of year spent in Thailand.
4 Geeza Essex 323 UK400 (314 BOU) Great Grey Shrike, Lesser Yellowlegs & Grey Phalarope 20/10. Taiga Bean Geese & Lesser Yellowlegs 16/11. Chough, Siberian Chiffchaff & Redhead 7/12. Greenland White-front, Two-barred Crossbill & 2 Black Brants 14/12. Surf Scoter 21/12. Rough-legged Buzzard & Ring-billed Gull 27/12. Lesser Scaup 29/12. Waxwing & Dusky Warbler 31/12.
5 Tom Perrins UK (Warwicks) 320(BOU) 31/12- Latest White Tailed Eagle, Ptarmigan, Long Billed Dowitcher....Now for a sleep!!(BOU only - UK400 c 330)
6 Dave.a.Saunders BRITISH (west midlands) 319 rufous turtle dove
7 Chris Wilkinson British 317 (BOU) Blyth's Pipit
8 James Brown British 315 Year highlights- Snowy Egret and Pallid Harrier. Worst ommisions were Dotterel and Little Auk.
9 Jez Robson British 313 (324 UK 400 club) Red Billed Tropicbird, Lesser Sandplover,Pallid Harrier, Lesser Kestrel, Lesser Grey Shrike and eventually Alpine Swift, Aquatic Warbler,Corncrake, Arctic Warbler Bee-eater
10 Alan Clewes English (Notts) 313 Latest include - Bewick's Swan, Blyth's Pipit, Tundra Bean Goose
2002 Highlights Include - 2 Ross's Gulls, ad Ivory Gull, OBP, Black-e Wheatear, 3 Alpine Swifts, Scops Owl, Little Bittern, Lesser Sand Plover, Little Swift, Lesser Kestrel, Lesser Grey Shrike, Black Stork, Stilt Sand, Pallid Harrier, 2 Two-b Crossbills, Glossy Ibis, White-t Sparrow & Rufous Turtle Dove.
11 Lee Woods British(Suffolk) 312 latest include:Pallid Harrier @ Warham Green 27/12,Rufous Turtle Dove @ Stromness 14/12,Two-barred xbill @ Sandringham 11/12,Ivory Gull @ Mumbles 05/12.
12 Jason Blackwell British (Notts) 312 (303 BOU)Highlights: Squacco Heron, Glossy Ibis, Ross`s Goose, Ferruginous Duck, Canvasback, Surf Scoter, King Eider, Hooded Merganser, White-headed Duck, Pallid Harrier, Gyrfalcon, Red-footed Falcon, Lady A`s Pheasant, Lesser Sandplover, Least Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, White-Rumped Sandpiper, Buff-Breasted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Marsh Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Boneparte`s Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Franklin`s Gull, Ross`s Gull, Ivory Gull, Gull-Billed Tern, Forster`s Tern, White-winged Black Tern, Bee-eater, Oriental Turtle Dove, Citrine Wagtail, Red-rumped Swallow, Black-eared Wheatear, Blyth`s Reed Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Humes YB Warbler, Woodchat Shrike, Rose-coloured Starling, Arctic Redpoll, White-throated Sparrow, Ortolan Bunting & Rustic Bunting.
Last of the Year: Blyth`s Pipit & Dusky Warbler.
13 Kevin & Liz Hewitt British 306 Scilly Isles - 12 year ticks including Isabelline Shrike, Black-throated Thrush, Richard's Pipit, Red-rumped Swallow, Spotted Sandpiper and Serin and Arctic & Western Bonelli's Warbler in Cornwall on the way down and way back respectively; Bobolink in Dorset; Lesserlegs, white-winged black tern and taiger bean goose in Norfolk, long-billed dowitcher, smew (at last!!!) and gashawk in Glamorgan; fimally Green-winged Teat
14 Nick Smith Staffs 306 UK400 (BOU-296) (njs@etruria11.fsnet.co.uk) Highlights for year -Bonaparte's, Ross's and Ivory Gull (walked out into street at 04-00hrs to find car stolen!) within days in Feb; Gyrfalcon on Anglesey (1hr standing in wind, sleet+rain before it showed); R R Swallow in April; Lesser Sand Plover, Least Sand in Staffs, Elegent Tern, Stilt Sand, Pallid Harrier, 10 Great Shear's off Hartland Point in Sept, Solitary Sand, Citrine Wag, Sard Warb, WTSparrow, Bobolink, RFBluetail. .....(303) - Bittern @ Ladywalk. (304) - Two-barred Crossbill plus (305) Black Brant in Norfolk. (306) - Merlin over Stromness - I'm sure there was another bird i was supposed to see there....
15 Garry Bagnell British (Sussex) 305 (UK400) & 294 (BOU) As at 15th December:- Shorelark, Velvet Scoter & Ring-necked Duck. Plus 24 Lifers this year:- Ross's Gull, Capercaille, Hooded Merganser, Lesser Sand Plover, OBP, Alpine Accentor, Alpine Swift, Lesser Kestrel, Elegant Tern, Citrine Wagtail, Least Sand, Lesser Grey Shrike, Black Stork, Bee-eater, Falcated Duck, Spotted Sand, Corncrake, Stilt Sand, Pallid Harrier, Terek Sand, Glossy Ibis, White-throated Sparrow, Rufous Turtle Dove, 2 Barred Crossbill
16 Mike Hamzij Wiltshire 299 Bonelli's Warbler & Gull-billed Tern
17 Darren Ward British (Yorkshire) 298 Latest – Second Pallid Harrier this year! Good End.... - White-throated Sparrow- Red-flanked Bluetail - Citrine Wagtail - Sardinian Warbler - Ring-necked Parakeet - Hooded Crow (BOU) Presumed Fea's Petrel - Great Shearwater - Pallid Harrier, Aquatic Warbler, Least Sandpiper - Lesser Sand-plover - Snowy Egret - Red-rumped Swallow - Gyrfalcon - Ivory Gull
18 Steve Richards ENGLISH(Staffs) 296(UK 400) Recent additions - Gt Grey Shrike,Two-Barred Crossbill, Little Bunting, Rose-Coloured Starling(down to 1ft!). 2002 highlights include Arctic Redpoll, Ross's Gull, OBP, Ivory Gull, Gyrfalcon, Alpine Accentor, Black-Eared Wheatear, Red-Rumped Swallow, Whiskered Tern, Lesser Sandplover, Lesser Kestrel, Citrine Wag, Least Sand, Lesser Grey Shrike, Bee-Eaters, 3 Marsh Sands, Stilt Sand, Pallid Harrier, Booted Wblr, Glossy Ibis, Semipalmated Sand, Radde's Wblr, Blyth's Reed Wblr, White-Throated Sparrow, Two-Barred Crossbill. Good year in Staffs including Green-Winged Teal, Spotted Crake, Water Pipit, Black Redstart, Temminck's Stint, Least Sand, Grey Phalx2, White Stork, Wryneck, Red-Necked Phalx2, Pec Sandx2, Lesserpecker in garden, Bearded Tit, Gt White Egret & Cetti's Wblr.
19 Matt Slaymaker British (N.Bucks) 291 (BOU) nowhere near the top of the list but not bad for an 18 year old (as of september) who only went out once in the last 2 months of the year (bobolink). highlights - first trips to scilly (lesser K in may + a week in October). Lowlights - car blowing up on the way to LSplover in lincs + various other dips.
20 Ian Bennell English (HERTS) 288 61 Lifers this year - Ring-Necked Duck , Ferruginous Duck , Olive-Backed Pipit , Great-Grey Shrike , Crane , Rough-Legged Buzzard , Lapland Bunting , Red Kite , Alpine Accentor , Bonaparte's Gull , Black-Eared Wheatear, Woodchat Shrike, Night Heron, Cirl Bunting , Black Duck , King Eider , Long-Eared Owl , Green-Winged Teal , Rustic Bunting , Great Reed Warbler , Red-Necked Phalarope , Savi's Warbler , Spotted Sandpiper , Bee-Eater, White-Headed Duck , White-Rumped Sandpiper , Stilt Sandpiper , Roseate Tern , Great White Egret , Sooty Shearwater , Chough , Pallid Harrier , Franklin's Gull , Barred Warbler , Spotted Crake , Marsh Sandpiper , Terek Sandpiper , White Stork, Solitary Sandpiper, Red-Breasted Flycatcher , Sardinian Warbler , Grey Phalarope , 180+ Great Shearwaters , Balearic Shearwater , Citrine Wagtail , Yellow-Browed Warbler , Bluethroat , Richard's Pipit , Corncrake , Rose-Coloured Starling , Isabelline Shrike , Common Rosefinch , Lesser Scaup , Glossy Ibis, Lesser Yellowlegs, Bobolink, Taiga Bean Goose, Redhead. Latest - Two-Barred Crossbill, Ross's Goose, Black Brant (14.12.02).
21 Mark Ward English (Cambs) 287
22 Justin Taylor Oxfordshire 285 Up to 12.12.02 Rufous Turtle Dove 7th Dec, Iceland Gull, Red Grouse & Crested Tit.
23 ROD KEY BRITISH 280 UK400 total 284. Good year wife 7 lifers-Lesser Sand Plover, Lesser Kestrel, BeeEater, Stilt Sandpiper, Pallid Harrier, Solitary Sandpiper and Rufous Turtle Dove. Personal highlight was the ad. Ivory Gull in N.Wales but with Red Flanked Bluetail, 2 Pallid Harriers and a very late Bltyh'Pipit 2002 will take some beating
24 Bob Bailey Devon 280 American wigeon to finish the year off
25 George Smith English Staffs 278 UK400 269 BOU Two-barred Crossbill, Black Brant, Merlin & G N Diver
26 Mike Hamzij Wiltshire 277 14/7 Elegant tern, Marsh warbler, Marsh Sand, RB Shrike & Spot Red
27 Neil Blood UK (Gt Manchester). 277 Latest 28/12/02:Pallid Harrier, Tundra Bean and Greenland White-fronted Geese, Red-necked Grebe. Other year highlights: Snowy Egret, Glossy Ibis, Leach's Petrol (January), Least Sand, Lesser Yellowlegs (found by me), Ptarmigan, Quail, Corncrake, Ivory Gul
28 Chris Rose English 271 American wigeon, and thats it!
29 Chris Bishop British 270 Latest- Waxwing at Acle on last day of year!
30 Andy Brett British (Leics) 265 (BOU) 28/12/02 - Latest : Black-necked Grebe, Greenland White-front, Woodcock, Franklin's Gull, White-throated Sparrow. (UK400 - 271)
31 Archie Archer English (North Warks) 263 (BOU & strictly no Irish) Latest Additions: Corncrake (231), Bluethroat (232), Yellow-browed Warbler (233), Woodlark (234), Great Skua (235), Ring Ouzel (236), Citrine Wagtail (237), Ring-necked Duck (238), Richard's Pipit (239), Common Rosefinch (240), Lapland Bunting (241), Jack Snipe (242), Red-breasted Flycatcher (243), Isabelline Shrike (244), Purple Sandpiper (245), Lesser Scaup (246), White-throated Sparrow (247), Grey Partridge (248), Bobolink (249), Red-throated Diver (250), Twite (251), Snow Bunting (252), Shorelark (253), Velvet Scoter (254), Rufous Turtle Dove (255), Waxwing (256), Hooded Crow (257), Rock Dove (258), Ring-billed Gull (259), Black Guillemot (260), Little Auk (261), Iceland Gull (262) & Great Grey Shrike (263) 36 'British List Lifers' in 2002! Here's to a rarity packed 2003!
32 Phil Abbott English (Devon) 263(BOU) 15,12,02,Green winged teal,1,12,02,Ivory Gull,30,11,02,G.G.Shrike,10,11,02,Grey phal19,10.02,Barred warbler,6,10,02,Red backed shrike,28,9,02,Willow tit,Red breasted flycatcher,14,9,02Dotterel,Aquatic warbler,7,9,02 Glossy ibis,8,9,02Great shearwater,sooty,,Osprey,Curlew sand, wryneck,17,8,02Booted,melody,ortolan,Stone curlew,12,8,02,Pallid Harrier,Long eared owl,9,8,02,Little stint,21,7,02,Stilt sand,20,7,02,Balearic shearwater,Roseate tern,13,7,02 Temmincks stint Green sand
33 Richard Hall British 263 Two-barred Crossbill
34 Warren Blackwell British(Nott's) 261 Ross's & Bonaparts gull. Gry falcon . Capercaillie, Golden Eagle. white wagtail , Spoonbill, Ring Ouzel, Wryneck. Bluethroat, Lesser Sandplover 8) & temminck's Stint. Corn crake, Glaucous Gull, Osprey, rock dove, Golden Orioles, Pied Flycatcher, Honey Buzzard , Bee-eater & Squacco Heron & Yellow Wagtail. Marsh Sandpiper & Canvasback, Storm Petrel, Sooty Shearwater & Corys Shearwater & Rose - coloured Starling & Greenish Warbler, Yellow - Browed Warbler. Silly Highlights :- Rustic Bunting, Citrine Wagtail,Lapland Bunting,RN Duck , jack snipe, Wood Lark, Whinchat & Black Redstart. Lesser Yellowlegs. Latest :- Surf Scoter. barnacle,Ross's, & Greenland white-fronted Goose.
35 Dan Brown Welsh 260 Latest: good day on norfolk coast - Raddes, Yellow-browed, Barred & sardinian warblers, 2 RB flys, Lapland Bunt, Red-n. Grebe and loads of common Migrants. Highlights: Brown Booby!!!!
36 Andy Cotton English (Sussex) 259 15th December: Ring-necked Duck - Bourne Hall Lake, Ewell, Surrey.
37 nick sampford uk 258 corncrake on skye
38 Mark Wilson British (Leics) 257 30th Dec - Blyths Pipit
39 Ashley Beolens Britsh 256(261 UK400) Latest birds include yellow legged and Caspian gull
40 Steve Waite British (Devon) 253 Latest: A dreadful female Yankee Wigeon (27th Dec), Great Grey Shrike (7th) 2 Snow and 2 Lapland Bunting, Ring-billed Gull and 4 Whooper Swans (24th Nov), Grey Phal (10th Nov), 15 Storm Petrels (26th), Barred Warbler (19th), Yellow-browed Warbler (12th), Red-backed Shrike (6th), Willow Tit and nice RB Fly (28th), A belated 'arm chair' tick thanks to the BOU splitting Hoody, saw loads in Scotland back in July. Really good views of Aquatic Warbler (14th), c10 Great Shearwaters (8th Sept), Sensational views of Glossy Ibis (7th Sept), Wryneck (1st Sept), 20 Crossbills (27th Aug), Booted+2 Melodious Warblers (1 in hand!), Ortolan Bunting and Stone Curlew (17th Aug)
41 Michael Frankis Northumberland 252 (BOU) @ 29/12. Of which 240 in Northumberland. Lifers: Ivory Gull (Montrose), Lesser Sandplover (Rimac), Great Shearwater (by Eddystone Rock, from Plymouth-Santander ferry!), Wilson's Petrel (North Shields pelagic)
42 Stephen Patmore English 252 Solitary Sand, Rd-B Shrike & L-T Skua
43 Paul Clack British (Herts) 251 An enjoyable year, shame about the autumn :(
44 Richie Moores UK 248 best birds - pallid harrier, raddes warbler, plus local finds
45 Roy McCarthy Devon 248 Bird of the year probably Snowy Egret ,22 lifers 14 Devon ticks 5 "patch ticks"and 2 garden ticks.Not a bad year in all but a good find would have been nice.. .
46 Steve Lister British (Leics) 246 Blyth's Pipit in Notts. Red-flanked Bluetail at Gib Point.
47 Perry Smale British 244 28. 12. 02 - American Wigeon at Roadford Reservoir. 29. 12. 02 - Velvet Scoter at Dawlish Warren. That's probably it for this year. It's been brilliant with many highlights. The ones that stand out include the rush of southern overshoots in late March; the Scilly Lesser Kestrel; reaching 400 in July with Quail; the return of the Elegant Tern the same month; and the amazing White-throated Sparrow at Flamborough. This total is still well down on my personal record of 274 in 1995, but then there was a great proportion of that year when I was not working. The only way to get a high total is to have a sympathetic boss or be out of work - not really an option! Anyway, Happy New Year to everyone on Surfbirds and here's to many good birds in 2003!
48 Dave Stone ENGLISH Devon 243 B.O.U Latest = Great Grey Shrike 27/11/02 . Hen Harrier = 27/11/02 . Green Winged Teal 15/12/02
49 Marek Walford British (Berks) 242 Latest: Glossy Ibis & Spoonbill, Devon (15/12) Best finds: Rosy Starling (St. Agnes. Oct), Spotted Crake (Lavell's Lake, Berks. Sep) Highlights: Winning the Berks Bird Race, 4th May: 111 species. 19 Lifers: Great Shearwater; Glossy Ibis; King Eider; Pallid Harrier; Lady A. Pheasant; Corncrake; Stilt, Solitary & Spotted Sand; Franklin's, Bonaparte's & Ross's Gulls; Whiskered Tern; Richard's Pipit; Citrine Wag; Great Reed, Melodious & Booted Warblers; Ortolan Bunting
50 Bill Haines British 242 Up to end Oct:highlights icl Gull-billed Tern, Western Bonelli's Warbler, Rustic Bunting, Little Bunting, White throated Sparrow, Barred Warbler, Capercaillie, Ortolan, & seeing lots of crossbills at veryclose range at South Gare
Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
51 Neil Glenn (Notts) English 242 (BOU only) Recent additions include Isabelline Shrike, Rustic Bunting, Corncrake and Citrine Wagatail on Scilly
52 Jason Chapman Welsh 241 UK400 spp as of 012/12/02. Highlights: Lady Amherst's Pheasant and Capercaillie, Wilson's Petrel, Booted warbler, Bobolink, 2-barred Crossbill
53 Simon Mitchell UK 238 19/12 Highlights S T Lark R T Pipit Subalpine Wrbl Little Bunt on Fair Isle in Spring. Pallas's and Y Br Warblers Kent, Snow Goose @ Dunge (1km + out at sea with Brents) + Ross's Goose (Norfolk). Two barred Crossbill @ Sandrinham. Self found Dotterel NO LE OWL THIS YEAR!(only 16)
54 Listing Kid British 238 (BOU) Latest rarities = Lesser Yellowlegs, White-winged Black Tern
55 Brendan & Ruth McCartney English (Berks) 238 UK400 Rules 16 Dec
56 Mark Faux British 234 Water Pipit - 17/11
57 ROD KEY BRITISH-DERBYSHIRE 229 UK400CLUB 233. HIGHLIGHTS are Stilt Sandpiper. Also three other lifers in 2002-Lesser Sand Plover, Lesser Kestrel and Bee Eater. Best bird in 2002 Welsh Ivory Gull an absolute cracker!!!
58 Steve.Botham English 228 All in the County of Lincolnshire, Hawfinch at last after 4 years, Arctic Redpoll
59 Sara McMahon British 227 Forster's Tern
60 Lee G R Evans British 221 A new British record for a calendar month and fully detailed in the diaries section of the UK400 Club website. Highlights were the superb Ivory & Ross's Gulls
61 Stephen D Keightley English(Teesside) 215 Hawfinch,Ring n Duck & Hume's, Goshawk, Lesser Kestrel, Least Sand, Lesser Sandplover, Bee-Eater
62 Reedy British {Essex) 209 Alpine Acc, Collard Flycatcher Latest 28/06/02 Well I've finshed collage now and so unfortunatly I can't up date my list at Surfbirds any more, so good luck every one else and I'm off to get a job.
63 Rachel Knapp English 208 Latest - Citrine wagtail, sooty, manx and balearic shearwater and pomarine skua
64 Gareth Metcalf British 208 Squacco Heron @Walney + Bee-eater, Icky, Sub-alp & Rosy Starling...08.06.02
65 Nick Anscomb British 204 (WH Duck), (Ross's Goose), L Yellowlegs, B Redstart, Slav Grebe
66 Jonathan Clarke British 201 Finding a Whiskered Tern and Red Necked Phalarope. Seeing 6 Bittern in one day takes some beating (inc 3 at once)!! Most recently Grey Phalarope and Green Winged Teal.
67 Nathalie Schorbon (+ Carol Rawlings) French/British 200 Solitary Sandpiper on the reserve we volunteer for - Rye Meads RSPB Herts. We finished the year with soggy Marsh Tits and even soggier birders!
68 David Fox English 200 aug. pallid harrier, marsh sandpiper, monatgue's harrier, spotted crake
69 Ade Scuttler english 198 2 surf scoter ,250 velvet scoter,1blk-throated diver,1 red-n grebe,8 slav grebe all at largo bay.2000 ring-n parakeet at esher.obp at lynford.Fine male lady-a pheasant at charle wood.King eider at holkham.
70 Will Walmsley British (Hampshire) 193 Stilt Sandpiper, Great Reed Warbler, Wryneck, Red-backed + Great Grey Shrikes + Yellow-browed Warbler in my garden. 15 years old.
71 Will Bowell English (Lincs) 190 Added 16 species to my life list, this year. Rarities include Radde's Warbler, Sardinian Warbler (on my 16th Birthday!), Great Grey Shrike(s) and Arctic Redpoll. Other highlights include Grey Phalarope, Slav Grebe, R.n. Grebe, Spotted Crake, Dartford warbler, Common Crane and Long tailed Skua.
72 Adam Homer English 187 (BOU) Great Grey Shrike & White Stork 22/12/02
73 Jon Smith English (Suffolk) 185 17th Aug... Awesome flight views of Pallid Harrier. Bloody long walk in 30c heat for Marsh Sand.
74 Daniel Summers 179 Whiskered tern, american wigeon, great white egret and wryneck
75 Martin Sullivan UK 178 Highlights: Black Winged Stilt, Ring Billed Gull and a great view of a Jack Snipe. Dipped on the Holkam Barred Warbler.
76 John Reeves British 173 Latest 24/12:Bittern
77 Nicole and Andrew Burgum British 168 Standing 5ft away from 4 Lapland Buntings on N. Ronaldsay
78 Ian Pitts 168 Being there when the bee-eater chicks flew for the first time!! - Fantastic.
79 Mike Bell British (Teesside) 167 31/12/02 - Waxwing, Snow Bunting, Long Eared Owl
80 Hywel Davies Welsh 161 Capercaillie and Iceland Gull in Scotland
81 Adam Archer English (Warwicks) 156 (BOU) 277 (IQ40 Club) A trip to the sunny South-West was SKILL! Black-eared Wheatear, Night Heron, Woodchat Shrike & the 'Secret' Egrets were all top notch! A Slav Grebe 10 minutes from my house was quite good too.
82 Paul Davis British 154 Bonaparte's Gull and Dunnock!
83 Brian Anderson English 154 Little Owl- Hatfield Forest -DBA member- Brit yr list down cos of Canada (Pt. Pelee) visit in May - 166sp there!
84 Rich D.Londres British 132 Bittern,Cranes, Golden Pheasant, Hawfinch, Crossbill
85 Steve Warrillow Yorkshire 132 RRSwallow in Hull,Dipped on Cranes at Sandtoft but got superbe views of Barn Owl hunting and seeing RL Part sat in a tree!!
86 HARRY DAVIES BRITISH 128 GRASSHOPPER WARBLER AT LEASOWE
87 Nic Fieldsend British (Devon) 119 Nothing new to report since Lesser Scaup at Studland 3 weeks ago. Birding time restricted due to imminent expectation of the first fledgling of my own brood!
88 peter stanford english 113 18/4/02
89 Gary Lewis welsh 113 Cracking Male Hen Harrier over Tregaron Bog 03/03/02
90 peter stanford english 107 Kittiwake,Cetti's warbler & Ring ouzel - 6/4/02
91 jamie oconnor english notts 101 Spotted Redshank ,Avocet, Dunlin ,Whiteheaded duck woodcock at norfolk with grandma. latest green shank little ringplover little grebe
92 Owen Foley Irish 100 stonechat of all things
93 Patrick Howard English 63 Golden Pheasant 08 01 2002
94 kath & lie european 60 White Stork/Littleover/derby/18/1/02
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Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 James Brown Lowestoft area 205 Latest-Dusky Warbler, Scaup. Year highlights were Great Snipe and Black-headed Bunting. Many thanks to the Lowestoft birders for their bird finding and companionship this year.
2 Craig Thomas Filey 204 Filey 2002 (couldn't quite match the 207 of last year). highlights did include Fea's Petel at 200 yds, Blyth's Reed Warbler and finding Crane, Alpine Swift and Caspian Gull.
3 Mark Ward Snettisham 186 Some of the best personal 'finds' of the year: Britain's first ever family party of Black Brants, Dartford Warbler (still a Norfolk mega), Montagu's Harrier, Iceland Gull, Lapland Bunting.
4 Russell Wynn West Solent 185 All self found: Stilt Sandpiper, Richard's Pipit, Wryneck, Montagu's Harrier, Little Auk, Spoonbill, Great Grey Shrike, Roseate Tern, Osprey, Pomarine Skua, Wood Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, Firecrest, Caspian Gull
5 James Wright Lowestoft Area 178 Latest: H. Harrier 28/12. Highlights: Great Snipe & finding the BH Bunting. OK, Mr Brown, you win! & HAPPY 2003.
6 Matthew Berriman Rutland Water, Leics 177 Recently: Black-necked Grebe, Red-throated Diver, Lapland Bunting, flock of 9 Velvet Scoters, up to 9 Short-eared Owls, Water Pipit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Greenland White-front.
7 B S Whitley Bay/St. Mary's Island 163 RB fly, YBW, etc. wryneck, Blyth's reed, balearic S, firecrest, hobby of garganey & abundant roseates
8 Steve Nuttall Belvide Reservoir Staffs 155 Grey Phalarope Rock Pipit Stonechat Hen Harrier Cetti's Warbler Brent Goose 9/12
9 Martin Gray North Ronaldsay only 152 Fea's Petrel, 2-barred Crossbill,White Stork, 3 Cranes,Great White Egret, Garganey,White-billed Diver, Firecrest, Great Tit, Osprey, Calandra Lark, Green-winged Teal, Spotted Crake
10 Dave.a.Saunders Sandwell valley West midlands 145 tawny owl
11 Paul Winter Beaulieu Estuary, Hants 141 BOU Osprey, Wood Sandpiper
12 PODSTER Marbury Country Park,Cheshire 141 Wood Sand,Turnstone,Spotted Crake,Fred's MONSTER GRIP Little Egret,Curlew Sandpiper,Merlin
13 Andy Firth Sandbach Flashes 132 Great white egret. Lesser yellowlegs. Little tern
14 Steve Botham Boultham mere Lincoln 128 Bearded Tit, Lesser Spot Woodpecker and several Smew
15 Reedy Hanningfield Res. (Essex) 127 R.N. Duck, B.N. Grebe, Slav grebe, Marsh Harrier, Grey and Red - nec Phal's
16 Alan Tilmouth Local PatchNewbiggin Northumberland. 124 18 May, Common Crane, Honey Buzzard and Black Redstart this month are star birds with Common Swift latest tick thoday.
17 David Gray Soar Valley-Leics 120 Slav Grebe,Scaup,Mandarin, RH Smew, 3 Ruff, Egyptian Goose(a Mega!!!), Buzzard, Hobby, Grasshopper Warbler, Little Gull, 2 Grey Plovers, Turtle Dove, Tree Sparrow, LS Woodpecker, Black tailed Godwit,Great Northern Diver, SE Owl and Grey Partridge..
18 Will Bowell Wellend Bank Pits, Lincs 112 Barwit, Sanderling, LEO in broad daylight, Garganey, 2 Tree Sparrows and 3 Goldeneye in September. Latest updates 1 Pintail and 1 Chiffchaff
19 Simon Warford British - Patch= Elton Res(Gtr Man) 103 highlights include Firecrest, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Grasshopper Warblers, Black Terns and goldcrest at last in september.
20 Martin Sullivan UK (London) Stocker's Lake 90 Green Sandpiper, Water Rail and Gargany best birds so far. Otherwise just common birds.
21 Ashley Beolens British, local N.Bucks site. 81 Little Owl, and nightingale (good bird for MK)
22 Sara McMahon British (Portworthy) 80 Coot - only the second ever at the site & Green Sandpiper
23 Paul S Hill Sandbach Flashes (Cheshire) 68 Great White Egret - 4th Jan (first for Flashes). Lesser spotted Woodpecker
24 jamie oconnor english notts 54 pied wagtail, goosander,marsh tit, waterail 29.03.02

Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights
1 Adrian Riley Norfolk 283 Highlights: Olive-backed Pipit; Finding own Ring Ouzel and first Garden Warbler of the year
2 Mark Ward Norfolk (but not a resident of!) 253 Pallid Harrier: excellent views for over an hour in glorious close up, doing everything you could want a harrier to do!
3 Michael Frankis Northumberland 252 (pddsc)
240 (BOU)		 New: Bean Goose, Mealy Redpoll (29/12).
Highlights: Wilson's Petrel (First UK East Coast record!), Hume's Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, two White-rumped Sandpipers inside a month. All BOU.
'pddsc': plastic ducks & dubious splits club
4 Chris Bell Durham 251 (BOU + Yellow-legged Gull) 7 County ticks Alpine Swift, Egyptian Goose (eh), White-billed Diver, Great Shearwater, Golden Eagle, Lesser Yellowlegs & Red-flanked Bluetail
5 JAMES BROWN SUFFOLK 240 Year highlights were Great Snipe and Black-headed Bunting. Worst dip was Lesser spotted Woodpecker.
6 Lee Woods Suffolk 239 @28-12,Hen Harrier @ last!.5 Suffolk ticks this year.Whiskered tern,B H Bunting,Cory's s'water,Stormie & Leach's petrel.
7 Steve Botham English 228 Eleven new birds for the County this year, Hawfinch,Lesser Sandplover,Pacific Golden Plover, Pectoral Sandpiper, Caspian Tern, greenish Warbler, Common Rosefinch, Long Billed Dowitcher, Great White Egret, Ross's Goose and Cetti's Warbler
8 Mark Bailey Devon 218 Highlights this year..Elegant Tern and Glossy Ibis (only county ticks). Also Ross's Gull, Little Bittern, 4 B-W Stilts, LG Shrike, Woodchat, Purple Heron, 3 R-C Starlings, 2 Barred Warblers, R-N Duck, Surf Scoter, Black Duck, G-W Teal and American Wigeon. Plus Pec, Temm Stint, Kentish Plover, R-B Shrike, R-B Gull, Monties, Bittern and Black Guillemot.. and not one trip to North Devon!
9 Julian Thomas Somerset 217 Within old county boundaries - 211 in present-day county. Just missed out on the county record but still a good showing and mostly good fun too. Highlights: White Stork, Cattle and Gt White Egrets, American Wigeon, Monty's Harrier, Iceland and Glaucous Gulls, Storm and Leach's Petrels, 4 spp of skua, 3 Red Kites, 2 Greenland White-fronts, 3 Rosy Starlings, Temminck's Stint, Pec Sand.
10 Dave Stone Devon 217 B.O.U Latest = Green Winged Teal = 15/12/02
11 Steve Waite Devon 213 Latest: Female Yankee Wigeon (just about), Gossander (left them late!) and 10 Grey Partridge (very good Devon record) (27th Dec), Great Grey Shrike (7th), Hen Harrier, 2 Snow and 2 Lap Buntings, RB Gull and 4 Whooper Swans (24th Nov), Grey Phal (10th Nov), 15 Storm Petrel and Merlin (26th), Barred Warbler, Black Redstart (my 200th) and Red-necked Grebe (19th), Red-backed Shrike (6th), Willow Tit and nice RB Fly (28th), Really good views of Aquatic Warbler (14th), c10 Great Shearwaters (8th), Fantastic views of the Glossy Ibis (7th)
12 James Wright Suffolk 213 BOU= 211, Latest: BN Grebe, Smew 18/12. Birds of the Year: Alpine Accentor, Great Snipe and Self found: BH Bunting @ Gunton, + Pec sand. A happy new year to you all - UP THE LOWESTOFT LOUNGE LIZARDS!
13 Ashley Banwell Norfolk 210 Ross's Goose, King Eider, Rosy Starling x3,OBP, Fudge Duck, R-C Pochard,Crane, Bittern, white hd duck,rosefinch, 28/6
14 ANDY BOND DEVON 203 LATEST GREAT GREY SHRIKE HEN HARRIER
15 Paul Winter Hampshire 197 BOU Recent: Black Redstart, Ring Ouzel, Short-eared Owl
16 Matthew Berriman Leicestershire & Rutland 195 County Ticks: Wood Warbler, Rose-coloured Starling, Franklin's Gull. New Finds: Bittern, Iceland Gull, Ring Ouzel, Gannet, Velvet Scoter, Red-throated Diver. Other Highlights: Fearless Grey Phalarope, Snowball Mealy Redpoll, 7 Wood Sandpipers together, Honey Buzzard, Short-eared Owl influx, Lapland Bunting, Hen Harrier. Should have tried harder with: Hawfinch, Quail.
17 Steve Lister Leics/Rutland 190 Latest Hen Harrier (11/12). Found Red-b. Merganser at Rutland (10/12) and Black-throated Diver at Cropston (8/12). Red-throated Diver (6/12) Snow Bunting, White-fronted Goose (Greenland) and Jack Snipe (all 15/11), Short-eared Owl (12/11). Red-necked Grebe (31/10). Water Pipit (29/10), Velvet Scoter (27/10), Bewick's Swan 12/10. Ferruginous Duck found at Swithland Res 5/10.
18 Marek Walford Berkshire 185 Latest: Hawfinch (31/12) Highlights: Winning the Berks Bird Race, 4th May: 111 species. Beaten the county record!
19 Darren Starkey Yorkshire 182 Curlew Sand, Wood Sand, Little Stint, and Spoonbill added this month (May) highlights Ross's Gull and self found Little, Glaucous and Iceland Gulls
20 Andy Brett Leics/Rutland 180 28/12/02 - Latest : Black-necked Grebe, Whooper Swan, Jack Snipe, Hen Harrier, RT Diver, Greenland Whitefront, Woodcock, SE Owl, RN Grebe, RB Merganser, Franklin's Gull.
21 Ian Mckerchar Greater Manchester 176 Iceland and Glauc. Gull, Firecrest, R C Pochard, Bittern, R N Grebe, Goshawk, Grey Plover, Turtle Dove, Marsh Harrier, Whiskered Tern, Quail, Little Stint, Wood Sand, Purple Sand, Sandwich Tern, Black Redstart, Little Egret, Rock Pipit,Snow Bunt and WFGoose(5/11),Crossbill(17/11) Finding the Canvasback and re-finding the Great White Egret, and setting a new county year list (beating the 9 year old 172 record)
22 Dave.a.Saunders West Midlands 163 poss new county year list record
23 Reedy English (Essex) 156 R.B. Gull, R.N. Duck, American Wig, Firecrest, Y.L. Gull
24 Brendan & Ruth McCartney English (Berkshire) 142
25 Lee woods Suffolk 129 Ring billled,Iceland & Glaucous gull,x2 Fudge ducks
26 Darren Starkey Yorkshire 126 Snow Bunting, Bittern, Red Kite, Little, Glaucous and Iceland Gulls, Firecrest