Rank | Name | Nationality | Total | Highlights |
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1 |
Ivan Lakin |
Devon | 255 | Full list at http://www.bubo.org/. MADEIRAN S-PETREL (Pendeen), WILSON'S SNIPE (St Mary's), Lesser-legs (Cley), ad Bony Gull, Kentish & Dick's Pipit (all Dawlish Warren), Spot Sand (Drift), Pec Sand (Stithians Res), Pallas's W (Lower Moors), GWE (Lodmoor) best finds . Also the standard scarcer autumn seabirds, Temm Stint, Wood Sands, Caspian Gull, L Auk, Wryneck (3), Y-b Warbs (many), Serin, Quail, Capercaillie, Rosy Tern, Mealy Redpoll, Iceland Gull and Ortolan B also nice finds. Harshest situations where missed out on a find are: Great Snipe (in hide 2 hrs before), Gull-b Tern (found 4 mins before), Yank Wigeon (scanned over when it was in a dip), Bony G (was on site, though found another in autumn!) & Lesser Scaup (drove by); still, can't gumble. |
2 |
Paul French |
250 | Full list at www.bubo.org Highlights: Least Sandpiper, Yellow-breasted Bunting, Pechora Pipit, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, American Wigeon, Rough-legged Buzzard, Spoonbill, Mandarin, Smew, Waxwing, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Red-necked Grebe |
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3 |
Ilya Maclean |
Scottish excile | 218 | Not really trying for a big list this year, but includes: Black-headed Bunting, Pallid Harrier, White-rumped Sand, Bee-eater (x2), Hoopoe, AGP (x3), Buff-breast (x2), Dotterel, Pec Sand(x3) & Barred Warbler |