2003 British Year List

Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

2003 British Year List Showing Records 1 through 96 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Lee G R Evans British 356 UK400 CLUB A very poor year by my own standards. Notable misses included both Cory's & great Shears, Wilson's Petrel, Night Heron, Cattle Egret, Squacco, KP, Lesser Sand Plover, Marsh Sand, SemiP Sand, Long-billed Dowitcher, GSCuckoo, RTPipit (for 3rd year), BLUETHROAT, Radde's Wbr (again), Arctic Wbr, Penduline Tit & Myrtle Wbr. A UK400 Club Certificate is available to all those that saw more than 300 species in 2003 - please Email me on LGREUK400@aol.com 2 Steve Morgan England 334 BOU MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL AND A SPECIAL MENTION TO CLIVE JONES WELL DONE SMASHING TOTAL IN WALES AND MANY THANKS TO THE BIRDNET TEAM 3 Alan Clewes Notts 327 (BOU/IRBC) Taiga Fly, Audouin's Gull, White-crowned Sparrow, Black Lark, Steppe Grey Shrike, Sharp-tailed Sand, Common Yellowthroat, Red-eyed Vireo, Grey-cheeked Thrush, Savannah Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler, 2 American Robins, American Coot & Baltimore Oriole. Also all 5 Hippolais Wblrs on British List. Full list at www.freewebs.com/aclewes/ (UK400 - 341) 4 Mark Lopez Kent 323 (BOU) Year Highlights: Taiga Fly, Audouin's Gull, Black Lark, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Red-eyed Vireo, Grey-cheeked Thrush, Siberian Rubythroat, Savannah Sparrow, American Robin, Baltimore Oriole 5 Geeza Essex 320 Year highlights - Pallid Harrier, Blyth's Pipit, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Pacific Golden Plover, Alpine Swift, Audouin's Gull, Little Bittern, Black Lark, 2 Black-headed Buntings, Least Sandpiper, Grey-cheeked Thrush, Red-eyed Vireo, Bobolink, American Robin & Baltimore Oriole. Disappointments - Not bothering to go for the Lea Valley 'Marsh' Warbler and dipping the Lesser Sand Plover in appalling conditions. 6 Sue Paylor Nottingham 319 BOU Desert Wheatear G N Diver Little Auk Redhead Dusky Warbler Little Bunting Little Crake G C Thrush R E Vireo Bobolink Rustic Bunting Pied Wheatear O B Pipit Pallas,s Warbler Two Weeks Scilly Barred Warbler Icterine Warbler Grey Phalarope American Golden Plover Spotted Crake Bairds Sandpiper Black Grouse Red Backed Shrike Greenish Warbler Booted Warbler Sooty Shearwater Wryneck Arctic Warbler Citrine Wagtail Blue Winged Teal Fudge Duck Great White Egret Least Sandpiper 7 Richard Bonser London 312 (BOU/IRBC) 2003 highlights/lifers - Taiga Fly, Audouin's Gull, Black Lark, Thick-billed Wblr, Savannah Sparrow, Sibe Rubythroat & Baltimore Oriole. UK400 =321. Year list at www.freewebs.com/richbonser 8 Steve Richards ENGLISH(Staffs) 309(BOU ONLY) - 316(UK400) 2003 Highlights : Blyth's Pipit, Pallid Harrier, Lesser Whitefront, 2 Barred xbill, Red-Rumped Swallow x 2, TAIGA FLY, Spotted Sand, Alpine Swift, AUDOUIN'S GULL, Savi's Wblr, W-T Eagles along with Corncrakes & Capercaillie in Scotland, Lesser Scaup, Gt Reed Wblr, Ib Chiff, BLACK LARK, Whiskered Tern, Lesser Grey Shrike, Red-Footed Falcon, Blk-Headed Bunting, Gt Spotted Cuckoo, Lesser Sandplover, Least Sand, Wilson's Petrels, Greenish Wblr, E.Olivaceous Wblr, AGP, B-W Teal, Grey-Cheeked Thrush, Red-Eyed Vireo, Pied Wheatear, Hume's Wblr, Dusky Wblr, Desert Wheatear, RUFOUS TURTLE DOVE, Baltimore Oriole, American Robin, Lesserlegs. 9 Darren AP Ward Yorkshire 303 BOU UK 400=310 Highlights/Lifers - Blyth's Pipit - Two-barred Crossbill - Taiga Flycatcher - Alpine Swift - Little Bittern - Iberian Chiffchaff - Glossy Ibis – Black Lark - Lesser Grey Shrike – Melodious Warbler – Caspian Tern – Great Spotted Cuckoo – Western Bonelli’s Warbler – Black Duck – Grey-cheeked Thrush – Red-eyed Vireo – Dusky Warbler – Olive-backed Pipit – Baltimore Oriole 10 Jason Blackwell British (Notts) 302 UK400: 311 Highlights: Wilsons Petrel, Great-white Egret, Glossy Ibis, Ross` Goose, Lesser White-fronted Goose, American Wigeon, American Black Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, Black Kite, White-tailed Eagle, Pallid Harrier, Red-footed Falcon, Capercaillie, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Bairds Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Sabine`s Gull, Bonepartes`s Gull, Ring-billed Gull, White-winged Black Tern, Whiskered Tern, Great-spotted Cuckoo, Alpine Swift ,Black Lark!!, Red-rumped Swallow, Tawny Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit, Citrine Wagtail, Pied Wheatear, Grey-cheeked Thrush, Savi`s Warbler, Sardinian Warbler, Melodious Warbler, Western Bonelli`s Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Pallas` Warbler, Isabelline Shrike, Lesser-grey Shrike, Rose-coloured Starling, Red-eyed Vireo, Black-headed Bunting & Little Bunting. Latest:Tundra Bean Goose, Lesser Yellowlegs, Desert Wheatear, American Robin & Baltimore Oriole 11 Nigel Voaden Lothian then Cornwall 292 Revised total on recount. Year highlights: White-billed Diver, Red-breasted Goose, Lesser Sandplover, Audouin's Gull, Black Lark, Taiga Flycatcher, Baltimore Oriole, American Robin. Best total for me but a number of 'easy' ticks prevented 300. 12 John Pegden 289 (BOU/IRBC) A late entry - not really serious this year. After such a great October, wish I'd got some of the easy ones earlier! Latest : 27/10 Isabelline Shrike, Little Bunting. 25/10 Pied Wheatear, Dusky Wblr, Pallas's Wblr, Humes Y-b Wblr. 19/10 Savannah Sparrow, Sibe Rubythroat. 18/10 Penduline Tit, Tawny Pipit. 13/10 Red-eyed Vireo, Grey-cheeked Thrush, Black Duck, Sooty Shear. 13 Andy Edwards Kent 288(BOU) No scotland or pelagic but a good year overall. Highlights: Baltimore oriole, American robin, Subalpine warbler, Yellow-breasted bunting, Taiga Fly, Pacific golden plover, Black lark, Dusky warbler, Lesser sand plover, great spotted cuckoo, Audouin's gull, Red-rumped swallow 14 Gary White English 280 Baltimore Oriole, Lesser Sand Plover, Humes Yellow-browed, Dusky, Lesser Grey Shrike, Desert Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Citrine Wagtail, Little Bunting, Alpine Swift and Pallid Harrier 15 Archie the Dog British (but not a bulldog) 280 (BOU) Latest: Baltimore Oriole, American Robin - cracking stuff. Won't make 300 BOU, but that is down to the chauffeur gadding off around the globe. 16 Jez Robson British 278(BOU) Whites Thrush, Swainsons Thrush. PG Tips, Lancey, Paddyfield Warbler, Black Lark, Audouin's Gull, Great Spotted Cuckoo,Yellow Breasted Bunting Olivaceous Warbler etc. 17 Mark Ward Cambs 276 Lots of quality this year (including 35 BB rarities), but a lot of easy birds missing due to lack of effort! 18 Dominic Le Croissette British (Kent) 276 Latest : American robin, Baltimore oriole. Likely to be the final tally of what was, for me, a successful year bird-wise. I managed to get into the field at least locally on 47 days during the year, a significant improvement on 2002. High points of the year included a weekend enjoying the Scottish specialities in late May, a productive October weekend in Norfolk and, of course, the Black Lark on Anglesey in June. Despite all that I somehow failed to see Black redstart, Lesser spotted woodpecker, Long-eared owl and Glaucous gull during the year. 19 Andy Cotton British (Sussex) 275 Highlights: Pallid Harrier, Black-headed Bunting, Lesser Sand Plover, Least Sandpiper, Hume's & Pallas's Warblers, Desert Wheatear, Baltimore Oriole Last bird of the year: 26th Dec Baltimore Oriole - not a bad way to finish the year! 20 Angela Blackwell British Notts 271 Melodious Warbler,White Winged Black Tern and Hobby at lastGreat Spotted Cuckoo Ruddy Shelduck Scaup Least SandpiperDipperLittle Stint Citrine Wagtail. Artic Skua, Baird`s sandpiper and Roseate Tern.Latest Red breasted Fly Red B Shrike Blue winged Teal Grey Phalarope and W Bonellis Warbler.Scilly- Richards pipit Black Duck Wry Neck Grey Cheeked Thrush Red Eyed Vireo Red Rumped Swallow and Pied Wheatear. Latest, Barred warbler Palles`s Warbler Olive Backed Pipit 21 DAVE.A.SAUNDERS WEST MIDS 270 Dec 03 22 Nick Smith Staffs 268 Highlights for 2003 - Blyth's Pipit, Pallid Harrier, LWF Goose, Redhead, Sardinian Warbler, LB Dowitcher, 2 Red-rump Swallows, Alpine Swift, Bucks Woodchat, Iberian Chiffchaff, Glossy Ibis, Serin, Black Lark, Whiskered Tern, LG Shrike, Mel Warbler, BH Bunting, GS Cuckoo, White rump, Bairds & Least Sands, B W Teal, 2 Pied & 1 Desert Wheatears, Grey-cheek Thrush, Tawny & Richards Pipit, Dusky & Humes Warblers, American Robin and Baltimore Oriole. 23 Justin Taylor Oxfordshire 267 Latest. Baltimore Oriole 6 miles from home and American Robin 250 from home on same day!! 24 Jeremy McClements Hampshire 267(BOU) Latest:Grey Phalarope,Barred warbler,briefly through someone else's scope (thanks)Melodious Warbler,Wyrneck,Rosey starling,Ortolan bunting,Lesser Sand Plover 25 Chris Rose British- Hampshire/Devon 266 Two yankees, Oriole and Robin, played havoc with shopping for Xmas! 26 m.a.hill british 266 27 Chris Bishop British 265 Great end to the year with both Baltimore Oriole and American Robin make it onto my life list. Lifers this year - Black Lark, American Robin, Baltimore Oriole, Lesser Grey Shrike & Lesser White-front. Other Highlights: Black Kite, 2 Little Buntings, 2 Pied Wheatears, 2 Desert Wheatears, Sardinian Warbler, Booted Warbler and Lesser Sandplover. 28 Garry Bagnell British (Sussex) 260 A low list, but most were seen in Sussex. 29 Neil Glenn English 259 (BOU only) Back Lark, Audouin's, Scottish clear-up, Spotted Cuckoo. 30 Adrian Riley 258 UK 400 club at 27/07/2003. Also 52 species of butterfly seen in UK this year. 31 Simon Mitchell Yorkshire UK 254 BOU 31/12 Latest: Baltimore Oriole, Great Northern Diver and Ring-necked Parakeet 32 Andy Brett British (Leics) 253 (BOU) Highlights/Lifers : Audouin's Gull, Black Lark, American Robin & Baltimore Oriole. (UK400 = 258) Full List @ www.freewebs.com/andybrett/ 33 Steve Waite British (Devon) 252 Latest: 5 weeks as assitant warden at Dunge was fairly good for the list: BT Diver, 2 Leach's Stormies, White Stork, RL Buzzard, Grey Phals, Little Auk, Sabine's Gull, Desert Wheatear, 7 Pallas's Warlbers, the 5 Pen Tits, Bearded Tit and Hooded Crow. 34 Ash powell arm chair birding! 252 bobolink,pied wheatear, grey cheecked thrush,red r swallow, rustic bunting and black lark 35 Mark Wilson British (Northants) 251 Highlights: Black Lark, Audouin's Gull, Blyths Pipit, Pallid Harrier, American Robin, Baltimore Oriole 36 graham reffin uk 250 5/1/04 37 Geo Smith English (Staffs) 250 UK 400 254 American Robin, Baltimore Oriole & Jack Snipe 38 Brendan & Ruth McCartney English 249 18 Dec UK400. Baltimore Oriole, American Robin, Purple Sand! 39 Nick Bond British / Surrey 248 Baltimore Oriole, Humes Warbler, Pied and Desert Wheatear, Pallas's Warbler, Sardinian Warbler. check out my diary www.freewebs.com/nicksmission 40 Steve Lister British 248 December 10th. Latest Bean Goose and Lapland Bunting. Highlights Bonaparte's Gull, Glossy Ibis, Blue-winged Teal. 41 Phil Abbott English(Devon) 246(B,O,U) Latest,American Robin,lesser yellowlegs,G.W.teal,Highlight's Black lark,Audouins gull,Lesser sand plover, 42 Doug Robertson Scottish 245 43 David roche 245 Alpine swift, pied wheatear, Sardinian warbler, Greenish warbler, Caspian tern, Lesser grey shrike, Least sandpiper, Rose coloured starling, Great white egret, Little bunting, Red footed falcon, Pallid harrier, citrine wagtail, booted warbler Latest = stunning views of baltimore oriole. Many thanks to the kind neighbour of number 36 for acces to her garden, something that some twitchers should appreciate! 44 MALCOLM HILL 245 45 Ashley Beolens British 245 BOU 229 UK400 year highlights: Great white egret, Least sandpiper, , White-winged black tern, Lesser sand plover, Baltimore oriole 46 Reedy English 240 21/12/03 The highlight of this year really is seeing all those birds with out having 2 drive once, and if I have it my way I'll do the same again next year 47 Richard Hall British 236 1/11: Rose-coloured Starling unblocks in Cambs! 26/10: Stonking Yellow-browed Warbler in Cambridge (joining Firecrest, Hoopoe and Night Heron on the list of birds seen within the city this year). 48 Julian Russell Kent 235 UK400 Yellow-browed Warbler 24-12-03 49 Archie Archer (the non-year-listing homosapien) English (Staffordshire/Warwickshire hybrid) 235 BOU (No Irish, Manx, potential splits, semi-splits or liberated aviforms included) The most recent highlights are Turdus Marypoppinsis @ Godrevy & the amazing Baltimore Oriole in Oxford! Other above average birds in 2003 include Taiga Flycatcher, Audouin's Gull & BLACK LARK! The biggest disappointment was 'dipping' the Mongolian Plover! 50 Neil Blood UK (Greater Manchester) 235 Not seriously listing this year. Highlights: Baltimore Oriole, Blyth's Pipit, Alpine Swift, Great Reed Warbler, Arctic Warbler, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Black Duck, American Golden Plover, All four Harriers in Norfolk, Bonaparte's Gull, Savi's Warbler, Capper with chicks (Abernethy)!, Ptarmigan, Dotterel (Both Caan Ban Mor), Displaying Hen Harriers including food pass (Fav bird)! Major dips: Missing all three 1st for Britain, due to family holidays and working away. Also going to Scilly a week to soon - boarding plane home as Grey Cheeked Thrush and Red-Eyed Vireo hits the pager!!! - BUMMER!!! Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings 2003 British Year List Showing Records 51 through 96 of 96 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 51 Dave Horton English 234 quiet Autumn for me only E. Olivacous Warbler of note 52 Marek Walford British (Berks) 234 53 Perry Smale British 232 31. 12. 03 - Dusky Warbler (better late than never). That wraps up the year nicely. Although I've got twelve less than I got last year, nevertheless this year has been full of quality birds. My lifers this year: March - White Stork; May - Audouin's Gull; June - Black Lark; July - Caspian Tern and Lesser Sand Plover; October - Grey-cheeked Thrush; December - American Robin. Can't grumble really! Happy New Year to all Surfbirders! 54 Ian Bennell English (HERTS) 232 20 Lifers this year - Blyth's Pipit, Glaucous Gull, Pacific Golden Plover, Red-Breasted Goose, Tawny Pipit, AUDOUIN'S GULL, Buff-Breasted Sandpiper, Little Bittern, BLACK LARK, Black-Headed Bunting, Lesser Sand Plover, Least Sandpiper, Blue-Winged Teal, American Golden Plover, Pallas's Warbler, Pied Wheatear, Dusky Warbler. Latest - Baltimore Oriole(20th) + American Robin, Surf Scoter (21.12.03) 55 Daniel Summers British 231 My best year list so far!!! Highlights have to be two redfooted falcons in the same tree, pied wheatear and dusky warbler in the same day as a 40 mile cycle!! 10+ firecrest along with pallas' warbler and olive-backed pipit at Grt Yar Cemy, American Golden Plover, Alpine Swift, a british hoopoe at last!, finally pinning down lesser whitethroat and pied flycatcher!, improving my warbler list by 4 species, observing breeding serin, getting within 3 ft of a grey phalarope. Well done to all the poor unfortunates in Aberystwyth! I know how hard you all had to work to achieve your totals! I look forward to 2004. Who knows what exotic species I may catch up with!! 56 Jonathan Clarke British (At Uni in Aberystwyth) 230 Most Recent - Baltimore Oriole, Crane, Fudge duck, bewick swan, GN Diver, lesser Y legs + Yank Wigeon & LT duck from the same spot! Highlights Include - Squacco Herron just a few miles from my house! Black Redstarts, 4 Green Winged Teal, Glossy Ibis, 5 Spoonbills, 4 Goshawk, 2 Lesser Peckers, Ring Ouzel, 11 Bitterns (+ 1 dead!) Finding a Cettis, Osprey & Hawfinch at Ynyshir & finaly S E Owl!! Cheers for driving us round Norfolk Chris, had a wicked time! Well done to both Tony's especialy Mambo-not bad for your first ever year list eh? & spose i should congratulate Daniel, only 1 ahead of me but living in Norfolk you can hardly glote mate! 57 Mark Faux British 228 Latest - Baltimore Oriole - 21/12 58 Chris Marston English - Boltoner 221 latest ticks Waxwing while sat in Mcdonalds, Red-breasted Goose and short eared owl. Still need Bewicks Swan. Pull yer finger out si, your lagging! Shame i didnt bother going out this autumn... 59 STONEY English 221 B.O.U Latest 15/12/03 = American Robin , Merlin = 16/12/03 60 Stephen Menzie Liverpool 217 Black Scoter, Black Lark, Western Bonelli's, Icterine & Greenish Warbler. 61 John G Baxter English 216 Lancs Savi's and Great Reed Warblers; Golden Oriole, Quail, Woodlark 62 Alan Coleman Cheshire 215 BLACK LARK, AUDOUIN'S GULL, TAIGA FLYCATCHER, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, BLYTH'S PIPIT, PALLID HARRIER, Hume's Warbler, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Subalpine Warbler, Pallas's Warbler, Red-rumped Swallow, Glossy Ibis, Surf Scoter, Bonaparte's Gull, Tawny Pipit, Great Reed Warbler. 63 Nick Anscomb (age 15) British (Warks) 211 Highlights: P Harrier, YB Wblr, 2B Crossbill, Sard Wblr, Dotterel, Sabines Gull, Marsh Wblr, Quails, Least Sand, RF Falcon, Leach's Petrel, Pallas's Wblr, Barred Wblr. Latest: Caspian Gull, Baltimore Oriole, Ring-billed Gull 64 Adam Homer English 211 (BOU) Latest:- Mandarin, Baltimore Oriole & Water Pipit (21/12/03) 65 Jason Chapman Welsh 209 5 Common Cranes on my doorstep at Harpenden; and finding a Rough-legged Buzzard 66 Josh Jones British 208 Isabelline Shrike, Richard's Pipit, Red-backed Shrike, Slav + Black-necked Grebes, YB and Pallas's Warblers. See www.geocities.com/blgp_birder 67 Bob Lugg (Note Surfbirds: I am the Bob Lugg at Rank 66 - I cannot access that ranking so have entered a new list - please delete Rank 66) British 207 Tawney Owl and Wryneck (a few months ago): Brambling this month): American Robin (Godreavy on 21 December) and Lesser Yellowlegs and Green Winged Teal (Hayle Estuary on 21 December). Barn Owl (Roadford Res.) 68 Martin Sullivan British (living in London) 207 Long-tailed Skua, RB Flycatcher, Yellow Browed Warbler, Black Brant, Honey Buzzard, Two-barred Crossbill, Lesser Yellowlegs 69 Tony Sheridan English (Back in Cornwall) 202 Just had great trip to Norfolk! Got loads of lifers including Sammy the stilt, great northern diver, ruff!, grey partridge, brent geese, marsh harrier, snow bunting, cranes, too much to remember without my notebook at the moment! Got waxwing and lapland bunting in Aber just before then. Also went back home via Oxford and got the Oriole after giving up all hope, then next day back in Cornwall thoroughly enjoyed a very well behaved Yank Robin as she jumped straight into my field of view shortly after my arrival! Not bad for my first full year of birding! 70 Tony Wileman British (Bedfordshire) 201. A good score by my standards. Have had a bad latter end to the year after having a reasonable score mid summer, 71 Chris Jones British 200 American Wigeon and Long Tailed Duck, Lesser Yellowlegs, Lapland Bunting, Twite. Not too bad for West Wales!! Also had my first Roseate Tern, Firecrest, Lesser Whitethroat (Bogey Monster), Balearic Shearwater and Long Billed Dowitcher. Trip to Norfolk was useful for Cranes, Dartford Warbler and obviously returned via Oxford for the Baltimore Oriole, cheers JC and TS! 72 Bob Lugg (Luggy!) British (Devon) 200 Latest: Red Kite (overlooked from recent Scotalnd trip list) and Tree Sparrow (overlooked from a visit to Blacktoft Sands en route to Scotland) 73 Dennis Jones BRITISH (W.Mids) 198 Latest,Long-tailed skua,Yellow-leg gull,Woodlark,Dartford Warbler,Grasshopper Warbler,Bearded Tit,Spotted Flycatcher. 74 Andy Gibb British 192 Long-tailed Duck at Lunan Bay; Brambling and Waxwing in Angus; Hen Harrier at Blacktoft Sands; Crested Tit at Loch Garten. 75 Nathalie Schorbon & Carol Rawlings British ( & French) 192 cracking views of 2 shorelarks - finding Ortolan Bunting and Wryneck + that Lesser Sand Plover was a real beauty(I'm glad we were on hols in the area!).Alpine Swift flying over us-bliss! Lesser Scaup .Taking a walk with the Glossy Ibis! -Lesser Whitefront @ Slimbridge - 4 fab Waxwings +Superb scope filling view of a Woodcock @ Titchwell still not enough time for birding.... 76 Rachel Knapp English 192 Black Lark, Citrine Wagtail, Temminck's Stint and Pied Flycatcher 77 Alan Warford English, Lancs 191 A poor year list due to ill health of Simon & myself, must do better in 2004, 8 lifers in 2003 including, Blyths Pipit, Black Lark, Steppe Grey Shrike, G.S. Cuckoo, OBP, American Robin, Baltimore Oriole. 78 Jeff Mettam 191 Pallid Harrier superb views/ 07/03/03 79 Simon Warford British Lancs 189 Overall a poor total, mainly restricted to lifers. Most Recent additions Baltimore Oriole and American Robin plus Hayle Esturary Yanks. Even my dad has seen more than me this year which is a first. Grats Dad. 80 Mambo Sheridan Cornish 188 Recently ticked off Lee Evans in Helston. Also had a nice 'Red Rump' wink - wink. I.Ded a Gropper from a mile at Yns Hir and and have dipped fifty times on dipper 81 Jonathan Newman British 188 Whiskered Tern, Turtle D, Black Lark and Black Guillemot 82 harold davies british 186 pectoral sandpiper & blue-winged teal 83 John Reeves English 184 Final birds for the year were Desert Wheatear and Pink-footed Goose. 84 Marc Read uk 177 LATEST 8/5 Litle Crake, Audouin's Gull and Temminck's Stint HIGHLIGHTS: Pallid Harrier, Yellow Browed Warbler, Ring-necked Duck, Waxwing, Ortolan Bunting, Sooty Shearwater, 85 Brian of Essex British 176 DBA member. - Pectoral Sandpiper - Abberton Res. 86 Ian Pitts W Sussex 175 Nightjar & 12 others on birdrace 87 Gary Lewis Welsh 173 Pallid Harrier, Sardie, Glossy Ibis. And 3 Male Reed Buntings in my suburban back garden. No time for birding in the last month, moving house. 88 John D UK 171 89 Johnny Simper English 167 Squacco Heron, Glossy Ibis, Spoonbill, Green Winged Teal, Lesser Pecker and Black Lark. PS LEE EVANS. DON'T BE COMPLACENT 90 John Simper Somerset 146 Latest: Woodwarbler, grasshopper, pied fly, Great Norther Diver Tree Pipit, L. Whitethroat. 91 Julian Thomas Somerset 132 As of 6/1/03. All SW, including 94 in Somerset on Jan 1. Highlights: Lesser Scaup, GG Shrike, Whooper Swan, Cirl Bunting, Velvet Scoter. A good start, but don't expect me to keep it up - broke 350 in 1996 so why bother? 92 HAROLD DAVIES 125 BLACK-THROATED DIVER 93 Elizabeth Watts British 125 Little egrets, Bonaparte's gull and wood warbler, which embarrassingly enough I hadn't seen before as I hadn't known a reliable site. 94 Bravo English (Residing in Wales, help!!) 122 Well I recently ticked off goshawk and grey plover for my lifelist, plus wheatear, linnet and marsh tit for this year but I couldn't be bothered to get a black-tailed godwit that was 10mins walk away, but did get green-winged teal last month. However, I recently unsuccessfully tried to string my enigma, the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, but I was found out!! It was discovered by my so-called 'friends' to be a nuthatch! Oh well... D'oh! 95 David Fox English 106 waxwing, brambling, crossbill - all in Thetford Forest 96 Ellie White Chinese 3 Blackbird, House Sparrow and Siberian Rubythroat