Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

2004 Western Palearctic Year List Showing Records 1 through 14 of 14 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Hugues DUFOURNY Belgian 479 Long-tailed Shrike (Aqaba, Jordan) 2 Janne Aalto Finnish 453 3 Chris Wilkinson British 403 UK, Tunisia, Lesbos & a weekend in Poland. Too many goodies to list. 4 mark Hows British 401 UK and 4 Days in Carmague France, Latvia, Spain. Too many highlights, Greater Spotted Eagle, CCC, Long Legged Buzzard 5 DELAPRE JEAN-PIERRE FRANCE 365 France and 14 days in Morocco 6 Jean-Philippe Siblet French 362 France + one week in Cyprus, Porsmouth-Bilbao mini cruise, 11 days in Britain, 7 days in Holland 7 Christoph Zockler German 346 Bean Goose finally on Boxing Day 8 Vincent Stork Dutch 337 289 in the Netherlands (latest notable additions Pine Grosbeak and Ross's Gull), add. 17 on Corsica and add. 31 on Canary Islands 9 Steve Lister British 332 American Robin, Sora and King Eider in England. Wallcreeper and Olive-tree warbler amongst 216 species in two weeks in Bulgaria. 10 Justin Jansen Holland 280 Ivory Gull, Bald Ibis, desert Sparrow, African Desert warbler, Hume's warbler, Red-breasted Goose, Dupont's Lark etc etc. Travels included 4 days birding in my homecountry and a week in Morocco! 11 Ilya Maclean Scottish 268 UK + 5 days in Spain. Highlights: Wallcreeper, Dupont's Lark, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Alpine Accentor, Black Wheatear, Black Vulture, Pallid Swift, Common Swift (22nd Feb!) 12 Georges OLIOSO French 262 Caspian Tern (SE France) 13 Phil Abbott British 192 Fuerteventura chat,Trumpeter finch,Lesser short toed lark, 14 Lee G R Evans British 170 2004 Europe Year List Showing Records 1 through 9 of 9 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 John Hodgkins English/Northampton 351 HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL BIRDERS ACROSS EUROPE.. 306(includes 8 new lifers in England and 17 in Spain) UK.plus S.Spain. 45 inc.5 eagles,3vultures,orphean,sardinian,savis,grt.reed warbler,a.w.magpie, kentish plover,gull billed,whiskered ,caspian terns,thekla,crested,l.s.toed, duponts larkaudoines gull, crested coot,purple gallinule,pratincoles,serins,white rumped,pallid,alpine swifts, crag martin,black kite, black shouldered kite, leeser kestrel,spotless starling. etc.. 2 Jean-Philippe Siblet French 340 France + 11 days in Britain, + 6 days in Holland, Porstmouth-Bilbao mini-cruise, + Ross's Gull twitch in Holland. Pine Bunting, Glossy Ibis, Richard Pipit, Greater Spotted Eagle, Long-Legged Buzzard, Black duck, River Warbler, Sociable Plover, Lesser Crested Tern, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper,Sabine's Gull, White-winged Tern. Pectoral Sandpiper, Cream-coloured Courser, Upland Sandpiper, Bonaparte's Gull, Dusky Warbler, Isabelline Shrike, Waxwing, Barred Warbler, Ross's Gull, Lesser white-fronted Goose, Sora. 3 Steve Starling British 337 289 UK so far + a week in Extramadura Spain in May. 4 Steve Lister British 332 American Robin, Sora, King eider and Lesser Yellowlegs in England. Wallcreeper and Olive-tree Warbler amongst 216 species in two weeks in Bulgaria. Buff-breasted sandpipers and Snow Goose in Scotland. 5 maudoc Italian 285 22 lifers in 2004 6 Ilya Maclean Scottish 268 UK + 5 days in Spain. Highlights: Wallcreeper, Dupont's Lark, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Alpine Accentor, Black Wheatear, Black Vulture, Pallid Swift, Common Swift (22nd Feb!) 7 nick bond british 258 258 for britain, 6days in Spain will add to total once worked out! www.freewebs.com/nicksmission 8 Andris Klepers Latvian 228 Latvia and short visit in Northern France in July. Highlights: Sylvia nana at, 02.01. Anser brachyrhynchus, Aegypius monachus, Lanius isabellinus 9 Georges OLIOSO French 205 only SE France (Ring-necked Duck, Pine Bunting, Long-legged Buzzard, Black Stork, Collared Pratincole) Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home