Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Isles of Scilly UK Life Lists Showing Records 1 through 46 of 46 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Lee G R Evans Buckinghamshire 319 UK400 2 Hugh Pulsford 313 Yellow-legged Gull and Blyth's Pipit added this year... 3 John Dixon British 292 Cattle Egret Oct 2009: over 50 of my British Isles list were ticked on Scilly including the Ovenbird that was my 500th. 4 Glyn Taylor English 290 Visiting since 70`s so got Parula, Yellow-rumped, Black Kite, Fea`s, Wilson`s on Pelagic 5 Dave.a.Saunders British 287 First visit in 84 since then i have got in 37 weeks birding on the islands favourite bird yellowthroat 6 Nigel Warren English 282 (BOU) updated 31/10/08. Latest: Sociable Plover and Water Pipit 7 Tony Davison English 281 Latest additions Snowy Owl & RFBluetail 2008 8 Mick Watts English 281 1981 Orphean warbler 1982 Scarlet tanager. 9 John Martin English 280 (BOU) Citrine, Spoonbill, Blackwit, Great Shear added this week 10 Vaughan Ashby English 274 Last updated 22/10/2006 Added American Robin, Aquatic, Western Bonelli's & Greenish Warblers and Yellow-legged Gull this year! Visited annually since 1979 11 Jeff Hazell British (English) 272 (BOU) Annual visits 1972 - 1993, and the occasional twitch, now only rare day-trips during Oct birding breaks at Lands End. Island highlights include: 3 species of grebe and 6 of geese, R-l Buzzard, Nightjar, Treecreeper, GG Shrike, Hooded Crow, plus the more usual rarities. It's a shame one can't count the 5 colour variants of Budgerigar or the Northern Bobwhite that used to breed on Tresco!!! 12 Tony Conway British 271 Latest, Long-billed Dowitcher, Sociable Plover, Greenish, Arctic, Bonelli's, Booted Warblers, American Robin, Sora, Spotted Sandpiper, Spoonbill,Annual since 1991best of a huge selection, Short T Eagle, Solitary + Upland Sands, Cream C Courser, Isabelline Shrike, Grey C, Swainsons, White's, Eye-browed, B.T. + Blue R Thrushes, Pied Wheatear, Yellow B Cuckoo, Spectacled, Black + White, Parula, Yellow-rumped + Blackpoll Warblers, Common Yellowthroat , Red-eyed Vireo, Red-breasted Grosbeak and Bobolink. 13 Pete Kinsella British 270 (BOU) American Robin,Sora ,CCC,White-winged Black Tern, ST Eagle, Lesser Kestrel, Surf Scoter, Nighthawk, Alpine Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Shore lark, Cliff Swallow, Blue Rock Thrush, Whites, Siberian, Eye-browed, Black-throated, Hermit, Swainsons and Grey-cheeked Thrushes, Aquatic, Paddyfield, Booted, Dartford, Spectacled, Greenish, Arctic, Myrtle, Parula, Black-and-white, Blackpoll warblers, Yellowthroat, Buff-bellied Pipit(2), Yellow-browed and Yellow-breasted Buntings, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Bobolink and Baltimore Oriole 14 Stephen D Keightley English(Teesside) 268 Solitary Sand, Yellow B Cuckoo, Common Nighthawk, Chimney Swift, Buff B Pipit, Pied & Izzy Wheatears Swainson's Thrush andBlack&white Warbler, Lesser Kestrel,2004 C.C.C. Ovenbird, Sociable Plover,Red-flanked Bluetail. updated Oct 2008 15 Rob Lambert British 265 visited every October since 1996 16 Richard M R James British 263 (BOU) Oct 08 17 Mike Crawley Cheshire 258 Done Scilly annually since 1991. Also been down in spring and summer on family holidays. Updated October 2006. 18 Justin Taylor Oxfordshire 257 Baltimore Oriole ( 1988 ),Black & White Warbler ( 1996 ), Short-toed Eagle ( 1999 ), Black-billed Cuckoo ( 1990 ), Little Swift ( 2002 ), Yellow-browed Bunting ( 1994 ), Cliff Swallow ( 2000 ), Lesser Kestrel ( 2002 ), 7 Red-Eyed Vireos, Hermit, Grey-Cheeked ( 1991 & 2003 ) & Swainsons Thrushes. Savi's Warbler, Latest. Cream C Courser, Ovenbird + L T Duck, Serin etc on Annual Hols. 19 Keith Naylor English 255 Magpie last autumn. BBRC = 255 + Pale-bellied Brent Goose, Two-barred Greenish Warbler, Hooded Crow and Siberian Chiffchaff. 20 Mark Sutton British 253 CCC, Waxwing, Ovenbird 21 Podster English 252 Cliff Waller , Orphean , Sc Tanager , goodies:-Barn Owl , Taiga Bean Goose , Nightingale , Eastern Olivaceous , Two B Greenish , roll on October!..found Purple Heron and gripped the Bearded one!..DUE TO THE NOW REGULAR RIP OFF HERE ENDETH THE LIST 22 Richard Sutton British 251 Last updated Oct 06, new birds - G.C. Grebe, Greenish Warbler & American Robin 23 Steve Starling British 240 Only a few days in 2005 - added a few including Sora, Paddyfield wblr & Hoopoe 24 Danny the Pirate Widerscope 238 Snowy Owl, Gyr, Long Tailed Tit, Treecreeper and Rose Breasted Grosbeak roll on 2009! Added Red Kite, Temmink's Stint and self-found Subalpine Warbler, Black-browed Albatross and Steppe Grey Shrike! 25 Nick Montegriffo British 238 26 Ben Lascelles English 238 Feas 2005 after close to 100 pelagics...thats 500 hours at sea! Of Course Courser, B&W Warbler and Yellowthroat... 27 john hodgkins british/northampton 229 Cream coloured courser, Ortolan bunting, Solitary,Upland, Pec. sands, lesser yellowlegs, yellow billed cuckoo, citrine wagtail, red rumped swallow, rock thrush, blue rock thrush, grey cheeked thrush, black throated thrush, whites,swainsons, bluethroat, yellowthroat, rose breasted grosbeak, paddyfield, spectacled, raddes,blackpoll, Sora, Hawfinch,Woodlark,Hoopoe, Spoonbills, yellow breasted bunting,'magpie' 2006 added American Robin, Aquatic Warbler & Blyths Pipit. 28 Steve Goddard UK-Suffolk 228 BOU 20 new sp on first visit 1985 inc 6 major yanks, '86 Semi-P, '87 Blackpoll & 3 Red-rumps, '88 Buff-bellied, '90 Swainson's, Grey-cheeked & Upland, '91 Sora (and queue!) + 2 Eye-browed's, '92 Whooper (flippin' cold) '93 Hermit, '94 Black Duck, '96 B&W Wblr, '97 Yellowthroat, '00 Solitary Sand, '02 Shearwater pelagic & Citrine, '03 2-barred Greenish, '04 Courser 29 Julian Thomas Somerset 223 Latest: Ovenbird 25/10/04, Cream-coloured Courser. Aggie megas include Calandra Lark, Am Robin, Yellow-browed Bunt, Buff-bellied Pipit, Nighthawk, Grey-cheeked Thrush (and Sibe Thrush on Gugh of course). Only non-island birder to see Hume's Warbler (Nov 96). 30 dog English 221 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Grosbeak & both Yank Cuckoos in 3 hours of been on Mary's. Philadelphia Vireo. 31 DAVE STONE ENGLISH 218 B.O.U SIBE & HERMIT THRUSH , LESSER KESTREL 32 Joe Dobinson English/North Tyneside 214 Been birding scilly every autumn since 99 with the odd twitch! Sociable Plover, Lesser Kestrel,S.T. Eagle,Blue Rock Thrush,Swainson's&G.C.Thrush's,Yellow-Billed Cuckoo,Upland Sand,Y.B.Bunting,Solitary Sand,Blackpoll,Blyth's Reed Warbler,Magpie&G.S.Woodpecker. 33 Ade Cooper cambridgeshire 213 1st visit in 1985 but only stayed on once since 1998(now a confirmed Lundyite!).some goodies-Yellow and Black-billed cuckoo,Parula,Yellow-rumped,Black and white warblers,Yellowthroat,Tree swallow,Ovenbird,Short toed eagle,Eye browed thrush,Lesser kestrel,Yellow browed bunting,Baltimore oriole.A personal favourite was the Grey cheeked thrush in 1991. 34 Kevin Clements British 207 OVENBIRD, Cream-coloured Courser, Black-and-White Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow-rumped & Blackpoll Warblers, Yellowthroat, Swainson's Thrush, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Bobolink, Solitary Sandpiper, Little Crake, Buff-bellied, Red-throated & Olive-backed Pipits, Bluethroat, Pied Wheatear, Paddyfield Warbler, Isabelline Shrike, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie. 35 Paul Herrieven Yorkshire 191 Regular during school holidays between 1985 and 1990, regular twitches since. Highlights : 25 lifers in one week in Oct 1985 inc. Parula, Yellow rumped + Booted Warbler, Bobolink, Bee-eater, Yellow and Black billed Cuckoo within 1/2 hour of each other on the same day!!! 1988 - BB Pipit .1999 - Twitched on for Whites and Siberian Thrushes, missed the Whites but had the ST Eagle flying in over our heads whilst watching the Raddes on St Agnes. Went back a week later and got the Whites and Upland Sand and another Yellow billed Cuckoo. 2002 - Lesser Kestrel + Killdeer. 2004 - Ovenbird 36 Bev Minett-Smith British 188 Short-toed Eagle 37 Alan Whitehead English 184 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Robin, Ovenbird, Nighthawk, Sora, CCC, Common Yellowthroat, Buff-bellied Pipit, Black and White Warbler 38 Ashley Beolens British 180 Finding Subalpine warbler and Pechora pipit (not yet accepted) last year. Swainsons thrush, yellow throat and Blackpoll warb, sibe + Whites thrush, short toed eagle to name but a few. 39 Adam Archer British (Staffs/Warks intergrade) 176 (BOU) First visited in 2002. Highlights include American Black Duck, Sora, Little Crake, American Golden Plover, Cream-coloured Courser, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Olive-backed Pipit (self found), Citrine Wagtail, Swainson's Thrush, Grey-cheeked Thrush, American Robin, Booted Warbler, Greenish Warbler, 2 x Arctic Warbler, Radde's Warbler, 2 x Western Bonelli's Warblers 2 x Daurian Shrikes, 3 x Blackpoll Warbler (one self found) & Bobolink. Also Wilson's Petrels & Sabine's Gulls from a pelagic. 40 Matthew Pickett British 160 Only been birding for 9months and lucky enough to start my birding on scilly, wierd stuff has happened like seeing ccc before golden plover, ovenbird before haw finch, franklins gull before med gull anyway its been a funny way to start birding but so very enjoyable thanks to all the ios bird group for the help with a novice like me, especially spider and nigel 41 Mark Faux British 150 latest: Dotterel, Pectoral Sandpiper, Marsh Harier, Common Buzzard, Common Scoter, Yellow Wagtail, Woodchat Shrike 42 Ian Bennell English 149 17 Lifers - Grey Phalarope , 180+ Great Shearwaters , Balearic Shearwater , Citrine Wagtail , Yellow-Browed Warbler , Bluethroat , Richard's Pipit , Corncrake , Rose-Coloured Starling , Isabelline Shrike , Common Rosefinch, CREAM-COLOURED COURSER, Short-Toed Lark, Greenland Redpoll, Radde's Warbler, Little Bunting + Leach's Petrel. Spent 4 weeks on the islands and seen 1 Yank - Spotted Sandpiper!! 43 Peter Jessop British 128 First visited Oct 2006 - American Robin/Grey Cheeked Thrush/Sociable Plover/Red-eyed Vireo/Bonelli's W/Blyth's Pipit/Blyth's Reed W/Blackpoll W 44 Nick Smith English (Staffs) 115 First visit in 2002. 2004 - CCC on St Martins & St Marys, S T Lark, C Rosefinch (2), Y B Warbler, L T Duck, Jackdaw, Greenland Redpoll, Serin, 'eastern' Reed Warbler (?). Back again for Ovenbird, Brambling, Waxwing and Red-backed Shrike. 45 Richard Southall British 113 Not been for a very long time , but best birds are Phil Vireo (1987) Eye Browed Thrush (1987),Rose Breasted Grosbeak (1987), Baltimore Oriole , Buff Bellied Pipit , Arctic& Greenish Warblers in the same day , and Penduline Tit all from 1988 visit. 46 Reedy 100 Sol. Sand, spec War,found spot crake, sab's gull Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home