Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

UK Butterfly Life List Showing Records 1 through 38 of 38 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Dave Horton English 66 All regular breeding species plus Monarch, Camberwell Beauty, Queen of Spain Frit., Large Tort. and L.T.Blue at Cley. List includes Large Blue and Large Copper as reintroductions. Latest: Real's Wood White o.k. I'll add the dodgy B.V White as everyone else is. 2 Matthew Deans British 65 Latest: Black-veined White in 2007 and Long-tailed Blue in 2006. Other highlights: Real's Wood White at Rosslare; Camberwell Beauty, Queen of Spain Fritillary & Large Tortoiseshell all in Suffolk. Large Blue and Monarch in the Southwest plus all regulars. No Large Copper yet! 3 John Dixon British 64 Close analysis of pix showed Large (not Scarce) Tortoiseshell. Last year added Long-tailed Blue, this summer Black-veined White. Still all photographed! 4 Steve Riley uk 64 5 alan lewis 64 Well if everyone else is having that dodgy BVW so will I!; real's WW to go. 6 Chris Hazell British 63 Long T.Blue, Cheq Skipper, Black V White 7 Ivan Lakin British 63 58 regular spp. in 2004. Plus Black-veined White (Stockbridge Down 25/07/07), Camberwell Beauty (Devon 1995), Monarch (a few), Large Tortoiseshell (Hants '96 & Devon '06) & Long-tailed Blue (Devon '06). 8 Mick Watts English 63 You can't count L.T.B. Dave, It was captive. Does this mean we can now visit butterfly farms?. 9 David Jackson British 62 Found a Camberwell Beauty in Rishton Lancs in 1976; Named the Long Tailed Blue at Prawle Point in Oct 95;Monarch and Large Tortoishell and Large Blue. 10 Neil Payne British 62 All regular breeding species including large blue. List also includes large copper which I used to see annually when it still persisted at Woodwalton Unfortunately still keep missing vagrant Monarchs and long tailed blue when they stay to breed.. 11 James Hanlon British 62 Now 55 spp photographed. Others include 3 - 4 Monarchs (incl 2 together), Camberwell Beauty (Essex, Aug '95),2 Q.O.S fritillaries (Minsmere Aug '96) + all breeders incl Real's wood white. Come on guys, take the BV white off. Can I add that morpho I saw at the butterfly farm?? 12 Paul Whiteman UK 61 Finally made the effort to see Large Blue and well worth it, it was! Just Cheqeured Skipper to go. 13 nick sampford british 61 on for 60 species in a year 52 to date with 6 breeding butterflies to get 14 Paul Woolnough British 60 All UK breeding species except chequered skipper includes large blue and wood white (but not real's ww) plus clouded yellow, camberwell beauty, large tortoiseshell and queen of spain fritillary 15 Julian Thomas British 60 27/7/06 v v tatty Long-tailed Blue in Hants. Camberwell Beauty, Monarch, Large Tort only other rarities, still need 3 breeders. 16 Mike Watson British 60 Found Camberwell Beauty; Don't count re-intros or transplants 17 Nicholas James Montegriffo British 59 Northern Brown Argus added this year, plus Large Blue (which I assume is now tickable) 18 Elliott Staley (aged 11) British 59 Heath Fritillary, - June 13th 2009, Starvlarks Wood, Essex; Duke of Burgundy - May 2009 - Ivinghoe Beacon, Black-veined White, Mountain Ringlet, Chequered Skipper, Large Blue (Photographs of 51) 19 peter garbutt english 59 camberwell beauty found locally at the country park where i was a voluntary warden,august,late 80s 20 angela sampford british 59 2 mountain ringlets in lake district and long tailed blue at cley 21 Peter Eeles British 58 Large Blue at Collard Hill in Somerset. All residents seen (including Chequered Skipper, Mountain Ringlet, High Brown Fritillary etc.). No rare migrants seen. 22 Paul Clack British 58 Northern Brown Argus (Castle Eden form) at the Bee-eater site. Also Scotch Argus at Arnside Knott in abundance 28/7/02. Large Blue in Somerset 25/6/2003. 23 Ryan Frost (18) English 57 Lulworth Skipper, Silver-Spotted Skipper, Swallowtail, Purple Emperor, High Brown Fritillary, Heath Fritillary 24 Jeremy Hurley English 57 Queen of Spain Fritillary & Camberwell Beauty on same day (19.8.96) at Minsmere,Suffolk. Monarch on St.Agnes,Scilly 10.10.99. Discovery of Marbled White colony next to my house. Still need Mountain Ringlet ! 25 Peter Sparks U.K. 56 Long-tailed Blue 27.7.06. Camberwell Beauty Colchester, Essex 15.4.07 26 David Ferguson UK 56 Monarch, Porthgwarra, 4/10/95 27 Jonathan Mercer British 55 new in 2007 - Duke of Burgundy, Marsh Fritillary, Purple Emperor, High Brown Fritillary, Scotch Argus, Silver-spotted Skipper. 2008; Chequered Skipper, Heath Fritillary, Large Heath. Includes Monarch, Oct 1995. 4 regular breeders not yet seen. 28 Perry Smale English 54 Monarch seen on Scilly in 1995, 1999 and 2006 but no other vagrants. Breeders I need are Chequered Skipper, Real's Wood White, Northern Brown Argus, Glanville Fritillary, Mountain Ringlet and Large Heath. 29 Tony Conway British 54 Several Monarchs on scilly, Latest Queen of Spain Fritillary, Adonis Blue, Lulworth Skipper, Brown Hairstreak in August, Mountain Ringlet July. 30 Howard Parsons British 54 Queen of Spain Fritillary - Minsmere 24-8-96. Still a few resident species to see. 31 Richie M*ores British 53 Latest: Northern Brown Argus Co. Durham 15/06.05. Marsh Frit (27/05/04), Mountain Ringlet at Glasdrum Wood (or mountain - never again!), Large Heath (13/07). Highlights: Large Tortoiseshell Landguard NR, Camberwell Beauty Minsmere RSPB 32 Scott Hackett British 50 75+ Mountain ringlets Ben Lawers 05 33 Seth "The Gibster" Gibson British thru & thru 46 Finding and breeding through the larvae of Long-tailed Blue in the wild (Surrey). Latest addition is Pale Clouded Yellow at Porthgwarra Aug 06. Don't believe The Pirate's Monarch...just a toffee wrapper at sea, caught in the wind ;) 34 Danny Cooper widerscope's pirate 45 7.9 Brown Hairstreak 8.8 Small Pearl-Boardered Frit. 11 ticks this year (06). 6 sp of skipper, Purple Emperor, only 4 frits so far. 7 blues & Swallowtail of course. 5.6.05 Pale Clouded Yellow Cliffe Pools, Kent Monarch in garden not counted as obvious escape. 35 Tom Birkett English 41 Only started trying to take photgraphs of uk species in 2005 so 41 not bad, but 34 of these were at one site over the year! 36 Chris Bishop British 41 Only started in June this year when the birding got a bit slow. Yet to see any vagrants but failed to get on a Monarch a couple of years ago as it flew by and missed Camberwell Beauty by 5 minutes at Wells Woods this autumn! 37 Tony wileman British 40 Has to be Adonis Blue. Is the only rarity I have seen. 38 Guy Manners English 36 Camberwell Beauty, Minsmere, 1980s (Jan 09) Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home