Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Europe Life List Showing Records 1 through 50 of 62 Total Records NEXT Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Tony Armstrong British 606 Brown Shrike- Flamboro'; Alder Flycat Cornwall. Glaucous-winged Gull, Teesside 02 01 09. +latest Portugal and italy, + East.Cr. Warbler 2 Jean-Philippe Siblet French 556 Naumann Thrush (Belgium) 10/01/2009 ; Ivory Gull (France) 24/01/2009 ; White-tailed Lapwing (France) 12/07/2009 3 Jeff Hazell British (English) 549 Iceland, Faeroes, GB, Main-Europe & its Med Isles, but not Cyprus, Turkey, Madeira or Canary Isles. As per BOU & Collins Bird Guide, plus Pacific Diver. Highlights: all the owls, especialy those in Finland; White-t Plover, Great Snipe & White-th Robin, Lesbos, May'01; Northern Bald Ibis, SW Spain, May'05. Most wanted: any of 17 regular species not yet seen, especially Spotted Eagle & Pine Grosbeak. Latest: Brown Shrike, Oct '09. 4 Mike Passant British 533 Alder Flycat. Cornwall , Steppe Grey Shrike Nov. Lincs. both 2008. Eastern Cr. Warbler 10/09. 5 Phil Gaywood English 532 Brown Shrike 6 Mick Watts English 530 It has to be Wallcreeper 7 Paul Clack British 505 Iceland, May 2008: Harlequin and Brunnich's Guillemot. 8 Steve Lister British 503 Up to October 2009. In 2007 had Pacific Diver, Franklin's Gull, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Dupont's Lark, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Desert Wheatear. 2008 Tundra Bean-Goose (countable now), White-crowned Sparrow, Stilt Sandpiper,Semipalmated Sandpiper, Ruppell's Vulture and Monk Parakeet. 2009 Red Avadavat and Brown Shrike. 9 Hans Westerlaken Dutch 499 Two new ones for Hollandwithin one week, Caspian plover and Long-toed stint.The magnificent Hawk owl and pygmy owl in Holland ! Eastern Crowned Warbler, Pallid harrier, red-eyed vireo, yellow-rumped warbler and ivory gull in Holland. Still need most Scandinavian owls 10 David Collins British 496 Western Sandpiper, Pygmy Owl, Hazelhen, White-backed & Three-toed Woodpecker 11 Christoph Zockler German 494 White-crowned Sparrow, England Feb 08 12 Steve Holmes & Marion Barlow British 484 13 Dave Sargeant British 478 Last upd: Jul 2002: All the owls and woodpeckers of Europe. 14 Justin Jansen Holland 469 last one Houbara Bustard. 15 Lajos Németh-Bóka Hungarian 465 Unidentified Sandgrouse flock in Hungary (Possibly Pallas's). 16 Keith Betton British 462 17 Vincent Stork Dutch 455 18 Goran Frisk Swedish 454 Sweden 2003 : Pied Weatear, Arctic Warbler, Hume�s Warbler 19 Georges Olioso French 439 Great Bustard in Alentejo (Portugal) 20 Yvon Princen Belgian 419 Lesser scaup, Hazel grouse Ural Owl Pygmy owl, Syrian Woodpecker, Catbird, Isabelline Wheatear, Yellow-billed Diver, American golden plover, lesser yellowlegs 21 DELIRY Cyrille French 414 Mergus cucculatus 22 Danny Cooper Brit 413 2009 Black-browed Albatross! 2008 this year living on Scilly has given me Snowy Owl and Gyr :-) Buff-bellied pipit, Rustic Bunting, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Aquatic Warbler, Belted Kingfisher (check British Life List). Western Reef Heron, White Headed Duck, Marbled Duck, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Crested Coot, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse & Rock Thrush (Spain). Night Heron & Com Crane (France). Hazel Grouse, 3-Toed + Black Woodpecker, Alpine Accentor + Chough, Nutcracker, Great White Egret & Snow Finch (Austria) 23 Per Ole Syvertsen Norwegian 410 As of 10 November 2006 24 Philip Johnson USA 408 25 Ollie Richings English 403 highlights include Spanish Imperial Eagle in Spain, Pacific Diver, Long-billed Murrelet, Buff-bellied Pipit, Chimney Swift, Sora, Blackpoll Warbler, Blyth's Pipit, Snow Goose and Trumpeter Finch in England 26 Joop van Ardenne nederlands 400 27 Nick A. Smith English 396 Siberian Jay, White-billed Diver, and all the breeding waders up on the Varanger Peninsula, Norway 28 Fournier Jérôme French 390 29 Andrew Grinter English 390 Great Snipe 30 Andris Klepers Latvian 390 Slaty-backed gull (14.04.2009), Water Pipit, Pine Grosbeak 30.12.2008. (Latvia); Western Reef-Heron, Marbled Teal, White-headed Duck etc. in Donana/Andalucia (May, 2008); Red-breasted Goose in Latvia (16.03.2008) 31 Andy Lovering British ( resident in France ) 388 Latest sp: Little Bittern, France 5/08 32 Yves Borremans belgian 382 sept 2009 33 Andrew Grinter English 381 Black Duck 34 Ian Pitts UK 381 Sora and Arctic Redpoll, Wilson's Phalarope 35 Mark Gawn Canada 375 Squeeking in a Ural Owl in Hungary; all of the European Woodpeckers. Latest addition: July 18, 2009, Rosy Starling, Switzerland 36 Stevie Evans English Durham 373 Oct 05 Leaches Petrel. 9/1/05 WilsonsPhalarope. LittleAuk. 31/10 MASKED Shrike. 24/10 Pallas's, Greenish, USA Robin, SeaEagle, Rosefinch, LBDowitcher, Lesser Sand Plover, 1/6 Purple Heron, Golden Oriole, Golden Pheasant, Eleonoras Falcons 37 maudoc Italian 372 Last lifer: Manx Shearwater 38 Peter R. Bono USA 352 Last visit in Aug./Sept. 2001. Lifers: Eur. Capercaille & Scottish Crossbill 39 Szabolcs Gál Hungarian 349 loxia leucoptera,tryngites subruficollis, phalaropus tricolor,pluvialis dominica, calidris pusilla,chetussia gregaria (H) larus audouinii (I) aythya valisineria (NL) 40 Cosme Damián ROMAI COUSIDO Spanish 343 334 only Iberian Peninsula. Recent highlights (Spain): Chimney Swift, Upland Sandpiper, Laughing Gull, Lesser Whitethroat (poss. minula), Spotted Sandpiper,... 41 Tor Egil HøgsÃ¥s Norway 341 Latest in Norway: Pied Grebe (22.04.07), Imperial Eagle (08.03.07), Masked Shrike (07.10.06), Terek Sandpiper (08.09.06), Blue-winged Teal (31.07.06), Steppe Grey Shrike (13.11.05), Dusky Warbler (05.11.05), Rosy Starling (16.09.05), Greater Short-toed Lark (15.06.05), American Wigeon (19.05.05), Pallid Harrier (08.05.05), American Black Duck (31.12.04). Among the higlights: Barrow's Goldeneye, Desert Wheatear, Dusky Thrush & Hume's Warbler (Norway) Ross's Gull (Sweden). 42 Gabor Bodor Hungarian 324 Tryngites subruficollis, Calidris bairdii, Francolinus francolinus, Phalaropus tricolor 43 Ben Macdonald British 300 Highlights too numerous to mention - personal ones included Bee-eater in Algarve, Purple Heron in La Brenne & many Lammergeiers in Pyrenees 44 Nathan Kipling British 295 27 January 2008: Pacific diver at Llys-y-fran. 17 February 2008: American wigeon at Angle Bay. 27 February 2008: ring-billed gull at Llys-y-fran. 1 March 2008: rose-coloured starling in Haverfordwest. 17 March 2008: black duck at Marloes Mere. 18 September 2008: spoonbill at the Gann. 16 October 2008: yellow-browed warbler at Porth Clais. 22 January 2009: grey phalarope at Newgale. 7 June 2009: pectoral sandpiper at Llangloffan Fen. 3 September 2009: Sabine's gull off Pen Anglas. 14 September 2009: spotted crake at the Teifi Marshes. 45 Skip & Lyn Nelson Independent 287 46 Ádám Takács Hungary 268 47 dr. Budavari Laura Hungarian 262 Not counted: Feral Pigeon, Phaesant. Latest new bird: Aquatic Warbler at Hortobagy NP, HU (2009-05-30.). 48 dr. Losonci Endre Hungarian 262 Not counted: Feral Pigeon, Phaesant. 200th species was Eu. Scops Owl. 250th species was Crested Tit. Latest new bird: Aquatic Warbler (Hortobagy NP, HU). 49 Mark Eising Dutch 260 Finally Eurasian Nightjar at Brownsea Island on 8 August 2009 50 Rick Waldrop USA 255 12 new species seen in Germany and France in July, 2003, 20 new lifers in Spain in Nov., 2006, 11 lifers in Germany in May, 2008, and a Moussier's Redstart and Blue Rock Thrush in Malta in 2009. Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home