Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Hong Kong Life List Showing Records 1 through 22 of 22 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Paul Leader 433 Pacific Diver, Asian Lesser Cuckoo, Christmas Frigatebird, Plain Martin, Grey-crowned Warbler 2 Michael Turnbull British/Hong Kong 425 (or therabouts ;-) Grey-necked Bunting and Providence Petrel (both on 17/3! 1990 and 2001) + White-tailed Tropicbird and Japanese Murrelet, and all seen in the field - no traps involved!! 3 Michael Leven Scottish / HK Resident 422 Christmas Frigatebird, Barred Cuckoo-dove, Asian Lesser Cuckoo, Speckled Piculet, Tiger Shrike, Chinese Leaf Warbler 20May05 4 Mike Kilburn British (HK Resident) 414 Whooper Swan, Speckled Piculet (patch), Rufous-gorgetted Flycatcher (patch), Japanese Robin (patch) 5 Graham Talbot British(Living in HK) 371 Brown Bush Warbler, Sib Thrush, 3 species of Skua in a day 6 Mark Ridsdale english 273 spent apr96-apr97 in HK managed to get Spoon.b.sand,Himalayan swiftlet,Eurasian swift and many more.Loved HK and the birding was amazing. 7 John Wheldon English 228 worked in HK1998 Japanese yellow bunting,nordmanns,spoon bill,chinese egret,black bittern,black faced spoonbill,saunders gull, 8 Pete Antrobus English 225 found Rufous-gorgetted Flycatcher 2nd record for HK .LONG-BILLED PLOVER 1st HK record OML. Hi Graham wish you,d been there when i was.Remember GRIP DONT DIP ! 9 Steve Starling British 223 Trips 1987, 1993 & 1997 (3 wks in all) - Best of all male Siberian Rubythroat - also Oriental White Stork, Spoonbill Sand, Nordman's Greenshank, Asiatic Dowitcher, Imperial Eagles, Ancient Murrelet & Black-faced Spoonbills. Sev Flycatcher species & one of my favourites Velvet-fronted Nuthatch. 10 Peter Kaestner USA 209 11 DELAPRE Jean-Pierre French 204 2 weeks in spring 2001 ( Spoon-billed sandpiper) 12 Richard Eden British 204 Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Common Swift, Jap Yellow Bunting (Apr96), Cinnamon & Yeloow Bitterns (May01), Jap Sparrowhawk, Imperial Eagle (Nov01), Yellow-breasted Bunting (May02) 13 Michael Rumberger German 190 1 trip 1992: Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Nordmanns Greenshank 14 Peter R. Bono USA 184 One 7-day trip in April 1994 (with Birdquest): Black-faced Spoonbill, Baikal Teal, Asian Dowitcher, Nordmann's Greenshank, Spoonbill & Broad-billed Sandpiper, Saunder's Gull, Red Collared-Dove, Brown Fish-Owl, Black-capped Kingfisher, Hainan Blue-Flycatcher, Chinese Babax, and White-shouldered Starling. 15 Craig Faanes USA 162 16 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 158 1 week in 1988 17 jean-philippe Siblet French 147 6 days in april 2002 18 Dave Sargeant British 143 Last upd: Jun-02: Two brief trips in 1985 19 Ted Parker English 139 Highlights of a superb winter trip in 1984: Finding the first Black-shouldered Kite for Hong Kong, drake Baikal Teal, Baer's Pochard, Black-faced Spoonbill, Grey-headed Lapwing, Steppe and Greater Spotted Eagles (Mai Po), White-bellied Sea Eagle and Lesser Coucal (Cheung Chau Island), Rufous and Red Turtle Doves and Duarian Redstart (Mong Tseng), male Hainan Blue Flycatcher (Hong Kong Island), Plumbeous Water-Redstart (Hong Kong Island) and Black-tailed Gull (Nim Wan), plus the expected eastern species, such as White's and Grey-backed Thrushes, Black-faced and Yellow-breasted Buntings and a flock of over 60 Dusky Thrushes. 20 Rick Waldrop USA 121 All seen on one three day trip in January, 1995. Highlight was Black-faced Spoonbill. 21 Justin Jansen Holland 101 19/20/21 nov 2002 Painted Snipe 6 and Black-faced Spoonbill for example! 22 Mike Passant British 59 5 nights spent here in 1995 on start of round the world trip , with no specific emphasis on birding,(hence a fairly modest effort ) Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home