The Midlands - Close at the top

The midlands league may not have the high scores of some others but its pretty tight at the top with 9 points seperating the top 4. Congratulations to Nick with the early lead, most points and most species seen whilst Dave and Richard aren't too far off on either count.

Midlands
Position	Name	Patch	Species	Points	%
1	Nick Crouch	Collingham and Besthorpe	76	78	N/A
2	Dave Roberts	Marston sewage t w	70	74	63.7931
3	Richard Harbird	Morton Bagot	69	71	60.68376
4	Matt Griffiths	Earlswood	68	69	N/A
5	Mark Skevington	Soar Valley South, Enderby	50	50	60.24096
6	Nick Self	Morgan's Hill, North Wessex Downs	48	49	N/A
7	Alan Kydd	Froggat and Calver	39	41	71.92982
8	Jonathan Hutchins	Silverdale CP	39	39	N/A
9	Jean Ashcroft	Old Glossop to Padfield Reservoirs	35	35	N/A
10	Jonny Gilder	Wotton Under Edge	27	27	N/A
11	A Pallas-Bentley	Tittesworth Res	0	0	N/A
12	Dave N	Wyver Lane NR	0	0	N/A
13	Gareth M	Marlbrook	0	0	N/A
14	Gert Corfield	Finstall Park	0	0	N/A
15	John Matkin	Callow & Carsington Water	0	0	N/A
16	Rob Hoare	Clifton Grove/Barton-in-Fabis	0	0	N/A

The comparative league is our smallest in the challenge, just 4 patches but interestingly they have some of the highest %'s so far and its the only league where every patch is over 50% let alone 60%! So while Alan, is lingering in 7th in the points league he has a good league here. There isn't much between 2nd and 4th, I can see both leagues being very close all year.

Midlands
Position	Name	Patch	Species	Points	%
1	Alan Kydd	Froggat and Calver	39	41	71.92982
2	Dave Roberts	Marston sewage t w	70	74	63.7931
3	Richard Harbird	Morton Bagot	69	71	60.68376
4	Mark Skevington	Soar Valley South, Enderby	50	50	60.24096