March Top 10s

Finally I've got round to these after a stint offshore in which it limited me to 1 day on patch in March, adding 1 species and 1 point. Fair to say then I've had a bad month patch-wise but from what I've heard I didn't miss much! Despite all the bad, cold weather there was still time for the first migrants to creep in.

And to start with, here is the top 10 points totals, congratulations to Moss and Andy, both of whom have came from nowhere to take joint top spot. at least some of us had a good March! With the top 4 seperated by 3 points I can see it all changing come the end of April.

Overall League - the top 10 (pts)
Position	Name	Patch	Species	Points	%
1=	Andy Johnson	Sandy Point	116	154	59.8058
1=	Moss Taylor	Weybourne Camp/Kelling WM	113	154	60.8696
3	Jonathan Gibbs	Minsmere	122	152	49.3506
4	Kev Rylands	Dawlish Warren	117	151	62.7859
5	Rob W	Ness Point to Carlton Marshes SWT	118	144	N/A
6	David Elliott	Druridge	115	141	58.5062
7	Gavin Haig	Seaton	116	139	N/A
8	Marcus Lawson	Swineham GPs	110	131	N/A
9=	Dave Suddaby	Blacksod	96	130	60.1852
9=	Ian Mills	Whitburn to South Shields	108	130	53.719

And now onto the %'s and no real surprises here as Graham still leads the way and is the first to break the 100% barrier!

Overall League - the top 10 (%s)
Position	Name	Patch	Species	Points	%
1	Graham Howie	Walthamstow/Leyton/Hackney	61	63	112.5
2	Graham Powell	Ogmore to Southerndown	72	84	91.3043
3	Sean Morris	Kinloch	57	72	87.8049
4	Dan Chaney	Falmouth	92	112	87.5
5	Jason R	East Hyde	73	76	84.4444
6	Alison Allen	Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe	88	103	84.4262
7	Henry Cook	Conwy RSPB	86	92	84.4037
8	Alan Kydd	Froggat and Calver	46	48	84.2105
9	Gary White	Trimingham/North Walsham	99	114	82.6087
10	Graeme G	Skinflats Lagoons	83	91	81.982

The non-comparative top spot is still held by Rob W at Lowestoft with Gavin at Seaton hot on his heals.

Overall League - non-comparative top 10
Position	Name	Patch	species	score
1	Rob W	Ness Point to Carlton Marshes SWT	118	144
2	Gavin Haig	Seaton	116	139
3	Richard Stace	Holbrook	108	121
4	Ed Keeble	Brantham	104	113
5	James Spencer	Barmston	88	110
6	Keith Bennett	Ballyquintin	81	108
7	Mark Nowers	Stutton	99	108
8	Mathew Meehan	Newport Wetlands	95	106
9	Tommy Corcoran	S Gorleston/E Lound	93	106
10	Ken Croft	Soldier's Point	89	103

And just for a bit of a change I have decided to look at the top 10 amount of species recorded. Now if you remember way back when we started all this and were describing how and why we had our points and % scoring systems then you will remember us predicting places like Minsmere would win if it was a species total competition! Well as you can see from below Jonathon has kindly made our predictions come true (so far).

Overall League - the top 10 species seen
Position	Name	Patch	Species	Points	%
1	Jonathan Gibbs	Minsmere	122	152	49.3506
2	Rob W	Ness Point to Carlton Marshes SWT	118	144	N/A
3	Kev Rylands	Dawlish Warren	117	151	62.7859
4	Gavin Haig	Seaton	116	139	N/A
5	Andy Johnson	Sandy Point	116	154	59.8058
6	David Elliott	Druridge	115	141	58.5062
7	Moss Taylor	Weybourne Camp/Kelling WM	113	154	60.8696
8	Simon C	Cromer/Felbrigg	111	129	50.1946
9	Marcus Lawson	Swineham GPs	110	131	N/A
10	Ben Lewis	Mid-Yare	109	127	59.6244