Coastal Scotland - Who's top of the league?

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The second of our mini league tables is again from north of the border, this time looking to the coast. An impressive 27 coastal sites ae covered ranging from Prestwick in the south west to a host of island patches in the north and west to several east coast patches. Again the first table shows the points totals and the league is dominated by island pacthes in the north and west while a Fife patch, Burntisland, is pushing them close and has seen more species than any other patch in Scotland, so well done to John for your points total and Chris for your species total.

Coastal Scotland
Position Name Patch Species Points %
1
 John Bowler Balephuil, Isle of Tiree 77 99 39.13043
2
 Paul H Quoyangry 71 97 42.17391
3
 Tristan Stornoway 75 96 N/A
4
 Chris H Burntisland 80 95 66.90141
5
 Jim Dickson Crinan Canal Corridor 74 87 42.85714
6
 Barrie H Burray 62 80 N/A
7
 Ian T Askernish 53 74 52.85714
8
 YvonneB Askernish 57 71 52.59259
9
 Alastair F Old Nisthouse 60 69 47.91667
10
 Gary Bell Sumburgh 51 67 27.45902
11
 Stuart Crutchfield Ormsary 57 67 N/A
12
 Bryan Rains Pennyghael, Mull 54 66 47.14286
13
 Mark Hammonds Findon 58 65 N/A
14
 Mark Lewis Girdle ness 52 64 37.9822
15
 Phil C The Gramps 54 62 N/A
16
 Ali Shuttleworth Inverkeithing 55 59 35.97561
17
 A.Whitehouse Girdle Ness and Torry 48 57 33.82789
18
 Alastair F Birsay 35 46 N/A
19
 Jack McArdle Linlithgow 42 44 N/A
20
 Dave W Burray 37 43 N/A
21
 Alan Reid Innellan 0 0 N/A
22
 Anand Prasad Treshnish, Mull 0 0 0
23
 Douglas Moore Prestwick 0 0 N/A
24
 John Harrison Aberlady 0 0 0
25
 Mark Newell Isle of May 0 0 N/A
26
 Rob Fray Virkie/Toab/Exnaboe 0 0 0
27
 Andy Webb Old Portlethen 0 0 0

So, onto the percentages and again the league table changes dramatically. 16 of the 27 patches have comparative score and John falls from the top spot down to 8th and Paul drops five places to 7th. Chris improves on his impressive position in the points table and takes top spot here. The highest climbers are the Askernish pair, Alastair and Yvonne, moving up from 7th and 8th to 2nd and 3rd. So places on the podium and a Gyr falcon on patch, what a month!!

Coastal Scotland
Position Name Patch Species Points %
1 Chris H Burntisland 80 95 66.90141
2 Ian T Askernish 53 74 52.85714
3 YvonneB Askernish 57 71 52.59259
4 Alastair F Old Nisthouse 60 69 47.91667
5 Bryan Rains Pennyghael, Mull 54 66 47.14286
6 Jim Dickson Crinan Canal Corridor 74 87 42.85714
7 Paul H Quoyangry 71 97 42.17391
8 John Bowler Balephuil, Isle of Tiree 77 99 39.13043
9 Mark Lewis Girdle ness 52 64 37.9822
10 Ali Shuttleworth Inverkeithing 55 59 35.97561
11 A.Whitehouse Girdle Ness and Torry 48 57 33.82789
12 Gary Bell Sumburgh 51 67 27.45902
13 Anand Prasad Treshnish, Mull 0 0 0
14 John Harrison Aberlady 0 0 0
15 Rob Fray Virkie/Toab/Exnaboe 0 0 0
16 Andy Webb Old Portlethen 0 0 0

So thats Scotland sorted, stay tuned for the next mini league................

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