The Coastal North - August

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Whitburns Ian Mills now has a healthy lead in the points table with Jane T over on the other side of the country the only other double centurian so far. The rest of the top 5 is filled up with north east patches.

The Coastal North - Points 
PositionNamePatchSpeciesPoints%
1Ian MillsWhitburn to South Shields164245101.2397
2Jane TRed Rocks15920282.61759
3Iain RobsonDruridge Pools14318693.23308
4Alan TNewbiggin13517089.23885
5Stewart SextonHowick12214973.39901
6James SpencerBarmston111136N/A
7Colin BushellHesketh Out Marsh819969.71831
8James CommonCresswell Pond566167.03297
9Matt ThomasThurstaston and Heswall Shore00N/A
10Pete MarshHeysham observatory00N/A
11Stuart SharpLeighton Moss00N/A

The comparative league is a lot closer, Ian M is still leading this one as well but his lead is only 8% from Iain R just down/up? the road. A good September/October and it could be anyones to win!

The Coastal North - Comparative
PositionNamePatchSpeciesPoints%
1Ian MillsWhitburn to South Shields164245101.2397
2Iain RobsonDruridge Pools14318693.23308
3Alan TNewbiggin13517089.23885
4Jane TRed Rocks15920282.61759
5Stewart SextonHowick12214973.39901
6Colin BushellHesketh Out Marsh819969.71831
7James CommonCresswell Pond566167.03297

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