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| Pos. | Name | Total | Notes | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Jones | 129 | Romsey garden, recording since 1996. Birds seen/heard in, over, or from garden. Best birds: Red-breasted Flycatcher, Marsh Harrier, Honey-buzzard, Little Grebe, Common Scoter, Black Kite, Crane, Sanderling, Hoopoe, Yellow-browed Warbler. Still waiting for Waxwing, Wheatear and Redstart. | 14/01/2025 |
| 2 | T Codlin | 116 | Funtley (Meon valley) since 1999. This is very much a first draft from memory, will need to look back through notebooks for definitive list. Several species recorded on BirdWeather PUC at night (white-fronted goose, avocet, little ringed plover etc), but have not been included as not heard by me. | 11/01/2026 |
| 3 | D G H Mills | 106 | All birds seen or heard in, or from, the garden which is situated in an elevated position amongst paddocks and light woodland on the village edge, overlooking the Meon Valley, Beacon Hill and Old Winchester Hill. The Grey Partridges and Turtle Doves present when we arrived in 1998 are long gone, replaced by daily Red Kites, Mediterranean Gulls and egrets! | 24/12/2025 |
| 4 | C D Jones | 104 | 100 yds from Busketts Lawn Inclosure, Woodlands Moved here in 2015. Birds solely seen in or from garden. | 22/09/2025 |
| 5 | S Ingram | 101 | From 149 Monks Way in Eastleigh. Aug 2000-Mar 2019. Now moved so not going to improve on this total. Best birds were Rose-coloured Starling, Red-rumped Swallow & Waxwing. Close with Avocet, Goosander & Hen Harrier but my feet weren't in the garden :-( Mark Edgeller has seen a great White Egret fly over my house :-) | 08/04/2019 |
| = | G C Barrett | 101 | Birds must be seen in or from the garden, or be seen flying over the garden if I am off my property. , Crossbill, Nightingale and Lesser Whitethroat heard only. | 02/11/2024 |
| 7 | I Williamson | 100 | Midanbury garden very close to Frogs Copse and Riverside Park. Birds seen from the garden (in or over) since November 2003. (Heard only are Tawny, Common Scoter, ringed plover greenshank Best : Waxwing, Whinchat, Wheatear, Redstart, Black Redstart, Ring Ouzel, Spotted Flycatcher, Goosander, Osprey Short-eared Owl 31/3/20 Common Scoter 4/4/20 Gadwall, Tree Pipit, Woodlark and Egyptian goose 2025 | 15/12/2025 |
| = | S Keen | 100 | 06/01/2026 | |
| 9 | N J Montegriffo | 95 | Garden in Sherborne St John, once a delightful small village. Now a housing estate. | 17/05/2020 |
| 10 | P J Hack | 94 | Have lived in Nursling for many years. Garden is in the area bordering Romsey Golf Course, Nightingale Wood and adjacent farmland. All birds seen - none 'heard only'. Includes flyovers and species observed from (but not actually in) the garden. Best birds include : Golden Oriole, Corncrake, Black Kite, Honey-buzzard, Osprey, Hoopoe, R-r Swallow, Ring Ouzel, LS Woodpecker, Waxwing and Nightingale. | 05/02/2022 |
| 11 | P F Fawkes | 86 | From the garden, not exclusively in or over the garden. Have lived in the hamlet of Bank near Lyndhurst since 1984. Not a large garden, but well positioned for Forest specialities. | 22/04/2020 |
| = | M G Painter | 86 | Bitterne Park, Southampton since 2005. Flyovers included. | 11/12/2023 |
| 13 | T Stone | 84 | All birds seen at Mottisfont starting 2023 | 02/01/2025 |
| 14 | S Hartill | 83 | Moved to Sholing, Southampton in 2010. Garden backs onto shoreburs greenway mayfield park oak woodland Birds seen in and from garden also heard from garden | 05/02/2022 |
| 15 | P D Winter | 82 | Small Rownhams Garden from Feb 1984. Felt a lot more rural then! In, over or from. Trees block the view from the back but a good view of the sky from the front. First dates given but inaccurate as I only started recording at age 40 in 1993 after retiring from football - and then only noted more interesting stuff for a while. Cuckoo the only heard only. Waxwing and Woodcock possibly the best birds. | 13/06/2025 |
| 16 | A Robjohns | 81 | Any species recorded from the house/garden. Live beside A27 in the 'urban sprawl. | 02/07/2025 |
| 17 | A C Fisher | 79 | Gladys Avenue Cowplain. Moved in August 2002. | 06/01/2024 |
| = | J R Waterman | 79 | 20/03/2024 | |
| = | D Lister | 79 | Including over the garden.Recently after a few years Treecreeper. Best sightings include mealy redpoll,and one winter 34 Brambling. | 08/04/2024 |
| 20 | M Rolfe | 78 | Fareham garden close to Oxleys Coppice. All seen except for Tawny Owl. Never spent much time looking or listening for overflying birds. Best birds: 2 Woodlarks on the patio during a period of snow along with a Meadow Pipit; Redstart and Black Redstart. Treecreeper newest and somewhat unexpected addition moving through amongst a tit flock. | 06/01/2024 |
| = | M Halligan | 78 | Sway | 06/01/2026 |
| 22 | S Mansfield | 73 | Alton - in and from. (34 actually in) Quick from-memory entry. Pretty sure more to enter - Lesser Redpoll surely, Mute Swan, RL Partridge maybe. Pick was Wryneck on the patio one August morning. 2020: Med Gull, Whitethroat. 2021 GBB Gull | 20/09/2021 |
| = | S P Piggott | 73 | New Milton - Flyovers included. | 21/09/2023 |
| = | J G Ross | 73 | Blackfield | 02/11/2025 |
| 25 | T D Chapman | 72 | Garden near Staplewood Hill, Marchwood. Woods and pasture fields nearby. Heard, Fly-by and sightings from house included. List started December 2020. | 07/09/2025 |
| 26 | C D Roseveare | 66 | Sway; including birds which landed in the garden (L), seen from or flying over garden (F) or heard only (H); started 2020 | 04/10/2023 |
| 27 | P J Honeysett | 65 | Fareham garden. Best are White-Tailed Eagle and Yellow-Legged Gull. Serin brief sighting in front garden, originally thought to be escaped Canary but after a bit of research, seems to be serin. Also it was 4 days before one was seen in Funtley, not far from our house. | 26/03/2025 |
| = | A B Tew | 65 | Moved into apartment in Romsey end of April 2022.All viewed from balcony. | 12/04/2025 |
| 29 | C Rose | 61 | In, over, through and heard from my tennis court sized garden in Four Marks | 30/03/2020 |
| 30 | S S George | 60 | 23/11/2025 | |
| 31 | G B Langley | 55 | Been here since June 2018. Records are species I have seen or heard from, in or over my very small garden on the edge of Swanmore village. . | 15/05/2020 |
| 32 | A Friend | 50 | Been here Since2010 not sure if it's birdless or just don't get out in the garden enough best bird Reed warbler in oak tree | 20/01/2026 |
| = | S Miles | 50 | Now live with Holbrook stream at end of back garden and woods all around . | 07/02/2026 |
| 34 | D M Light | 46 | Bitterne Park garden, i've been listing since 2010. | 13/06/2020 |
| 35 | B Stalker | 45 | Garden visitors only; fly-overs not included. Charter Alley - rural village NW of Basingstoke. Latest: Stock Dove 30/6/21; Treecreeper 23/6/21 | 30/06/2021 |
| 36 | K Brookes | 38 | Only 2nd winter in our new house. | 13/10/2022 |
| = | B Hayward | 38 | 08/02/2026 | |
| 38 | N R Smart | 33 | Near the sea in deepest Southsea | 14/03/2021 |
| 39 | S Griffiths | 22 | Inc low fly overs | 01/09/2022 |
| 40 | K J Beauchamp | 1 | Resident bird, only saw one today. | 21/01/2023 |
