List of birdwatchers
This is a list of the birdwatchers who have either seen a very large number of species or who are notable in their own right but also happen to be birdwatchers.
Large life lists
This is a list of the birdwatchers with the largest lifelists, that is, based on the number of species of birds each of them has/had seen. Depending on the taxonomic viewpoint, there are 10,404 (Clements) or 10,534 (IOC) living bird species recognised.
- Jon Hornbuckle: 9,178 Clements seen [1]
- Philip Rostron: 9,126[1]
- Tom Gullick: 9,096,includes heard only birds[1][2]
- Claes-Göran Cederlund: 9,064[1]
- Hugh Buck: 9,053[1]
- Hans Jornvall: 8,849[1]
- Mark Van Beirs: 8,620[1]
- Bob Bates: 8,549[1]
- Richard Clifford:8,518[1]
- Peter Kaestner: 8,506[1]
- Joe Thompson: 8,460[1]
- Martin Edwards:8,450 [1]
- Jürgen Lehnert: 8,413[1]
- Phoebe Snetsinger: 8,400[1] (deceased)
- Jean-Marc Thiollay: 8,259[3]
- Pete Winter: more than 7,700 species[4]
- Björn Anderson: 7,660<ref name=surfbirds/
- John Danzenbaker: 7,529[5]
- Jim Clements: 7,200
- Richard Koeppel: over 7,000 [6]
- Harvey Gilston: 6,800 [7]
Birdwatchers famous for achievements in other fields
- Damon Albarn English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
- Jane Alexander Actress and former Director of the US National Endowment for the Arts
- Simon Armitage British poet, playwright and novelist
- Margaret Atwood Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist
- John James Audubon An early pioneer in nature studies within the US
- Bill Bailey English comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author
- David Bailey English photographer, regarded as one of the nation's best
- Sean Bean English actor of stage and screen
- Stephen Breyer United States Supreme Court Justice
- Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke British Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the Second World War
- Jimmy Carter President of the United States
- Fidel Castro President of Cuba
- Agatha Christie Author and playwright
- Kenneth Clarke British Conservative politician
- Jeremy Clarkson English broadcaster, journalist and writer
- Jarvis Cocker English musician and frontman for the band Pulp
- Wes Craven American film director
- Peter Cushing English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films
- Fyfe Dangerfield English musician and songwriter, best known as the founding member of the indie rock band Guillemots
- Jared Diamond American geographer, evolutionary biologist, physiologist, lecturer, and nonfiction author
- Cameron Diaz American actress and former model
- Alec Douglas-Home British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from October 1963 to October 1964
- Bill Drummond South African-born Scottish artist, musician, writer, and record producer
- Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh Husband of Queen Elizabeth II
- Richard Feynman American theoretical physicist
- Ian Fleming English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer
- Jonathan Franzen American novelist and essayist
- Guy Garvey English singer and guitarist in the band Elbow, presenter for BBC 6 Music and A&R manager of Skinny Dog Records
- Graeme Gibson Canadian novelist
- Jimi Goodwin English bassist, vocalist and guitarist for Doves
- Trudie Goodwin English actress
- Benjamin F. Goss Legislator, officer in the American Civil War
- Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon British Liberal statesman
- Michael Heseltine Welsh-British businessman, Conservative politician and patron of the Tory Reform Group
- Mick Jagger English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as lead vocalist and founding member of the Rolling Stones
- Norman Lamont British politician and former Conservative MP for Kingston upon Thames
- Meriwether Lewis Explorer
- Phil Liggett Cycling commentator
- Joanna Lumley English actress, voice-over artist, former-model and author
- Humphrey Lyttelton English jazz musician and broadcaster
- Steve Martin Writer, comedian, musician
- Per Martin-Löf Swedish mathematical scientist
- Ernst Mayr Evolutionary biologist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, historian of science
- Sir Paul McCartney English musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer
- Rory McGrath British comedian and writer
- Eric Morecambe English comedian
- Elliot Morley Former Labour Party politician
- Van Morrison Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
- Sir Andrew Motion English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009
- Patrick O'Brian Author
- Bill Oddie Actor, Comedian, Television Presenter
- Roger Tory Peterson Invented the first user-friendly field guide; noted mainly for his books studying birds and promoting birding
- George Plimpton Author
- Vic Reeves English comedian
- Debby Reynolds, British veterinary surgeon
- Teddy Roosevelt President of the United States
- Richard Rorty American philosopher
- Mark Salling Actor and musician
- Alison Steadman English actress
- John Stott Author, theologian and evangelical leader
- Laura Wade British playwright
- James D. Watson Nobel laureate, molecular biologist, and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
- Samuel West British actor and director
- E. B. White Author
- Lili Taylor American actress, American Birding Association board member
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 "World Bird Species Life List". surfbirds.com. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ↑ McCarthy, Michael (15 October 2012). "World's greatest birdwatcher sets a new record". The Independent. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ↑ Classement des cocheurs de France
- ↑ "The World's Best Birdwatcher". Missouri Conservationist (online) 64 (12). December 2003. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ↑ John Danzenbaker, Fellow of the DVOC
- ↑ National Zoo
- ↑ A woman's quest for the Worlds most amazing birds
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