Bird racing

Bird racing involves identifying as many species as possible during a 24 hour period. The present Berkshire Bird Race record is 121 set by Andy Swash, Ian Collins, Neil Bucknell and Steve Abbott on the 12th of May 1990 and equalled by Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett and Andy Johnson on the 13th of May 2006.

Winners of the TABCG Berkshire Bird Race
Year Team Total
2013Marek Walford, Paul Bright-Thomas, Mike McKee114
2012Andy Horscroft, Nigel Cleere, Ken Moore112
2011Marek Walford, Paul Bright-Thomas, Mike McKee109
2010Marek Walford, Derek Barker, Paul Bright-Thomas113
2009Marek Walford, Paul Bright-Thomas, Mike McKee114
2008Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson /
Marek Walford, Paul Bright-Thomas, Mike McKee
112
2007Bruce Archer, Tim Ball, Robert Godden104
2006Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson119
2005Bruce Archer, Tim Ball, John Lerpiniere106
2004Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson117
2003Derek Barker, Jon Holt, Eric Wooten109
2002Marek Walford, Paul Bright-Thomas, Mike McCarthy111
2001Richard Crawford, Ken Moore, Ken Spring103
2000Richard Crawford, Ken Moore, Ken Spring102

The scores in the above table are the official TABCG scores.

Top 10 Bird Race scores
Year Team Total
1990Andy Swash, Steve Abbott, Neil Bucknell, Ian Collins121
2006Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson121
2004Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson117
2009Marek Walford, Paul Bright-Thomas, Mike McKee114
2013Marek Walford, Paul Bright-Thomas, Mike McKee114
2006Marek Walford, Mike McKee, Chris Turner113
2009Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson113
2010Marek Walford, Derek Barker, Paul Bright-Thomas113
2008Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson112
2008Marek Walford, Paul Bright-Thomas, Mike McKee112
2012Andy Horscroft, Nigel Cleere, Ken Moore112
1988Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson111
2002Marek Walford, Paul Bright-Thomas, Mike McCarthy111
2004Marek Walford, Paul Bright-Thomas, Mike McCarthy111
2013Hugh Netley, Nigel Rampton, Steve Ricks111
2006Hugh Netley, Nigel Rampton, Steve Ricks110
1989Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson109
2002Derek Barker, John Holt, Eric Wooten109
2003Derek Barker, John Holt, Eric Wooten109
2004Derek Barker, John Holt, Eric Wooten109
2006Paul Cropper, Sue Charnley, Robin Dryden109
2011Marek Walford, Paul Bright-Thomas, Mike McKee109
2012Hugh Netley, Jim Reid, Steve Ricks108
2012Richard Crawford, Nigel Rampton, Ken Spring108
1991Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson107
1992Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson107
2003Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson107
2005Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson107
2009Ken Moore, Nigel Rampton, Ken Spring107
2010Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Andy Johnson107
2011Fraser Cottington, Adam Bassett, Nigel Rampton107
2012Marek Walford, Mike McKee, Chris Turner107

The scores in the above table are under 24 hour rules.