I am both judge and jury and wear loadsa' jewellery.

The following guidelines must be strictly adhered to at all times:

1) In the event of LCVI dropping out of the Top 10, the people marked in bold must be amended to at least or below the value that LCVI occupies

2) If I like you, I award you bonus birds so that your list total becomes inflated

3) If I don't like you, I will simply erase your name from my authoritative standings

4) I know all 20,000 active birders personally, and any foul play will be found out immediately

5) None of my records are there to be broken - immediate ban will be imposed for a strong challenge

6) It is within my jurisdiction to impose strategic splitting at all times

7) The Norfolk Chestnut Bunting is countable but the Whitburn bird of 2000 is not - no valid reasons need be given except for a strong year-listing attempt took place in 2000.

8) There must never be any fictional characters entered in the list

9) All participants must be on site when they see a bird (with the exception of LCVI). L.C.V.I. has special consent from his advisory panel to be allowed to see large swifts at the Loch of Hillwell from wherever he may be in southern England.

CLUB UK - PANEL OF ADVISORS