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Wetland bird Survey for October 2018

  • 15/10/2018
  • Nature Notes

Octobers count across the marshes at high tide.

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Wetland Bird Count at High Tide on 15 October 2018
ElmleySpitendTOTAL
Mute Swan13417
Whooper Swan 0
Brent Goose 0
Canada Goose23410244
Greylag Goose25373326
White-fronted Goose 0
Shelduck66132198
Shoveler 66
Gadwall 0
Wigeon332311643
Mallard262606868
Pintail 0
Teal15111581309
Pochard5 5
Tufted Duck 0
Little Grebe71118
Great crested Grebe121224
Grey Heron21829
Little Egret12618
Cattle Egret4 4
Spoonbill 11
Cormorant63036
Moorhen9 9
Coot36 36
Water Rail 0
0
Oystercatcher136 136
Avocet6065125
Lapwing4705751045
Golden Plover 0
Grey Plover4175116
Ringed Plover39 39
Whimbrel 0
Curlew206315521
Bar-tailed Godwit 0
Black-tailed Godwit182 182
Turnstone 0
Knot210 210
Ruff 0
Dunlin40472512
Snipe213
Redshank322355
Green Sandpiper314
Common Sandpiper 11
Spotted Redshank 0
Greenshank 22
0
Great Black-backed Gull 0
Lesser Black-backed Gull 0
Herring Gull 0
Common Gull 0
Black-headed Gull 0
Mediterranean Gull 0
Sandwich Tern 0
Common Tern 0
0
Marsh Harrier7815
Hen Harrier 0
Buzzard15520
Merlin 0
Kestrel8715
Peregrine 11
Hobby 0
Sparrowhawk1 1
TOTALS287539196794
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