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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
Elmley
Spitend
TOTAL
Mute Swan
13
4
17
Whooper Swan
0
Brent Goose
0
Canada Goose
234
10
244
Greylag Goose
253
73
326
White-fronted Goose
0
Shelduck
66
132
198
Shoveler
6
6
Gadwall
0
Wigeon
332
311
643
Mallard
262
606
868
Pintail
0
Teal
151
1158
1309
Pochard
5
5
Tufted Duck
0
Little Grebe
7
11
18
Great crested Grebe
12
12
24
Grey Heron
21
8
29
Little Egret
12
6
18
Cattle Egret
4
4
Spoonbill
1
1
Cormorant
6
30
36
Moorhen
9
9
Coot
36
36
Water Rail
0
0
Oystercatcher
136
136
Avocet
60
65
125
Lapwing
470
575
1045
Golden Plover
0
Grey Plover
41
75
116
Ringed Plover
39
39
Whimbrel
0
Curlew
206
315
521
Bar-tailed Godwit
0
Black-tailed Godwit
182
182
Turnstone
0
Knot
210
210
Ruff
0
Dunlin
40
472
512
Snipe
2
1
3
Redshank
32
23
55
Green Sandpiper
3
1
4
Common Sandpiper
1
1
Spotted Redshank
0
Greenshank
2
2
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 Harrier
7
8
15
Hen Harrier
0
Buzzard
15
5
20
Merlin
0
Kestrel
8
7
15
Peregrine
1
1
Hobby
0
Sparrowhawk
1
1
TOTALS
2875
3919
6794
