- 18/11/2019
- Nature Notes
Over 14,000 birds were counted around the high tide on Monday 11th November during this month's wetland bird survey, collated by the British Trust for Ornithology.
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| Wetland Birds Survey | Elmley NNR | |||
| Spitend | Elmley | Total | ||
| Mute Swan | 4 | 70 | 74 | |
| Great-crested Grebe | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Little Grebe | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Coot | 0 | |||
| Moorhen | 0 | |||
| Water rail | 0 | |||
| Grey Heron | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Little Egret | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Bittern | 0 | |||
| Spoonbill | 0 | |||
| Great White Heron | 0 | |||
| Cattle Egret | 0 | |||
| Cormorant | 6 | 26 | 32 | |
| Brent Goose | 6 | 24 | 30 | |
| Greylag Goose | 1273 | 88 | 1361 | |
| Canada Goose | 130 | 110 | 240 | |
| Pink-footed Goose | 0 | |||
| White-fronted Goose | 0 | |||
| Shelduck | 383 | 141 | 524 | |
| Mallard | 512 | 500 | 1012 | |
| Teal | 965 | 620 | 1585 | |
| Pintail | 0 | |||
| Gadwall | 0 | |||
| Garganey | 1 | 2 | ||
| Shoveller | 0 | |||
| Tufted Duck | 0 | |||
| Pochard | 0 | |||
| Wigeon | 413 | 3800 | 4213 | |
| Avocet | 22 | 22 | ||
| Oystercatcher | 120 | 120 | ||
| Curlew | 176 | 140 | 316 | |
| Whimbrel | 5 | 5 | ||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | 0 | |||
| Black-tailed Godwit | 263 | 263 | ||
| Common Snipe | 0 | |||
| Grey Plover | 159 | 15 | 174 | |
| Golden Plover | 751 | 10 | 761 | |
| Ringed Plover | 12 | 13 | 25 | |
| Lapwing | 2322 | 340 | 2662 | |
| Greenshank | 0 | |||
| Redshank | 171 | 8 | 179 | |
| Green Sandpiper | 0 | |||
| Wood Sandpiper | 0 | |||
| Common Sandpiper | 0 | |||
| Knot | 55 | 110 | 165 | |
| Dunlin | 181 | 590 | 771 | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | 0 | |||
| Ruff | 1 | 43 | 44 | |
| Little Stint | 0 | |||
| Turnstone | 16 | 10 | 26 | |
| TOTALS | 7560 | 7096 | 14657 | |
