Wildfowl and Wader Counts for 1998

Jan 11th Feb 15th Mar 15th Apr 26th May 17th Jun 14th Jul 12th Aug 9th Sep 9th Oct 11th Nov 8th Dec 6th
Red-throated Diver 1 1 1         1        
Little Grebe 3   3   2         7 9 11
Great Crested Grebe 1 3 3 2 5 2 4       1 11
Cormorant 30 4 11 15 22 25 12 11 66 6 70 132
Grey Heron 11 7 4 2 14 12 42 34 29 19 3 8
Mute Swan 218 223 199 140 186 225 n/c n/c 304 210 227 200
Whooper Swan                   9    
Pink-footed Goose 300 600 1,500 2,500 26       7 26,189 1,180 27,830
Greylag Goose 1   2 2   1     1 4 67 22
Canada Goose                 22      
Barnacle Goose           1     15 2    
Dark-bellied Brent Goose                   1    
Light-bellied Brent Goose                   4    
Shelduck 912 442 429 183 132 138 310 43 73 299 853 973
Wigeon 1930 1010 572 197 32 38 25 n/c 750 2788 3370 3503
Teal 117 70 100 15 2   5 20 197 30 60 87
Mallard 800 455 386 20 30 120 19 183 323 191 456 405
Pintail 116 80 22           3   10 79
Shoveler 22 6     1 1   17 5   18 40
Tufted Duck 8 9 14   2 4         29 75
Scaup   2 2               1 3
Eider 1770 n/c 1220 1601 1810 1500 1200 669 1727 1455 1314 1962
Goldeneye 70 114 74 43 5 1 2 4   1 21 32
Red-breasted Merganser 24 15 25 30 65 152 8 45 11 6 12 36
Goosander 1 2 3 7 33 25 91 129 88 n/c 1 1
Moorhen 2 4 2 4 4   n/c 5 3 1 2 2
Oystercatcher 1960 500 545 513 387 214 650 907 2652 1985 1945 2163
Ringed Plover 28   6 49 200 5 3 40 27     2
Golden Plover 1400   1           210 120   800
Grey Plover 10   10   1       1 8 10 27
Lapwing 1381 780 70 11 22 47 298 1145 2600 475 581 643
Knot 3800 3000 80     1   24 260 438 680 2483
Little Stint                 30      
Curlew Sandpiper                 10      
Dunlin 3500 1000 58 22 200   6 401 400 475 790 2230
Snipe 2               6     2
Black-tailed Godwit 24 30 30 15   36 20 6 14 8 14 20
Bar-tailed Godwit 269 200 67 19   7 19 20 27 38 72 99
Whimbrel       1                
Curlew 737 350 640 208 30 70 780 784 845 852 965 757
Redshank 1980 2000 2440 857 207 188 665 2204 2500 1907 1974 948
Greenshank             2 11 13 5    
Green Sandpiper               1 4      
Common Sandpiper       2     24 2 16      
Turnstone 147 50 190 53 1     33   6 159 59
Black-headed Gull n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c 660 n/c
Common Gull n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c 1200 n/c
Lesser Black-backed Gull n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c 1 n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c
Herring Gull n/c n/c n/c n/c 210 n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c 155 n/c
Great Black-backed Gull n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c 22 n/c
Sandwich Tern n/c n/c n/c n/c 2 6 20 n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c
Common Tern n/c n/c n/c n/c 4 4 60 n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c
Arctic Tern n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c 10 n/c n/c n/c
n/c = not counted