Wildfowl and Wader Counts for 1999

Jan 3rd Feb 14th Mar 21st Apr 18th May 15th Jun 13th Jul 18th Aug 15th Sep 12th Oct 10th Nov 14th Dec 19th
Red-throated Diver                        
Little Grebe 6 4         1   16 16 3 6
Great Crested Grebe 1 2 1 8 4 10 2       3 5
Cormorant 21 5 17 3 14 30   27 31 72 2 43
Grey Heron 8 1 1 2 19 23 26 83 27 28 27 6
Mute Swan   190 106 161 235 241 302 241 343 127 134 141
Whooper Swan   5               14 3 22
Pink-footed Goose * 12,544 19,255 2209 3230 144 8 6 1 11 18,480 16,881 7,395
Greylag Goose 1 15 1     1 2 3 1 110 1 73
Canada Goose           7 6 6 24      
Barnacle Goose 1 6                    
Dark-bellied Brent Goose                        
Light-bellied Brent Goose                 6      
Shelduck 947 523 409 114 159 145 172 59 267 562 1014 1071
Wigeon 2080 1208 769 307 9 21   23 1350 3320 1190 4325
Teal 123 225 38 26 1   1 16 55 39 207 378
Mallard 847 547 205 35 65 271 100 104 422 154 591 542
Pintail 106 124 33 12         24 37 48 62
Shoveler 25       5 3     30 30 66 35
Tufted Duck   2   2 5       2   39 58
Scaup   2         4   3 2 10 3
Eider 2180 719 1876 1249 3365 1923 1443 1132 759+ 1868 2214 698
Goldeneye 38 100 33 58   8         21 9
Red-breasted Merganser 26 8 25 19 113 100 78 99 22 3 37 7
Goosander   5   1 55     67 25 5 2  
Moorhen 7 4 3 2 4 4 4 1 1 1    
Oystercatcher 2501 1879 901 530 423 505 900 1126 1988 2381 3172 1285
Ringed Plover       4 85 8     1     2
Golden Plover 200             2 2 800   2
Grey Plover 10     1         2 2 2 2
Lapwing 793 103 8 11 19 21 299 330 1218 386 155 151
Knot 2050 1300 29   1   7 7 190 950 354 1824
Little Stint                 1      
Curlew Sandpiper                 27      
Dunlin 2000 1005 41 9   8 142 161 25 472 1308 276
Snipe 2 4 2 1     11 3 20 3 2 1
Black-tailed Godwit 8 18 13     3 35 4 28 26 9  
Bar-tailed Godwit 263 255 9 12 3 17   12 4 42 129 53
Whimbrel                        
Curlew 444 392 686 310 107 200 676 1213 900 321 473 540
Redshank 1590 1445 2093 2097 50 53 2214 1918 2577 1404 1800 774
Greenshank   1         12 16 8      
Green Sandpiper                        
Common Sandpiper         5   41 7        
Turnstone 116 64 143 80 4       28 53 102 87
Black-headed Gull 70 88 17 20 528   469 407 292 925 514 n/c
Common Gull n/c 5 33 9 n/c n/c 39 500 150 4 60 n/c
Lesser Black-backed Gull n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c 1 1 n/c n/c     n/c
Herring Gull n/c 5 n/c 185 n/c 41 260 n/c 165 362 26 n/c
Great Black-backed Gull 13 5 3 6 n/c 8 n/c n/c 35 1 6 n/c
Sandwich Tern n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c 5 n/c 4 5      
Common Tern n/c n/c n/c n/c 2 2 102 20 n/c n/c    
Arctic Tern n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c n/c 2 n/c n/c    
n/c = not counted
* Peak numbers in month