Bird Counts.
Count from Connah's Quay Reserve on 27th Aug 2006.
3,000 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Knot, 3 Spotted Redshank, 3,000 Redshank, 1,000 Oystercatcher, 200 Lapwing, 30 Greenshank, 4 Spotted Redshank, 500 Teal, 100 Mallard, 500 Black-headed Gull, 5 Arctic Tern, 3 Little Egret, 5 Grey Heron.
Count from Connah's Quay Reserve on 17th Oct 2005.
1 Avocet, 4,000 Black-tailed Godwit, 2,500 Knot, 100+ Dunlin, 1,200 Oystercatcher, 310 Lapwing, 5 Greenshank, 4 Spotted Redshank, 300 Teal (1,600 Teal on 20th Oct), 3 Shoveler, 2 Little Egret, 1 Kingfisher.
Count from Connah's Quay and Flint - (Kindly provided by Deeside Naturalists' Society)
High water count on 24th July 2005. 7 Little Grebe, 38 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 4 Grey Heron, 7 Mute Swan, 12 Canada Goose, 171 Shelduck, 181 Mallard, 5 Tufted duck, 3 Moorhen, 17 Coot, 424 Oystercatcher, 98 Lapwing, 8 Curlew, 300 Knot, 110 Dunlin, 1,100 Black-tailed Godwit, 341 Redshank and 2 Greenshank.
Count from Connah's Quay and Flint - (Kindly provided by Deeside Naturalists' Society)
High water count on 9th April 2005. 3 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 49 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 2 Mute Swan, 13 Canada Goose, 57 Shelduck, 2 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, 25 Teal, 26 Mallard, 13 Pintail, 16 Tufted duck, 4 Moorhen, 14 Coot, 114 Oystercatcher, 2,532 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Curlew and 109 Redshank.
Count from Connah's Quay and Flint - (Kindly provided by Deeside Naturalists' Society)
High water count on 12th March 2005. 2 Little Grebe, 66 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 1 Canada Goose, 68 Shelduck, 84 Wigeon, 22 Gadwall, 249 Teal, 57 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, 2 Pintail, 6 Tufted duck, 2 Moorhen, 16 Coot, 302 Oystercatcher, 23 Lapwing, 200 Knot, 196 Dunlin, 9 Black-tailed Godwit, 66 Curlew, 5 Greenshank and 331 Redshank.
Count from Connah's Quay and Flint - (Kindly provided by Deeside Naturalists' Society)
Low water count on 5th March 2005. 2 Little Grebe, 23 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Mute Swan, 7 Canada Goose, 70 Shelduck, 8 Gadwall, 79 Teal, 23 Mallard, 4 Shoveler, 7 Tufted duck, 2 Moorhen, 29 Coot, 76 Oystercatcher, 95 Lapwing, 84 Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 91Curlew, 1 Greenshank and 45 Redshank.
Greenshank on the bunded pool. Aug 24th, 2006. © Andrew Wallbank.
Knot seen from the West Hide, September 2005 ©Richard Smith