Dee Estuary WeBS Counts 1998

WADER AND TERN COUNTS 1998

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  16 Jan 15 Feb 15 Mar 26 Apr 17 May 14 Jun 12 Jul 9 Aug 6 Sep 11 Oct 8 Nov 6 Dec
Oystercatcher 15671 11741 4940 3129 3869 2323 2965 6778 16550 14768 18932 13333
Little Ringed Plover       1 3 2            
Ringed Plover 89 85 89 157 178 20 21 343 354 2 144 143
Golden Plover 113 10               85 222 120
Grey Plover 792 328 527 14 3     4 219 418 973 629
Lapwing 8828 3313 269 130 192 71 102 761 694 1751 4372 5875
Knot 14000 1021 3266 56     1   1868 203 6675 2535
Sanderling 429 124 147 6 86       50 312 463 70
Little Stint                 3 5 2 2
Curlew Sandpiper                 27      
Purple Sandpiper 37   35                 22
Dunlin 25487 13188 4970 6847 1114 39 55 1154 2501 5241 29745 31619
Ruff 6 8 7 2   1     43 6 9  
Jack Snipe 2   1                  
Snipe 87 15 51 2     1 10 37 3 14 43
Black-t Godwit 838 1607 1432 423 1040 674 270 239 235 1560 1602 1093
Bar-t-Godwit 290 165 26 2       1 40 29 130 237
Whimbrel 1 1   21 3     14        
Curlew 5370 3998 3250 479 46 1835 1150 2609 3815 3240 3665 2857
Spotted Redshank 1 2 13 15     6 6 11 26 4  
Redshank 6348 7570 6954 2164 55 530 512 4546 9780 8309 3999 2687
Greenshank     3 2   1 6 10 100 18 2 2
Green Sandpiper                 2      
Common Sandpiper       7     2 6 7      
Turnstone 796 553 892 195 28 12   170 374 314 444 777
Sandwich Tern       64 4   261 1256 346      
Common Tern         30 12 60 567 213      
Arctic Tern               40        
Little Tern       24 80 100 150   16      
Tern counts don't include Common Tern colony at Shotton, but do include
Little Tern colony on Gronant Beach