December WeBS Count

The Wetland Bird Survey Count revealed the following totals...

153 Mute Swan,
66 Bewick's Swan (Rushy at dawn and dusk and fed in Tack Piece and Goose House Ground),
67 Russian White-fronted Goose (Goose House Ground)
2 Greenland White-fronted Goose (as above),
8 Pink-footed Goose (Dumbles),
498 Greylag Goose,
571 Canada Goose during morning WeBS count but 637 on view from Estuary Tower this afternoon,
264 Shelduck,
1469 Wigeon,
55 Gadwall,
821 Teal (very low nos)
622 Mallard,
233 Pintail,
132 Shoveler,
156 Pochard,
461 Tufted Duck,
14 Cormorant,
1 Bittern (in flight only),
4 Grey Heron,
Marsh Harrier,
2 Buzzard,
1 Peregrine,
10 Water Rail,
179 Moorhen,
157 Coot,
2 Crane (Wendy and Albert),
1 Avocet (South Lake),
1 Oystercatcher (vocal territorial bird moving between Rushy/South Lake),
200 Golden Plover (never settled for long),
1198 Lapwing,
109 Red Knot (South Lake),
760 Dunlin,
52 Redshank,
303 Black-tailed Godwit,
342 Curlew (at the high tide morning roost on the Dumbles saltmarsh),
25 Snipe,
18 Ruff,
49 GBB Gull,

+ 4 Stonechat, 3 Cetti's Warbler, a Chiffhcaff, Short-eared Owl (over the estuary) and Kingfisher.

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