Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) December 2022
Species totals of the birds seen across the WWT Welney reserve on Tuesday 20 December 2022
Below is a table of the species seen and total number of those species by the team during the Wetland bird survey for December at WWT Welney.
Canada Goose | 93 |
Greylag Goose | 486 |
Mute Swan | 63 |
Common Shelduck | 1 |
Northern Shoveler | 19 |
Gadwall | 37 |
Eurasian Wigeon | 2906 |
Mallard | 843 |
Northern Pintail | 93 |
Eurasian Teal | 469 |
Common Pochard | 199 |
Tufted Duck | 28 |
Grey Heron | 13 |
Cattle Egret | 3 |
Great White Egret | 1 |
Great Cormorant | 13 |
Water Rail | 2 |
Common Moorhen | 27 |
Common Coot | 40 |
Common Crane | 5 |
Northern Lapwing | 196 |
European Golden Plover | 15 |
Grey Plover | 2 |
Curlew | 3 |
Black-tailed Godwit | 142 |
Ruff | 13 |
Dunlin | 5 |
Common Snipe | 4 |
Redshank | 15 |
Eurasian Marsh Harrier | 3 |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | 1 |
Common Buzzard | 8 |
Wood pigeon | 20 |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 |
Green Woodpecker | 1 |
Common Kestrel | 14 |
Barn Owl | 3 |
Short-Eared Owl | 6 |
Pheasant | 18 |
Magpie | 29 |
Collared Dove | 3 |
Feral Pigeon | 4 |
Jackdaw | 24 |
Rook | 100 |
Carrion Crow | 19 |
Jay | 1 |
Stonechat | 3 |
Meadow Pipit | 16 |
Water Pipit | 1 |
Skylark | 6 |
Fieldfare | 27 |
Redwing | 3 |
Blackbird | 10 |
Goldfinch | 77 |
Chaffinch | 17 |
Great Tit | 13 |
Blue Tit | 12 |
Robin | 8 |
Wren | 1 |
Starling | 87 |
Stock Dove | 14 |
Black-Headed Gull | 511 |
Common Gull | 18 |
Lesser Black-Backed Gull | 5 |
Great Black-Backed Gull | 3 |
Tree Sparrow | 1 |
House Sparrow | 30 |
Reed Bunting | 1 |
Pied Wagtail | 2 |