WeBS Count for 14 February 2021

A week of frozen conditions led to extremely low numbers of birds on the reserve and estuary for this count.

Totals

Cormorant- 13
Little Egret-2 (missed the roost, they had left already)
Grey Heron- 3
Mute Swan- 180
Bewick’s Swan- 75
Pink-footed Goose- 1
Greenland White-fronted Goose- 1
Russian White-fronted Goose- 170
Greylag Goose- 329
Canada Goose-99
Cackling Goose- 1
Barnacle Goose- 176
Bar-headed Goose-1
Snow x Bar-headed Goose-1
Shelduck- 379
Wigeon- 879
Gadwall- 18
Teal- 346
Mallard- 594
Pintail-120
Shoveler- 153
Pochard-97
Pochard x Ferruginous Duck male- 1
Pochard x Ring-necked Duck-1 female
Tufted Duck- 357
Moorhen- 54
Coot-121
Oystercatcher-3
Golden Plover- 18
Lapwing-49
Curlew- 87
Dunlin 724
Redshank-3
Snipe 4

Little Grebe-5
G C Grebe-1
Black-headed Gull-96
Herring Gull-2
Lesser Black-backed Gull-2
Common Gull-1

MJM

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