Elmley's Wetland Bird Survey for December 2019
Posted 20th December 2019
Wetland Bird Survey - around high tide on Monday 16th December 2019
With a wet winter and recent mild weather there are now large flocks across the marshes and esturary mudflats. The shear numbers of lapwing, wigeon and geese and godwits are wonderful to see.
| Species | Elmley NNR | ||
| Spitend | Main Marshes | Totals | |
| Mute Swan | 18 | 80 | 98 |
| Great-crested Grebe | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Little Grebe | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Coot | 10 | 10 | |
| Moorhen | 0 | ||
| Water rail | 0 | ||
| Grey Heron | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Little Egret | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Bittern | 0 | ||
| Spoonbill | 0 | ||
| Great White Heron | 0 | ||
| Cattle Egret | 0 | ||
| Cormorant | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Brent Goose | 460 | 11 | 471 |
| Greylag Goose | 1695 | 562 | 2257 |
| Canada Goose | 85 | 185 | 270 |
| Pink-footed Goose | 0 | ||
| Tundra Bean Goose | |||
| White-fronted Goose | 0 | ||
| Shelduck | 1142 | 90 | 1232 |
| Mallard | 237 | 690 | 927 |
| Teal | 612 | 400 | 1012 |
| Pintail | 0 | ||
| Gadwall | 0 | ||
| Garganey | 1 | 2 | |
| Shoveller | 12 | 12 | |
| Tufted Duck | 0 | ||
| Pochard | 34 | 34 | |
| Wigeon | 1712 | 4560 | 6272 |
| Avocet | 52 | 42 | 94 |
| Oystercatcher | 4 | 85 | 89 |
| Curlew | 82 | 148 | 230 |
| Whimbrel | 5 | 5 | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | 0 | ||
| Black-tailed Godwit | 1090 | 1090 | |
| Common Snipe | 2 | 2 | |
| Grey Plover | 55 | 2 | 57 |
| Golden Plover | 331 | 200 | 531 |
| Ringed Plover | 30 | 30 | |
| Lapwing | 2849 | 3870 | 6719 |
| Greenshank | 0 | ||
| Redshank | 23 | 12 | 35 |
| Green Sandpiper | 0 | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | 0 | ||
| Common Sandpiper | 12 | 12 | |
| Knot | 6 | 230 | 236 |
| Dunlin | 75 | 20 | 95 |
| Curlew Sandpiper | 0 | ||
| Ruff | 1 | 43 | 44 |
| Little Stint | 0 | ||
| Turnstone | 30 | 8 | 38 |
| Totals | 9511 | 12438 | 21950 |
