Wetland Bird Survey - South Sheppey incl Elmley and Swale NNRs
Posted 26th February 2018
| Species Name | Shellness | Middle | Harty | Shellness Harty Total | Spitend | Elmley | Sheppey Total |
| Mute Swan | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 40 | ||
| Bewick's Swan | 0 | ||||||
| White-fronted Goose | 175 | 0 | |||||
| Greylag Goose | 340 | 25 | 92 | 457 | |||
| Canada Goose | 42 | 162 | 204 | ||||
| Barnacle Goose | 17 | 17 | |||||
| Brent Goose | 490 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 523 | ||
| Shelduck | 175 | 50 | 146 | 120 | 570 | 1061 | |
| Wigeon | 1 | 554 | 6680 | 7235 | |||
| Gadwall | 12 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Teal | 10 | 120 | 530 | 660 | |||
| Mallard | 90 | 3 | 125 | 600 | 818 | ||
| Pintail | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Shoveler | 20 | 20 | |||||
| Tufted Duck | 40 | 40 | |||||
| Pochard | 14 | 14 | |||||
| Common Scoter | 0 | ||||||
| Red-breasted Merganser | 0 | ||||||
| Red-throated Diver | 71 | 71 | |||||
| Black-throated Diver | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Great Northern Diver | 0 | ||||||
| Cormorant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Little Egret | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Great White Egret | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Grey Heron | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Little Grebe | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Great Crested Grebe | 14 | 4 | 3 | 21 | |||
| Marsh Harrier | 4 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 27 | |
| Hen Harrier | 0 | ||||||
| Sparrowhawk | 0 | ||||||
| Buzzard | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Kestrel | 0 | ||||||
| Merlin | 0 | ||||||
| Peregrine | 0 | ||||||
| Moorhen | 7 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| Coot | 80 | 210 | 260 | 550 | |||
| Crane | 0 | ||||||
| Avocet | 14 | 25 | 90 | 129 | |||
| Oystercatcher | 2500 | 5 | 142 | 76 | 2723 | ||
| Golden Plover | 180 | 50 | 230 | ||||
| Grey Plover | 400 | 192 | 42 | 107 | 741 | ||
| Lapwing | 220 | 41 | 1475 | 1350 | 3086 | ||
| Ringed Plover | 25 | 2 | 27 | ||||
| Curlew | 140 | 60 | 4 | 90 | 74 | 368 | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | 10 | 81 | 91 | ||||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | 625 | 625 | |||||
| Turnstone | 64 | 32 | 38 | 134 | |||
| Knot | 2400 | 50 | 135 | 2585 | |||
| Ruff | 0 | ||||||
| Sanderling | 0 | ||||||
| Dunlin | 800 | 185 | 562 | 310 | 1857 | ||
| Green Sandpiper | 0 | ||||||
| Redshank | 30 | 14 | 45 | 211 | 114 | 414 | |
| Snipe | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Barn Owl | 0 | ||||||
| Short-eared Owl | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Kingfisher | 0 | ||||||
| TOTALS | 7930 | 1142 | 708 | 0 | 3840 | 11412 | 24857 |
