Dee Estuary WeBS Counts 1999

WADER AND TERN COUNTS 1999
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	3 Jan	21 Feb	21 Mar	18 Apr	16 May	13 Jun	18 Jul	16 Aug	12 Sep	11 Oct	8 Nov	6 Dec
Oystercatcher	17390	7329	3700	3087	3348	2057	2477	9737	14889	12090	6389	8850
Little Ringed Plover				1	2
Ringed Plover	75	50	11	85	48	16	53	328	293	192	222	133
Golden Plover	85	52							3	42	74	126
Grey Plover	1204	115	653					8	2	78	742	351
Lapwing	8828	2786	153	121	70	161	162	778	1211	1809	4752	8278
Knot	2130	2355	520	11				3	593	2460	8682	2026
Sanderling	457	131	290	60	5			10	24	55	159	246
Little Stint			1	1					2
Curlew Sandpiper									42	2
Purple Sandpiper	30			17								12
Dunlin	30857	8505	4271	169	345	1	162	4775	1409	800	21627	14252
Ruff	4	10	1	12			1	4	4			2
Jack Snipe	3		5							1		1
Snipe	180	32	16	59	5			213	30	11	18	58
Black-t Godwit	1170	138	188	1159	521	344	5	13	36	911	2543	1631
Bar-t-Godwit	553	24	49					17	215	137	228	232
Whimbrel					13	3	4	23	1	1
Curlew	4490	3777	2156	656	287	694	2563	3978	4259	3548	2303	3373
Spotted Redshank	4	3	11	4			1	6	11	6		3
Redshank	3621	3100	4907	689	6	3	1414	5206	6362	7328	3051	3514
Greenshank	4		3			2	13	28	81	17	2	3
Green Sandpiper	1							10
Common Sandpiper					2		8	7	4	1
Turnstone	662	14	34	106		12	16	117	79	217	289	453
Water Rail									4	3	1	7
Moorhen	98	93	22	40	35	45	49	43	37	70	120	103
Coot	168	200	121	68	46	53	83	65	39	81	55	315
Sandwich Tern				3			629	374	300
Common Tern				1	33	29	90	350	96
Arctic Tern								1
Little Tern					100	160	200	187	2

Tern counts don't include Common Tern colony at Shotton, but do include
Little Tern colony on Gronant Beach