- 22/02/2019
A huge number of birds in the Swale this month at 47,000 with over 26,000 at Elmley. Highlights are 7000 lapwing, 5 raptor species, Barn and Short Eared Owls and even a Spotted Redshank.
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| Elmley | Spitend | TOTAL | |
| Mute Swan | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Whooper Swan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red-throated Diver | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Goose | 9 | 361 | 370 |
| Canada Goose | 40 | 134 | 174 |
| Greylag Goose | 60 | 112 | 172 |
| White-fronted Goose | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pink-footed Goose | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelduck | 122 | 347 | 469 |
| Shoveler | 30 | 128 | 158 |
| Gadwall | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| Wigeon | 7420 | 2152 | 9572 |
| Mallard | 176 | 351 | 527 |
| Pintail | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Teal | 65 | 1341 | 1406 |
| Pochard | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| Common Scoter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tufted Duck | 106 | 4 | 110 |
| Little Grebe | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Great crested Grebe | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Red-necked Grebe | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grey Heron | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Little Egret | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Cattle Egret | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bittern | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spoonbill | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cormorant | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Moorhen | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Coot | 420 | 301 | 721 |
| Water Rail | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Oystercatcher | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| Avocet | 200 | 0 | 200 |
| Lapwing | 3300 | 3771 | 7071 |
| Golden Plover | 120 | 2021 | 2141 |
| Grey Plover | 102 | 85 | 187 |
| Ringed Plover | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whimbrel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curlew | 99 | 45 | 144 |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Black-tailed Godwit | 906 | 0 | 906 |
| Turnstone | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Knot | 600 | 180 | 780 |
| Ruff | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunlin | 670 | 610 | 1280 |
| Sanderling | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Snipe | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Redshank | 19 | 94 | 113 |
| Green Sandpiper | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Common Sandpiper | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spotted Redshank | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Greenshank | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Great Black-backed Gull | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herring Gull | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Common Gull | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Black-headed Gull | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mediterranean Gull | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandwich Tern | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Common Tern | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | |||
| Marsh Harrier | 19 | 5 | 24 |
| Hen Harrier | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buzzard | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Merlin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kestrel | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Peregrine | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hobby | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sparrowhawk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SE Owl | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Barn Owl | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | 14550 | 12156 | 26706 |
