Swale Wader Group

 

Species1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
Oystercatcher   3 4 5 2 11 1 3 1 2
Avocet   1     1   1 1 6  
Ringed Plover   9 1   1 1     1  
Golden Plover     4 3 1       1  
Grey Plover 48 51 60 72 31 18 26 53 47 9
Lapwing     1 11 9   3   1 4
Knot 5 4 1 2 3 9   2 28 11
Little Stint                    
Pectoral Sandpiper                    
Curlew Sandpiper 8   4 4 1 1   3 2  
Dunlin 423 501 367 280 94 73 165 214 155 48
Broad-billed Sandpiper                    
Ruff       1 1          
Jack Snipe                 1  
Snipe   1       2 1 1 2 1
Black-tailed Godwit   1     1 4 11 2 2  
Bar-tailed Godwit 1 4 1 3 32 43 21 48 58 63
Whimbrel   1       1 5 1 3 2
Curlew 4 7 4 6 14 31 9 21 20 31
Spotted Redshank                    
Redshank 4 27 25 19 40 89 70 69 185 143
Greenshank   4     2 1 2 1    
Green Sandpiper           1        
Wood Sandpiper             1      
Common Sandpiper           1   1    
Turnstone                    
Total 493 614 472 406 233 286 316 420 513 314
Number of catches 6 10 10 11 10 11 9 11 11 5
Mean birds/catch 82.2 61.4 47.2 36.9 23.3 26.0 35.1 38.2 46.6 62.8
Wader species 7 13 11 11 15 15 13 14 16 10