Totals of individuals counted in South Scotland



These figures are totals of the maximum counts recorded from each square in a given year. The maximum count is calculated for each species separately and is based on all birds seen and heard, including those in flight. These figures provide a useful indication of the relative abundance of different species although they do not take account of differences in detectability between species. They do not provide measure of absolute abundance because BBS surveys do not detect all of the birds present in a particular square. For comparative purposes the data can be used to calculate the mean count per square by dividing the species totals in the table by the total number of squares surveyed. This measure has the advantage that it can be used to compare results based on different numbers of squares. Particular care should be taken in interpreting such results where only a few squares could be surveyed (less than 30-50 squares). While these figures may provide a general indication of major changes in abundance over time they do not provide a statistically robust measure of such changes because they do not take account of the BBS sampling strategy or of temporal variation in the sample of squares surveyed. BBS trend analyses are available here

 
 

Species 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Total No squares surveyed 111 133 146 153 155 148 139 40 140 151 163 182 200 253
Mute Swan 36 64 33 28 39 65 42 19 25 38 22 57 45 66
Whooper Swan . 2 . . . . . . . 6 1 . 72 10
Pink-footed Goose . 294 62 26 . 336 231 . 90 9 191 . 300 209
White-fronted Goose . . . 2 . . 3 . 8 . 92 87 133 11
Greylag Goose 32 14 21 36 33 57 162 97 101 153 224 186 176 273
Canada Goose 6 7 11 5 16 10 18 12 30 18 5 24 47 68
Barnacle Goose . . . . . . . . . . 935 . 895 77
Brent Goose . . 92 . . . . . 2 . . . . 1
Shelduck 20 20 14 30 39 30 22 1 45 35 24 35 35 70
Wigeon . . . . 1 . 3 . 2 4 . . 5 8
Gadwall 1 2 . . 12 5 . . 1 . 4 2 1 7
Teal 5 12 14 3 7 14 6 3 . 24 17 19 12 15
Mallard 151 233 261 224 286 403 329 17 230 294 259 349 365 367
Pintail . . 3 . . . 2 . . . . . . .
Shoveler . 1 . . . 1 . 2 . 2 . 2 . .
Red-crested Pochard . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . .
Pochard . . . 2 1 6 . . . . . . . 1
Tufted Duck 41 37 29 26 24 37 79 3 47 26 36 44 49 48
Eider 16 17 42 49 54 40 17 35 41 32 75 107 121 99
Common Scoter . . . . . . . . . . . 100 . .
Goldeneye 3 3 . . . 4 3 . 2 12 1 6 13 3
Red-breasted Merganser 2 . 3 . 10 3 4 . 1 2 9 3 12 21
Goosander 10 36 21 8 24 41 18 . 9 37 9 17 40 27
Red Grouse 69 69 65 88 113 118 86 37 67 121 44 45 46 95
Ptarmigan 2 2 1 . . . 4 . 9 2 . . . 1
Black Grouse 4 9 17 19 10 10 8 2 2 3 19 2 13 12
Red-legged Partridge . 5 5 17 13 2 10 1 6 5 21 15 33 29
Grey Partridge 21 33 57 52 58 23 40 14 54 13 36 36 48 55
Quail . 1 . . 4 3 1 1 . . 1 2 2 1
Pheasant 125 170 215 228 261 200 219 70 255 287 360 399 445 519
Red-throated Diver 8 3 1 3 2 4 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 .
Black-throated Diver 1 . . . . . . . 1 . 2 . . .
Great Northern Diver . . . . . . . . . . . 2 14 14
Little Grebe 3 5 5 3 5 3 8 2 3 5 6 8 9 11
Great Crested Grebe 6 10 5 6 6 5 . . . . 4 1 2 .
Fulmar 19 11 16 13 19 15 4 8 4 9 18 18 24 17
Gannet 14 17 6 13 36 . . 3 200 . 21 39 27 22
Cormorant 6 3 4 6 6 14 32 9 20 12 31 32 25 31
Shag . . 16 16 16 3 215 20 . 22 18 35 20 20
Grey Heron 21 32 35 38 47 54 55 17 48 75 47 68 81 74
Red Kite . . . 1 . . 1 . 3 3 4 3 7 7
White-tailed Eagle . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . .
Hen Harrier 2 3 3 6 7 11 6 2 . 1 1 1 2 6
Goshawk 1 . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . 1 1
Sparrowhawk 11 11 10 14 16 13 8 2 23 10 13 13 24 27
Buzzard 46 65 82 133 124 147 109 33 135 174 166 201 153 221
Golden Eagle 3 2 10 2 1 3 . . 2 2 1 . . .
Osprey . 1 . 1 5 1 4 . 2 4 2 1 1 4
Kestrel 35 37 26 35 43 24 20 9 31 37 50 44 42 47
Merlin 3 . . 3 4 1 . . 3 2 1 1 2 2
Hobby . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . .
Peregrine 6 2 5 8 4 6 4 1 7 9 5 1 4 9
Water Rail . . . . 1 . 1 . . 1 3 3 3 2
Corncrake 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 1 3 10 3 2 2
Moorhen 19 11 19 25 26 23 19 3 12 23 23 18 27 30
Coot 17 26 19 22 31 27 36 4 21 20 31 20 28 26
Oystercatcher 289 280 296 321 320 352 292 44 272 427 281 399 406 532
Ringed Plover 5 . 4 3 1 3 30 2 . 1 2 12 26 23
Dotterel 7 . 4 . 1 1 . . 38 . . . . .
Golden Plover 94 14 35 81 15 34 73 10 112 17 15 5 91 702
Grey Plover . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
Lapwing 289 304 422 382 321 441 457 69 399 285 526 328 473 491
Sanderling . . . . . . . . . . . 34 35 8
Purple Sandpiper . . 3 . . . . . . . . 1 2 5
Dunlin 108 . 6 13 7 2 13 1 1 12 . 71 16 17
Snipe 30 55 51 42 37 46 70 16 42 41 48 49 63 81
Woodcock 2 1 2 1 . 1 . . . . 2 2 . .
Black-tailed Godwit . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
Bar-tailed Godwit . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .
Whimbrel . . 1 . . 2 6 . 9 . 3 3 1 3
Curlew 244 321 336 387 379 315 324 21 317 300 228 269 269 360
Redshank 63 35 41 55 33 20 42 8 9 11 6 16 23 41
Greenshank . . . . . 2 . . . . 1 . . 2
Green Sandpiper . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . 1 .
Common Sandpiper 26 27 35 42 34 27 22 4 20 23 28 26 39 35
Turnstone . 22 12 1 5 5 . . 6 . . 10 51 29
Little Gull . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Black-headed Gull 290 437 320 575 527 587 472 31 212 263 277 309 400 349
Common Gull 188 115 178 244 430 281 702 37 128 114 194 391 332 369
Lesser Black-backed Gull 326 261 386 348 308 331 487 56 271 424 577 551 504 683
Herring Gull 760 869 1188 1166 1289 1082 612 620 1429 1113 966 1017 1414 1287
Iceland Gull . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1
Great Black-backed Gull 21 21 40 27 47 43 25 17 42 36 41 83 60 53
Kittiwake . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 20
Sandwich Tern 3 . . . 1 . . 4 12 12 9 5 6 2
Common Tern . . . . . . . . 2 5 11 15 2 .
Arctic Tern 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . 34 44 144
Little Tern . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 25
Guillemot . . 7 . . . . . 6 . 2 2 11 13
Razorbill . . . . . . . . . . . 38 7 3
Black Guillemot . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .
Rock Dove 5 2 2 . . 3 17 1 29 52 6 31 24 68
Feral Pigeon 329 393 338 616 527 635 399 97 477 685 580 776 519 557
Stock Dove 23 35 54 26 50 37 35 4 52 53 57 58 71 57
Woodpigeon 996 1215 1230 1258 1460 1694 1333 491 1335 1734 1765 2466 2281 2834
Collared Dove 64 75 64 82 99 96 83 51 83 108 131 166 148 199
Turtle Dove . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
Ring-necked Parakeet . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
Cuckoo 29 36 52 56 50 37 48 5 26 25 45 45 61 69
Barn Owl 1 1 1 . 3 . . . . 1 2 4 3 3
Little Owl . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
Tawny Owl 2 5 7 6 7 4 7 3 . 1 2 2 2 6
Long-eared Owl . 1 . 2 . 1 . . . 1 . . . .
Short-eared Owl 7 3 4 18 9 1 4 . 1 8 10 1 3 .
Swift 147 192 202 205 251 194 148 62 186 146 191 345 265 318
Kingfisher . . . 1 . 4 1 . 2 1 . 2 2 6
Green Woodpecker 9 4 8 6 10 4 1 4 6 6 13 15 11 10
Great Spotted Woodpecker 5 17 15 12 20 12 12 8 20 27 40 61 56 92
Skylark 540 836 883 921 970 807 858 199 860 838 967 969 1076 1699
Sand Martin 111 241 154 134 19 130 225 4 85 28 153 219 338 212
Swallow 389 440 484 657 795 798 798 204 608 722 1042 1260 1258 1370
House Martin 64 159 112 217 236 421 302 48 250 269 438 350 322 423
Tree Pipit 25 21 41 49 72 52 40 10 35 18 35 25 44 42
Meadow Pipit 1233 1543 1969 1755 1734 1569 1560 373 1404 1757 1351 1412 1596 2553
Rock Pipit 4 6 7 8 12 12 7 4 13 4 9 29 24 33
Yellow Wagtail 3 4 3 . . . . . 1 . . . . 3
Grey Wagtail 15 31 17 23 27 41 30 9 26 43 24 64 29 51
Pied Wagtail 103 200 193 202 228 224 162 44 195 186 229 232 232 321
Dipper 9 12 20 14 23 31 24 4 11 26 13 20 19 20
Wren 401 676 356 581 802 842 839 177 706 843 1129 1238 1239 1538
Dunnock 115 129 123 191 225 236 234 74 201 277 290 387 352 425
Robin 323 434 294 339 533 498 516 101 401 462 630 746 817 966
Redstart 5 4 13 20 13 10 12 . 11 13 21 11 18 19
Whinchat 34 70 109 88 48 51 18 2 18 20 24 21 34 41
Stonechat 14 19 7 13 12 29 27 5 33 27 43 89 74 124
Wheatear 77 112 130 153 175 114 94 38 111 98 77 120 145 216
Ring Ouzel 7 9 14 7 11 12 6 7 7 1 1 5 4 5
Blackbird 480 484 525 639 779 865 803 284 732 894 1052 1212 1260 1618
Fieldfare . 8 1 182 176 2 43 . 18 111 . . 36 12
Song Thrush 187 238 249 218 269 332 319 82 298 323 385 427 423 505
Redwing . . . . . . . . 16 14 . 5 . .
Mistle Thrush 44 59 55 74 92 60 81 12 64 96 92 114 101 104
Grasshopper Warbler 4 8 9 24 12 7 9 2 6 7 19 18 14 16
Sedge Warbler 69 95 71 97 105 96 138 38 63 57 125 107 116 160
Reed Warbler . . 1 . . . . . 2 . 1 . . .
Blackcap 24 24 28 44 69 69 62 20 64 77 89 111 119 116
Garden Warbler 11 18 21 23 33 30 17 1 22 35 41 34 31 43
Lesser Whitethroat . 2 . 2 . . . . 1 . 2 1 . 2
Whitethroat 56 83 72 104 117 115 124 33 125 132 190 185 221 229
Wood Warbler 18 18 14 20 8 2 4 1 8 1 13 21 6 7
Chiffchaff 20 23 34 20 27 36 26 9 34 85 111 98 62 99
Willow Warbler 457 695 797 893 1020 808 717 185 668 627 816 851 972 1070
Goldcrest 94 213 120 225 191 167 270 62 264 298 340 332 259 277
Spotted Flycatcher 11 17 26 31 27 40 29 5 23 20 16 24 24 13
Pied Flycatcher 10 7 7 7 9 3 7 . 9 2 4 8 4 3
Long-tailed Tit 15 32 26 96 51 32 64 4 41 53 72 34 70 51
Marsh Tit . 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . 3 . .
Willow Tit . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Coal Tit 172 219 260 353 232 143 206 73 261 299 254 326 336 370
Blue Tit 214 392 394 613 498 448 427 95 470 609 772 973 999 974
Great Tit 115 160 197 275 305 246 213 59 211 294 353 513 607 688
Nuthatch . . . . . . 1 . . . 3 3 4 2
Treecreeper 6 25 17 32 28 28 18 4 25 20 31 33 40 40
Red-backed Shrike 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1
Jay 4 10 8 12 15 12 9 5 19 14 29 28 20 23
Magpie 50 60 74 92 87 78 92 15 70 95 175 148 194 207
Chough 2 3 . 2 1 . 1 2 15 3 2 2 2 14
Jackdaw 282 451 494 690 744 797 679 95 671 675 882 994 824 1149
Rook 1081 1632 2205 2609 2392 2169 1914 223 2044 2092 1971 2378 2204 2363
Carrion Crow 645 876 1053 1288 1449 1239 1547 211 1129 1208 1490 1713 1961 2058
Hooded Crow 110 68 46 36 60 44 34 13 38 32 48 65 50 91
Raven 27 52 38 29 32 33 31 5 38 53 44 66 68 151
Starling 1157 1757 1438 1901 1945 2014 2244 597 1723 1840 2402 3054 3624 3470
House Sparrow 451 612 526 647 661 616 622 374 544 682 829 1119 1088 1252
Tree Sparrow 15 32 19 19 16 41 60 61 75 99 129 95 65 90
Chaffinch 942 1103 1442 1536 1706 1503 1394 419 1313 1566 1743 2129 2392 2601
Brambling . 10 . . . . . . . . 1 3 3 1
Greenfinch 131 126 219 264 263 328 267 88 258 243 347 387 475 488
Goldfinch 76 82 121 187 156 149 172 44 190 255 307 339 267 365
Siskin 87 67 107 199 188 103 106 11 130 87 80 106 96 178
Linnet 192 261 243 224 363 253 407 136 334 422 353 435 520 683
Twite 11 9 13 23 26 12 42 35 25 14 11 29 44 37
Lesser Redpoll 44 73 64 108 53 36 51 7 44 35 57 127 69 69
Crossbill 28 5 33 63 10 26 17 2 116 104 30 32 53 44
Scottish Crossbill . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . .
Bullfinch 17 35 52 36 36 33 29 8 22 25 48 49 53 48
Lapland Bunting . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
Yellowhammer 141 198 244 252 254 261 271 72 246 222 254 335 414 449
Reed Bunting 33 46 40 42 62 70 52 19 57 81 81 106 131 162
Corn Bunting 3 3 6 6 3 3 3 5 4 3 3 12 7 12
Falcated Duck . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Peafowl . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 .
Helmeted Guineafowl . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
Harris Hawk . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . .
Total number of Species 128 131 132 133 132 133 130 113 136 135 141 149 150 152

 


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