Totals of individuals counted in Wales



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 (fewer 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 08 09
Total No squares surveyed 122 121 116 138 192 223 213 22 215 214 254 271 270 266 230 229
Mute Swan 7 9 9 23 42 29 48 8 39 34 46 37 27 22 87 59
Pink-footed Goose . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
Greylag Goose 8 2 5 8 5 18 18 . 31 21 17 19 60 32 48 22
Feral/hybrid Goose . . . 1 . . . . . . 9 . 1 . 6 1
Canada Goose 10 18 31 20 55 50 89 4 94 104 164 189 226 162 165 206
Brent Goose . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .
Shelduck 224 32 30 61 47 72 84 . 41 37 50 47 128 36 45 50
Mandarin . 1 . . 6 5 9 . 1 . 2 . 1 . 1 .
Wigeon . 3 . 6 . . 3 . 1 . . . . . . .
Gadwall . . . . 2 1 1 . 2 . . . . 2 3 .
Teal 1 3 2 . 5 1 8 . 4 2 5 8 8 9 2 3
Mallard 175 258 213 202 249 269 256 54 360 277 439 433 517 383 319 340
Feral/hybrid mallard type . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 . .
Pintail . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
Shoveler 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . 2 7 4 3 .
Red-crested Pochard . . . . 1 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Pochard . . . . . . 3 . 2 1 . 2 . 1 1 8
Tufted Duck 17 21 17 17 24 28 22 . 15 17 26 29 21 14 12 18
Eider . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . .
Common Scoter . . 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goldeneye . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . .
Red-breasted Merganser 1 1 . 2 4 3 2 . 1 . 1 2 2 1 . 1
Goosander 12 7 4 8 20 5 29 5 8 12 19 18 8 11 6 9
Ruddy Duck . . . . 12 9 3 . 3 13 5 4 2 . . .
Helmeted Guineafowl . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . .
Red Grouse 3 . 3 1 9 13 8 1 15 12 5 6 6 8 14 4
Black Grouse . . . . . 1 4 . 27 . 2 . 2 . 2 11
Red-legged Partridge . . . 3 2 1 24 2 2 8 11 27 7 26 24 19
Grey Partridge 2 4 1 1 2 3 2 . 4 12 2 5 9 6 4 .
Quail . . . . 1 . . . . . 2 . . . . .
Reeves Pheasant . . 1 . 2 . . . . . . . . . . .
Pheasant 214 189 183 179 214 224 295 4 240 399 470 501 468 522 397 351
Golden Pheasant . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . .
Peafowl . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 2 1 2
Little Grebe 2 2 . 2 8 10 6 . 4 12 10 10 9 14 13 11
Great Crested Grebe 4 3 1 2 5 12 9 . 18 3 2 17 11 10 6 10
Fulmar 17 43 11 35 36 20 8 . 66 72 98 60 63 77 50 34
Manx Shearwater . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . .
Gannet . 4 1 12 1 14 1 . 7 5 5 6 18 4 1 3
Cormorant 9 27 32 20 64 79 41 8 77 28 45 56 45 35 36 57
Shag 3 1 3 1 1 3 . . 7 1 9 5 8 7 5 5
Little Egret . . . . 1 . . . 5 4 7 7 6 1 12 9
Grey Heron 32 45 41 48 73 92 88 3 83 91 89 105 71 90 65 71
Honey Buzzard . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . .
Red Kite 13 14 8 7 9 19 15 1 23 23 33 45 59 46 37 49
Marsh Harrier . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . .
Hen Harrier 2 1 1 2 . 1 1 . 3 5 4 2 5 1 2 1
Goshawk . 1 1 2 3 5 7 2 5 8 4 4 4 10 3 6
Sparrowhawk 12 10 13 13 35 21 22 . 26 28 21 26 29 34 20 22
Buzzard 176 178 164 176 248 291 293 21 324 324 334 409 360 373 316 354
Osprey . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . . . .
Kestrel 23 23 18 21 28 33 25 . 30 26 30 43 35 39 25 13
Merlin 1 . . 2 1 . 4 . 4 3 1 . 1 . 2 1
Hobby 1 1 . 1 2 1 . . 4 1 . 1 1 3 1 2
Peregrine 12 6 10 3 13 9 8 . 6 4 15 24 8 9 9 7
Water Rail . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 3 . 1
Spotted Crake . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
Moorhen 17 17 23 24 44 70 32 2 34 31 60 48 44 76 39 41
Coot 18 12 8 11 35 91 43 . 45 32 50 75 53 71 63 50
Oystercatcher 279 9 24 36 33 41 50 . 45 48 34 40 52 31 134 33
Little Ringed Plover 2 . . 2 3 . . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
Ringed Plover 7 11 10 10 11 11 10 2 7 10 12 6 8 8 5 2
Golden Plover . 2 . 12 3 7 . . . . . 1 1 2 36 8
Grey Plover . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . .
Lapwing 75 58 51 54 63 93 44 . 82 60 78 81 67 63 90 75
Knot . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . .
Sanderling . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . .
Dunlin . 2 15 10 . . 8 . . 1 29 5 . 8 . 1
Snipe 5 5 8 3 2 8 7 . 23 13 9 4 8 4 9 2
Woodcock . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . .
Black-tailed Godwit . . . . . . . . . . 47 . 1 . . 1
Bar-tailed Godwit . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . .
Whimbrel 27 28 3 5 7 35 41 . 5 . 1 14 6 8 7 19
Curlew 279 90 83 86 104 195 123 . 128 77 75 83 88 97 121 60
Common Sandpiper 3 5 9 9 3 11 17 2 3 2 9 8 5 1 5 1
Green Sandpiper 1 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
Spotted Redshank . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . .
Greenshank . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . 1 . 2 .
Redshank 6 2 1 . 1 6 7 . 12 9 15 31 214 140 7 1
Turnstone . . . . 7 8 10 . . . 1 . . . . .
Kittiwake . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 .
Black-headed Gull 186 250 35 50 90 181 69 2 125 61 57 41 61 56 406 27
Common Gull 9 1 28 134 12 36 6 . 18 59 105 4 192 14 31 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 145 172 298 356 492 1655 773 158 561 917 1207 1083 1118 1316 1553 1178
Herring Gull 304 401 378 448 800 1187 1144 125 1107 1171 1606 1864 2586 1966 2202 1386
Great Black-backed Gull 10 6 50 30 31 27 23 . 26 22 34 24 55 74 51 59
Sandwich Tern . 3 . 3 34 1 . . 2 1 28 19 8 7 4 .
Common Tern . . . . . . . . . 2 . . 1 . . .
Roseate Tern . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . .
Arctic Tern . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .
Guillemot . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 .
Razorbill . . . . 1 2 . . . . 7 5 . . 1 .
Black Guillemot 10 10 11 9 7 5 9 . 4 4 4 12 16 13 12 14
Feral Pigeon 87 96 131 146 358 355 553 186 392 482 515 600 576 537 537 576
Stock Dove 32 32 48 44 78 41 57 1 51 85 107 99 104 78 103 78
Woodpigeon 799 670 906 1001 1646 1605 1611 120 1691 1618 2014 2439 2420 2627 2101 1862
Collared Dove 103 72 82 126 246 285 247 55 251 247 410 419 404 360 344 356
Turtle Dove . . 1 . . . . . . 5 . . 1 . . .
Cuckoo 78 53 79 71 103 96 94 6 94 70 103 95 104 73 79 62
Barn Owl . 1 . . 1 . 1 . . . 1 1 1 . . 1
Little Owl 5 1 2 4 5 5 7 2 7 2 1 4 . 4 3 4
Tawny Owl 10 5 7 7 13 14 8 1 10 2 7 11 7 10 12 8
Short-eared Owl . . . 1 . . . . 2 1 3 . . 1 . .
Nightjar . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
Swift 187 267 138 294 874 600 548 63 417 439 573 492 412 421 301 289
Kingfisher 2 3 1 9 4 2 3 . 4 9 4 6 2 2 1 6
Green Woodpecker 30 51 39 49 78 63 67 . 54 61 94 102 78 96 65 66
Great Spotted Woodpecker 41 47 41 56 79 90 81 5 98 97 122 168 132 212 176 200
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker . 2 4 . 2 3 1 . 2 3 1 2 . 3 . 1
Skylark 372 358 448 494 640 858 787 48 692 734 809 906 881 928 742 719
Sand Martin 10 26 68 25 324 218 35 9 223 34 161 108 71 36 48 89
Swallow 598 637 760 984 1843 1499 1375 88 1508 1285 1829 2106 2180 1946 1597 1705
House Martin 281 368 331 455 631 786 806 73 678 600 820 693 853 765 564 506
Tree Pipit 64 44 63 63 118 101 105 18 95 73 116 87 104 75 72 52
Meadow Pipit 586 666 566 711 1101 1761 1407 105 1541 1421 1675 1564 1451 1401 1235 1088
Rock Pipit 5 7 3 2 4 9 8 . 15 8 15 10 21 10 11 9
Yellow Wagtail 2 1 . 5 . 1 7 . 10 1 5 . 3 2 1 8
Grey Wagtail 29 35 19 15 30 46 42 5 41 37 53 51 53 45 50 53
Pied Wagtail 144 148 124 198 203 300 245 19 257 279 343 369 320 297 313 258
Dipper 3 7 11 8 11 15 11 1 6 6 10 11 5 9 9 19
Wren 1016 1181 637 923 1656 2043 1969 200 2079 1802 2170 2480 2153 2286 2049 1674
Dunnock 276 256 263 338 474 538 493 42 527 578 750 788 789 815 683 711
Robin 808 925 705 805 1211 1546 1631 107 1658 1562 1790 1880 1951 1906 1819 1659
Nightingale . 1 1 . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . .
Redstart 134 140 134 139 176 186 206 4 195 138 176 198 200 188 164 198
Whinchat 51 44 47 21 92 69 80 6 87 63 75 78 78 62 53 54
Stonechat 17 35 20 32 56 86 77 . 102 112 136 177 145 179 161 112
Wheatear 80 108 117 97 129 201 198 5 173 155 178 208 226 182 207 176
Ring Ouzel 14 4 1 . 4 4 7 . 8 5 9 4 11 9 4 2
Blackbird 920 976 872 1146 1777 2088 2018 212 2054 1993 2586 2878 2827 2892 2620 2654
Fieldfare 37 75 . 66 2 . 19 . 198 96 5 12 28 . 76 .
Song Thrush 295 299 246 340 587 689 681 74 686 706 785 943 905 843 837 804
Redwing . . . . . . . . . 4 . 1 . . 1 .
Mistle Thrush 124 144 106 147 237 265 220 18 253 189 299 280 302 277 231 225
Cettis Warbler . . . . 3 1 3 . 5 7 10 12 15 5 22 12
Grasshopper Warbler 16 11 19 12 23 11 11 1 16 24 28 19 23 22 21 24
Sedge Warbler 32 52 61 67 52 65 100 . 100 56 77 89 66 85 82 72
Marsh Warbler . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reed Warbler 16 18 14 17 19 34 27 3 34 36 47 62 55 24 77 54
Blackcap 126 140 153 267 383 370 359 49 391 377 466 509 501 506 414 494
Garden Warbler 100 83 71 98 115 132 113 16 91 89 123 99 107 122 114 116
Lesser Whitethroat 14 9 6 6 16 17 16 . 11 9 18 12 13 16 16 17
Whitethroat 136 143 186 231 252 257 223 30 219 182 323 304 327 344 279 334
Dartford Warbler . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . 1 .
Wood Warbler 36 56 38 53 54 54 52 4 34 30 45 29 33 30 23 40
Chiffchaff 251 287 275 383 605 400 385 38 479 635 841 690 581 751 736 663
Willow Warbler 642 648 531 668 915 1140 939 101 800 734 969 965 1040 978 902 1091
Goldcrest 233 283 167 295 331 421 420 21 323 252 324 352 299 306 308 184
Firecrest . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . 2 . .
Spotted Flycatcher 27 36 31 37 29 48 56 3 29 31 43 40 49 32 23 26
Pied Flycatcher 59 54 68 60 62 68 49 . 62 47 60 42 38 31 26 34
Long-tailed Tit 79 124 111 88 201 206 192 6 162 110 172 284 204 266 215 225
Blue Tit 701 731 834 1090 1268 1341 1316 87 1562 1443 1869 2071 1961 1824 1531 1478
Great Tit 303 332 367 476 635 717 666 27 766 753 1012 1101 1102 1139 918 920
Coal Tit 166 169 123 207 198 234 209 38 291 179 252 272 276 265 226 302
Willow Tit 7 3 12 17 18 13 9 . 3 13 11 11 7 10 3 4
Marsh Tit 5 18 16 12 23 13 34 4 21 18 28 25 22 23 16 24
Nuthatch 58 66 88 106 129 110 116 7 163 135 171 230 160 181 168 189
Treecreeper 31 41 39 49 68 87 91 13 71 64 85 74 69 70 61 63
Woodchat Shrike . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jay 70 35 71 80 111 104 117 10 102 111 143 167 163 142 139 136
Magpie 447 466 448 559 927 975 828 73 736 782 844 953 883 904 783 736
Chough 3 2 3 3 9 8 6 . 8 17 11 12 13 21 2 11
Jackdaw 819 1105 1075 1357 2074 2415 2201 247 1954 2349 2705 3878 2521 2552 2330 2544
Rook 1037 941 1521 1333 1487 1656 1538 46 1406 1681 1778 1493 1463 1576 1922 1108
Carrion Crow 1301 1179 1217 1554 2467 2720 2537 166 2515 2356 2782 3054 3406 2796 2337 2299
Hooded Crow . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Carrion/Hooded (intermediate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Raven 119 122 121 131 219 190 225 3 258 307 289 449 301 292 318 213
Starling 1069 739 670 1295 1337 1544 1510 398 1249 1040 1125 1383 1190 1323 998 814
House Sparrow 431 540 546 899 1522 1668 1612 357 1576 1805 2244 2278 2211 2062 1791 2021
Tree Sparrow 5 5 8 14 11 14 13 . 13 18 8 19 61 14 67 29
Chaffinch 1362 1268 1271 1468 1873 2114 2009 139 1996 1984 2638 2759 2729 2428 2038 2012
Brambling 1 . 1 2 . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
Greenfinch 191 168 178 370 508 532 523 49 472 502 735 785 715 591 566 475
Goldfinch 224 273 291 329 506 561 586 37 604 686 802 896 572 733 625 764
Siskin 61 60 58 113 97 52 56 47 72 91 99 146 107 129 100 104
Linnet 300 317 379 511 487 560 805 11 686 655 916 863 667 535 432 492
Twite . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .
Lesser Redpoll 37 33 30 46 77 75 59 7 85 81 94 153 144 74 79 48
Crossbill 89 7 13 36 19 10 7 3 11 31 12 27 30 10 33 14
Bullfinch 91 64 71 92 95 78 105 4 108 119 171 214 120 143 119 130
Hawfinch . . . 2 . 2 1 . . . 2 1 1 . . .
Yellowhammer 82 79 91 82 92 108 107 . 112 97 113 122 118 121 110 98
Reed Bunting 37 33 45 37 53 68 70 2 65 59 56 70 91 90 66 74
Corn Bunting . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Total number of Species 121 128 121 128 134 132 133 79 136 134 144 139 143 134 136 131

 


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