Totals of individuals counted in Yorkshire and the Humber



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 83 87 105 131 137 142 133 21 125 133 148 171 193 225 204 211
Mute Swan 17 39 20 79 49 76 89 22 6 8 30 63 35 33 80 34
Whooper Swan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Pink-footed Goose . . . 1 2 . . . . . . 2 . . 3 3
Greylag Goose 19 12 6 59 84 64 54 5 93 129 105 127 276 262 195 360
Feral/hybrid Goose . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . 1 5 1
Canada Goose 18 61 79 81 57 52 136 24 111 172 127 176 313 322 282 377
Barnacle Goose . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
Brent Goose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 .
Shelduck 4 7 12 24 45 33 34 . 12 34 23 40 54 48 34 41
Carolina Wood Duck . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
Mandarin . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . 2 . 2
Wigeon 9 1 4 . . . 2 . 5 . 4 9 . . . .
Gadwall 3 . 1 . 7 4 4 7 . 3 6 . 4 5 3 4
Teal 11 2 2 6 4 . 3 1 . . 1 4 2 1 5 1
Mallard 138 197 235 371 354 394 366 116 356 333 452 438 468 555 570 752
Feral/hybrid mallard type . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 3 9 8
Pintail . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 2 .
Garganey . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . .
Shoveler . 1 . 2 2 2 7 . . . 1 2 . . 1 .
Pochard . . 2 2 8 . 18 7 . . 6 7 3 4 . 1
Tufted Duck 29 63 67 76 139 86 89 123 15 20 43 78 61 76 87 31
Scaup . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goldeneye . . . 35 1 . 1 . . . 1 3 . . . .
Goosander 2 11 13 8 9 17 9 4 5 7 6 1 13 11 13 17
Ruddy Duck . 4 3 10 7 . 3 1 . . . . 6 . . .
Helmeted Guineafowl . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . 3 . .
Red Grouse 145 113 101 141 136 135 130 1 164 150 154 171 199 243 284 211
Black Grouse . . . . . . . . 2 . 1 . 1 2 2 1
Red-legged Partridge 46 50 77 132 116 103 91 11 76 93 109 129 154 176 180 146
Grey Partridge 44 45 58 85 59 47 59 3 55 56 65 75 99 108 81 49
Quail . . 1 1 1 2 1 . 1 2 1 . . . 1 1
Pheasant 160 190 231 333 320 331 351 36 322 420 464 560 732 875 728 840
Peafowl . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 8 1 2 1
Little Grebe 1 3 2 5 8 11 5 1 2 . . 5 7 4 1 2
Great Crested Grebe 2 4 2 5 5 7 4 3 . 1 4 6 4 5 7 .
Black-necked Grebe . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . .
Fulmar . . . . . 1 1 . 1 . . . 4 . . 1
Gannet . . . . . . . . 10 2 6 . 6 4 1 7
Cormorant 7 3 17 12 16 17 19 7 10 18 23 15 17 17 24 14
Bittern . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 . . 1
Grey Heron 13 20 26 32 46 46 43 14 52 54 60 57 84 69 52 69
Spoonbill . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Red Kite . . . . . . 1 . . 5 5 6 9 14 14 11
Marsh Harrier . 1 . . . 2 2 . 1 3 2 6 4 1 6 3
Hen Harrier . . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . 1 .
Goshawk 3 2 1 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1
Sparrowhawk 11 6 11 19 18 17 16 6 18 12 22 27 35 18 21 15
Buzzard 1 . 2 5 7 3 5 . 6 16 7 13 21 22 30 36
Osprey . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kestrel 33 39 33 51 46 41 46 11 45 54 59 56 71 83 97 72
Merlin 3 4 3 4 2 2 4 . 3 2 1 2 5 3 2 8
Hobby . 1 . 1 . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . 1
Peregrine 3 2 5 2 . 1 2 . 5 2 . 6 4 4 3 2
Water Rail . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Moorhen 25 41 33 74 83 87 91 25 54 64 67 89 93 109 89 116
Coot 8 45 61 55 44 53 58 52 13 26 47 76 53 45 73 32
Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . .
Oystercatcher 18 29 43 59 69 66 64 2 77 105 115 151 211 160 132 160
Avocet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . .
Little Ringed Plover . . 1 3 8 4 3 1 3 4 . 1 3 1 . .
Ringed Plover . 1 . 16 2 . . 2 . 1 2 4 9 . . .
Dotterel . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Golden Plover 57 118 57 56 313 82 380 . 120 319 200 118 286 279 225 392
Grey Plover . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lapwing 251 497 409 683 569 739 668 63 804 685 801 787 960 1094 1138 983
Knot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Sanderling . . . . . 5 38 . 2 . 10 . . . . .
Dunlin 2 6 8 43 7 5 6 2 29 6 2 2 2 3 2 3
Ruff . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . .
Snipe 30 31 28 50 48 55 63 2 67 92 86 56 95 99 79 71
Woodcock . 4 . 1 . . 1 1 1 3 2 . 5 5 1 1
Black-tailed Godwit . . . 21 . 2 . . . . . . 3 . . .
Bar-tailed Godwit . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . .
Whimbrel . . . 1 . . 2 . . . 2 . 1 1 1 2
Curlew 316 319 343 360 449 476 439 2 477 431 536 601 733 850 665 705
Common Sandpiper 7 6 11 10 8 5 10 . 9 12 9 8 12 20 13 11
Green Sandpiper . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 2 .
Greenshank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Redshank 11 41 20 45 140 23 48 2 29 23 27 27 17 31 25 28
Turnstone . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . 4
Kittiwake . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . .
Black-headed Gull 3767 314 332 293 458 227 370 81 338 218 166 313 407 380 426 443
Common Gull 32 12 127 58 150 25 49 32 30 52 54 44 52 67 109 115
Lesser Black-backed Gull 50 61 40 112 84 132 67 6 198 86 50 62 76 126 90 223
Herring Gull 26 33 130 145 231 120 119 9 61 48 194 89 203 160 169 91
Great Black-backed Gull . . 4 19 13 51 8 1 3 5 3 3 10 13 11 28
Little Tern . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . .
Sandwich Tern . . . . 2 8 14 . 8 2 4 1 12 5 2 .
Common Tern . . . 2 1 7 2 3 4 1 4 2 5 . 7 1
Arctic Tern 1 1 . 1 . 2 4 3 . 1 1 . . 2 . 1
Guillemot . . . . 2 . . . . 1 . . 5 1 . .
Razorbill . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 52 . . .
Feral Pigeon 518 538 514 928 1136 1235 1282 285 1064 1127 697 919 917 875 932 870
Stock Dove 49 56 70 79 88 94 86 14 164 133 132 155 208 180 122 219
Woodpigeon 732 864 1296 1736 2118 1770 1801 351 1625 1782 2319 3349 3011 3939 4359 4049
Collared Dove 148 156 234 312 402 414 357 133 302 277 392 444 487 372 376 432
Turtle Dove 3 2 8 5 6 6 5 . 16 3 2 4 6 1 4 5
Cuckoo 52 55 55 55 41 50 43 5 46 42 68 62 52 57 49 36
Barn Owl . 2 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 3 4 9 12 11 14 16
Little Owl 2 5 7 11 7 5 9 3 6 7 14 11 20 14 9 12
Tawny Owl 2 3 5 9 8 8 7 . 5 7 7 6 6 6 . 6
Long-eared Owl . . . . . 2 . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 .
Short-eared Owl 3 4 9 . 3 9 3 . 12 9 9 8 12 7 10 8
Nightjar . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . .
Swift 478 469 385 551 641 990 740 376 472 475 815 719 858 591 692 691
Kingfisher . 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 5 3 6 3 . 4 6
Green Woodpecker 4 12 10 12 15 15 16 11 16 17 12 17 26 26 32 26
Great Spotted Woodpecker 13 21 15 21 30 30 50 5 42 39 50 57 64 73 88 71
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 2 1 3 1 . . . . . . . . 2 . .
Skylark 458 441 548 740 773 765 721 63 694 782 851 944 1095 1324 1246 1209
Sand Martin 13 31 123 164 64 157 237 62 105 94 192 148 226 226 179 150
Swallow 470 393 662 908 803 792 726 105 809 656 972 1159 1269 1298 1216 1394
House Martin 180 146 257 322 337 389 344 122 366 469 580 716 510 465 541 506
Tree Pipit 5 17 8 3 17 8 15 1 15 15 12 10 9 8 12 10
Meadow Pipit 606 559 636 611 723 801 788 19 953 966 982 1001 1322 1626 1622 1434
Yellow Wagtail 21 27 68 47 53 46 55 14 42 54 71 75 73 64 46 65
Grey Wagtail 8 11 11 13 12 18 16 4 13 23 23 18 22 42 27 30
Pied Wagtail 77 105 117 162 178 176 197 29 143 170 186 192 197 242 212 181
Waxwing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Dipper 6 2 2 4 3 6 4 . . 8 9 8 9 9 7 8
Wren 434 526 442 585 754 849 818 160 753 832 825 940 1029 1338 1332 1094
Dunnock 194 210 267 358 358 367 354 65 320 313 326 431 487 598 501 523
Robin 225 287 288 398 464 461 414 96 404 405 412 541 586 745 767 731
Black Redstart . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Redstart 7 20 18 16 21 16 16 . 15 19 14 16 30 30 19 19
Whinchat 7 5 . 1 . 3 1 . 4 4 4 2 2 8 1 5
Stonechat . 3 . 5 2 6 6 . 3 8 13 9 14 29 16 10
Wheatear 47 34 46 46 67 72 58 9 76 85 76 103 105 148 132 156
Ring Ouzel 10 5 5 4 11 8 5 . 9 17 21 17 21 24 23 21
Blackbird 591 635 788 1098 1256 1422 1315 338 1110 1257 1383 1769 1993 2288 2237 2118
Fieldfare 1 10 . 54 135 93 13 . 38 160 2 83 36 6 79 38
Song Thrush 99 105 128 183 206 210 204 60 153 229 245 293 322 327 446 387
Redwing . 1 . . . . 1 . . 38 . 1 . 20 . .
Mistle Thrush 82 80 99 103 147 178 143 28 151 184 138 174 146 191 194 177
Grasshopper Warbler 2 2 . 2 8 5 7 . . 1 . . 1 3 2 .
Sedge Warbler 22 43 61 59 48 32 48 21 20 35 36 31 41 69 84 66
Reed Warbler 2 4 . 11 14 5 7 . 1 10 13 6 24 21 19 27
Blackcap 65 78 86 134 128 148 108 48 109 121 150 209 221 219 223 188
Garden Warbler 17 16 28 23 28 20 29 10 16 16 21 27 25 26 37 32
Lesser Whitethroat 10 12 9 6 6 6 16 3 17 10 6 10 17 30 23 21
Whitethroat 97 126 126 213 196 163 175 57 147 173 225 221 273 289 305 295
Wood Warbler 1 3 . . 18 1 2 2 1 2 1 4 2 3 5 3
Chiffchaff 30 44 42 85 98 94 73 31 86 128 140 132 102 163 243 202
Willow Warbler 257 273 312 415 401 403 394 79 239 236 317 342 342 431 423 461
Goldcrest 36 36 36 40 45 44 40 4 25 34 41 36 36 64 93 27
Spotted Flycatcher 13 13 7 16 27 17 16 . 20 13 14 20 12 18 18 17
Pied Flycatcher . 1 1 1 3 3 2 . 2 1 1 4 5 2 1 1
Bearded Tit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Long-tailed Tit 43 50 63 77 106 101 68 34 90 99 136 135 149 178 151 162
Blue Tit 376 403 595 732 778 673 622 167 666 727 690 846 923 1051 1032 890
Great Tit 167 193 247 308 366 307 321 95 287 329 375 449 544 594 639 544
Coal Tit 31 42 46 76 53 44 45 8 56 45 66 68 70 100 107 104
Willow Tit 6 6 9 14 6 6 6 6 3 8 5 6 13 9 6 9
Marsh Tit 1 9 5 4 8 3 3 6 2 4 2 2 3 5 6 9
Nuthatch 7 6 9 8 9 9 5 3 25 20 12 15 8 29 33 31
Treecreeper 9 4 4 7 12 15 10 1 13 9 12 12 22 26 27 16
Jay 15 16 11 20 23 22 23 3 19 21 18 24 25 35 38 40
Magpie 221 218 252 317 413 353 377 125 292 281 299 354 348 397 364 393
Jackdaw 437 534 691 867 814 1145 1033 75 1011 952 1001 1093 1153 1475 1290 1558
Rook 1250 1159 1479 1931 1602 1792 1495 102 1348 1467 1662 1851 2511 2712 1762 2325
Carrion Crow 568 658 636 823 929 1010 843 136 823 869 1068 1225 1373 1739 1591 1683
Hooded Crow . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
Raven . 1 1 2 . . 13 . 2 6 1 6 9 8 15 12
Starling 1743 1749 2256 3046 2729 3284 2588 703 2215 1905 1978 1842 2413 2925 2481 1866
House Sparrow 746 597 950 1337 1434 1289 1106 313 1070 1089 1551 1622 1542 1590 1440 1465
Tree Sparrow 35 37 55 90 49 42 53 20 45 83 85 167 183 161 205 213
Chaffinch 563 571 746 970 1003 954 935 121 938 1021 1171 1442 1647 1865 1867 1733
Brambling . . . . 2 . . . . 1 . 3 1 . . .
Greenfinch 185 192 235 424 421 503 478 115 344 526 583 685 885 703 547 516
Goldfinch 144 157 219 282 259 264 300 62 305 306 332 444 457 593 630 803
Siskin 6 7 13 13 10 19 12 4 2 . 14 16 21 30 20 29
Linnet 273 316 379 503 487 611 584 146 433 529 502 561 591 527 603 561
Twite 7 1 6 8 9 9 10 . 5 5 2 . 7 2 4 .
Lesser Redpoll 9 7 71 9 81 6 8 . 22 8 9 19 19 21 12 17
Crossbill 1 . . 1 . . . . 4 3 . 4 36 9 12 12
Bullfinch 18 12 17 31 21 25 17 10 16 20 20 29 37 44 61 45
Yellowhammer 205 212 229 352 323 344 289 30 262 302 309 448 493 564 487 491
Reed Bunting 31 36 33 42 53 39 45 11 34 50 60 95 149 141 144 155
Corn Bunting 27 53 27 68 43 55 50 3 45 45 67 68 50 65 44 52
Total number of Species 113 123 117 132 127 124 134 98 123 132 134 132 140 136 134 137

 


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