Totals of individuals counted in East Midlands



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 122 133 146 161 159 162 156 52 134 158 176 211 247 268 239 247
Mute Swan 178 52 123 196 118 113 172 14 77 132 102 205 203 181 181 286
Black Swan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Pink-footed Goose . . 1 4 . . . . . 14 . 6 . . . .
Greylag Goose 34 64 71 117 120 197 137 11 163 184 155 124 439 364 320 754
Feral/hybrid Goose . . . . . 1 25 1 2 1 . . 5 7 . .
Bar-headed Goose . . . . . . 2 . 1 . . . 1 . . .
Snow Goose . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
Canada Goose 232 223 167 263 239 210 429 115 211 346 321 451 437 484 513 433
Barnacle Goose . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 . .
Red-breasted Goose . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Egyptian Goose . . . . . . 2 . . . . 1 . . . 2
Ruddy Shelduck . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . 1 . . .
Shelduck 34 24 26 26 29 29 23 18 46 33 28 40 50 31 7 31
Muscovy Duck . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Carolina Wood Duck . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . .
Mandarin . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . 1 9 3
Wigeon 22 22 . 5 1 1 3 . . 3 18 7 7 12 . 1
Gadwall 4 12 14 13 9 9 15 5 . 9 1 11 12 14 9 23
Teal . 6 8 2 2 2 6 . 6 2 6 3 . . . 2
Mallard 460 409 438 484 486 551 600 125 489 566 547 588 924 872 814 884
Feral/hybrid mallard type . . . . . . . . . 1 1 5 9 7 4 6
Garganey . . . . 1 1 . . . 2 . . . . . .
Shoveler . 4 8 . 2 2 2 . . 3 2 1 5 3 5 7
Red-crested Pochard . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pochard . 6 6 9 1 5 . . . 2 . . . 5 2 .
Tufted Duck 82 135 183 145 123 140 104 42 115 151 127 86 167 164 146 219
Common Scoter . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . .
Goldeneye . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Red-breasted Merganser . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 .
Goosander . 8 . 7 13 . 4 . 3 16 . . 1 . . 1
Ruddy Duck . 1 3 3 2 5 2 . . . 1 . 1 2 . .
Helmeted Guineafowl . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . 1 11 38
Red Grouse 42 30 95 113 80 84 73 . 38 35 52 73 46 32 43 50
Red-legged Partridge 145 199 228 231 199 240 223 62 203 243 277 240 276 357 280 277
Grey Partridge 49 84 93 99 95 50 68 16 70 72 85 69 103 93 57 80
Quail 6 2 . 5 3 1 . 3 . . . 3 4 4 . 2
Pheasant 392 472 479 419 467 488 493 168 543 657 795 780 965 1086 910 986
Peafowl . . . . . . . . . 1 1 5 2 8 15 12
Little Grebe 12 11 6 2 6 4 5 12 13 17 5 15 20 19 12 17
Great Crested Grebe 26 45 20 26 49 45 43 10 29 21 32 25 32 42 47 42
Fulmar . . . . . . . . . 200 . . . . . .
Cormorant 28 38 26 44 53 55 64 6 27 53 52 56 53 38 39 44
Shag . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . .
Little Egret . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . 1 3 7
Grey Heron 53 77 63 55 53 82 55 15 76 86 74 93 114 128 98 89
Red Kite . . . 1 1 . . . 1 3 5 3 8 12 12 16
Marsh Harrier 1 2 2 1 . 2 2 3 11 3 1 6 3 3 7 5
Hen Harrier . . . . . . 2 3 . . . . . . . .
Montagus Harrier . . . . . . . . 1 1 . 2 . 1 2 .
Goshawk . . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . 1 .
Sparrowhawk 20 27 27 32 26 23 34 6 19 28 25 47 50 50 34 22
Buzzard 1 . 2 . 17 7 11 . 12 23 33 59 73 92 128 134
Osprey . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . .
Kestrel 50 41 41 53 58 74 62 22 47 69 56 102 122 104 131 103
Merlin . . . 1 . 1 1 . . . 2 . . . . .
Hobby 1 5 3 1 4 4 3 1 4 4 3 1 4 4 9 6
Peregrine . 1 . . . 1 1 . . 1 2 3 4 . 5 4
Water Rail . 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . . 1 .
Moorhen 87 122 111 102 116 130 102 39 98 136 126 158 171 174 188 207
Coot 91 94 91 94 111 118 137 22 134 120 118 170 246 151 211 247
Oystercatcher 7 11 6 10 9 17 11 2 12 16 22 17 21 30 19 23
Stone-curlew . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . .
Little Ringed Plover 3 . 1 1 1 2 1 . 1 2 3 5 4 3 1 .
Ringed Plover 4 6 2 . 9 3 3 . . . 2 . 3 2 7 4
Dotterel . . 3 . . . . . 14 . . . . . . .
Golden Plover 346 11 30 19 76 16 69 32 205 55 222 57 31 183 60 63
Lapwing 174 256 187 250 240 251 318 43 333 465 440 424 518 841 367 446
Dunlin . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . 1 .
Snipe 15 7 3 2 1 3 3 3 4 13 7 2 3 6 12 8
Woodcock . . . 1 . 2 1 . 2 2 2 . 2 1 . 2
Black-tailed Godwit . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . .
Bar-tailed Godwit . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Whimbrel 2 6 . . 2 2 2 . . . . . 1 . . .
Curlew 20 47 47 35 32 34 37 8 53 57 51 64 55 86 75 81
Common Sandpiper 1 . 1 4 3 . 4 1 5 2 . . 3 4 3 3
Green Sandpiper . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1
Greenshank . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1
Redshank 3 4 6 2 . 17 7 1 21 2 23 2 12 10 5 5
Black-headed Gull 230 184 312 235 572 213 133 117 203 180 117 185 276 254 342 245
Little Gull . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . .
Common Gull 5 35 34 17 16 20 13 5 57 215 28 23 54 45 143 36
Lesser Black-backed Gull 32 34 40 61 85 85 22 8 48 157 117 44 75 64 74 210
Herring Gull 63 25 28 25 65 26 65 10 97 66 143 32 50 122 93 65
Great Black-backed Gull 14 4 3 4 8 14 10 5 3 47 6 1 6 23 15 4
Common Tern 7 13 25 93 49 44 -73 3 9 15 21 16 76 21 27 26
Arctic Tern . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Feral Pigeon 445 503 459 579 374 428 384 186 474 476 662 985 737 749 693 519
Stock Dove 196 209 476 366 223 145 170 48 179 215 278 207 287 237 241 263
Woodpigeon 3443 2420 3090 2904 3846 4075 3769 1275 3805 4290 4394 5368 5959 6945 7444 7348
Collared Dove 317 314 372 407 433 404 427 149 432 496 570 672 795 762 734 793
Turtle Dove 28 46 44 52 58 51 41 16 36 29 28 22 22 12 11 13
Cockatiel . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . .
Cuckoo 113 99 113 124 112 101 83 20 61 59 101 77 106 76 56 73
Barn Owl 5 1 3 2 4 3 7 2 9 8 12 10 15 10 16 15
Little Owl 10 8 15 11 8 9 12 1 10 13 13 7 24 18 13 9
Tawny Owl 5 5 10 5 9 10 3 1 6 5 3 9 11 7 8 12
Long-eared Owl 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Short-eared Owl . . 2 1 . 1 1 . . . . 1 . 1 . 1
Nightjar . . . . 2 . . . . . 1 . 1 . . .
Swift 584 752 516 476 587 848 613 379 445 452 692 752 644 692 549 589
Kingfisher 2 3 5 9 6 5 8 2 3 3 2 8 7 6 6 9
Green Woodpecker 23 16 24 18 35 37 23 10 33 54 82 60 86 107 120 108
Great Spotted Woodpecker 33 25 44 38 39 52 43 11 58 66 99 94 139 150 159 141
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker . 1 3 . . . . . 2 2 3 1 4 5 3 2
Woodlark . . . . . . . . 2 3 4 3 1 4 2 2
Skylark 855 1003 1114 1047 1001 959 962 308 835 1011 1219 1276 1590 1656 1462 1470
Sand Martin 34 53 100 127 32 85 158 4 89 145 145 71 190 102 98 82
Swallow 456 437 519 590 549 518 632 219 486 610 769 1065 1145 1232 1185 1243
House Martin 205 390 246 267 219 262 374 255 172 333 298 395 406 491 473 368
Tree Pipit 13 10 12 15 12 24 17 11 33 22 36 31 41 48 29 41
Meadow Pipit 273 284 394 366 449 406 347 86 283 303 281 354 319 339 413 326
Yellow Wagtail 81 115 147 154 81 91 98 14 80 79 105 91 95 79 79 77
Grey Wagtail 4 3 4 2 7 12 11 1 12 11 12 21 25 24 25 17
Pied Wagtail 97 140 159 146 165 166 167 44 157 231 181 229 232 273 245 229
Waxwing . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dipper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 2
Wren 788 896 642 715 831 1011 1024 290 952 1131 1182 1522 1714 2058 1811 1560
Dunnock 463 510 424 423 444 509 503 122 465 542 632 794 895 972 842 865
Robin 562 527 654 537 574 651 737 222 655 801 855 1099 1305 1596 1560 1480
Nightingale 1 1 . . 2 1 1 2 1 . . . . . 1 .
Black Redstart 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Redstart 7 14 20 19 15 14 10 6 22 13 9 18 28 24 25 30
Whinchat 2 . . 3 5 5 4 . 5 . . 1 . . 3 5
Stonechat . . . 1 . 4 . . . 2 2 . 2 3 3 2
Wheatear 11 4 39 26 13 11 20 15 12 5 14 17 29 49 17 37
Ring Ouzel 1 . 1 4 7 2 1 . 2 . . . . . 2 4
Blackbird 1106 1228 1347 1403 1529 1711 1691 625 1509 1842 2089 2508 2857 3424 3218 3184
Fieldfare 4 104 153 1 62 47 317 . 128 238 1 . 81 186 1391 65
Song Thrush 197 178 167 163 199 242 219 90 245 266 350 413 502 536 509 558
Redwing 4 . 43 1 3 1 . . 10 12 . . . 48 . .
Mistle Thrush 108 122 167 119 166 195 193 47 157 211 197 230 241 255 234 211
Cettis Warbler . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . 2
Grasshopper Warbler 2 3 3 5 7 2 2 . 3 1 4 2 5 9 7 7
Sedge Warbler 46 62 52 63 50 72 74 17 65 41 64 42 51 50 53 74
Marsh Warbler . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Reed Warbler 10 19 16 23 30 33 27 23 43 44 54 43 54 57 46 52
Blackcap 129 153 179 186 198 225 224 57 184 231 296 390 423 409 359 444
Garden Warbler 30 30 56 50 56 47 37 17 32 57 52 78 54 73 63 65
Lesser Whitethroat 38 35 37 26 26 31 44 9 64 26 45 52 65 65 65 64
Whitethroat 257 368 419 413 351 407 380 112 363 356 480 517 627 601 561 617
Wood Warbler . 2 1 2 . . 2 1 . 1 2 . 5 2 6 4
Chiffchaff 72 71 109 139 134 95 90 43 151 208 333 238 265 333 408 418
Willow Warbler 278 296 324 393 323 392 293 111 225 287 402 453 427 543 433 468
Goldcrest 30 28 48 59 44 66 66 10 55 54 44 64 79 119 100 42
Firecrest . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Spotted Flycatcher 14 11 16 12 11 8 7 3 9 6 7 9 7 6 6 11
Pied Flycatcher . . 1 2 1 1 1 2 7 1 1 . 2 2 . 1
Long-tailed Tit 117 130 109 166 170 261 187 57 214 164 268 205 330 370 327 272
Blue Tit 564 654 843 832 832 881 829 245 843 915 1107 1388 1629 1813 1528 1415
Great Tit 342 325 453 415 494 437 432 131 415 530 731 941 1250 1311 1124 1091
Coal Tit 67 54 59 82 79 87 55 29 91 95 111 128 146 144 146 153
Willow Tit 26 12 22 16 11 23 14 10 14 11 18 11 24 11 10 7
Marsh Tit 21 23 17 22 15 19 21 15 39 29 31 28 23 16 17 22
Nuthatch 11 15 18 13 19 17 11 6 19 20 27 31 50 45 34 57
Treecreeper 18 8 14 20 21 29 24 7 34 19 30 50 37 33 39 31
Golden Oriole 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Red-backed Shrike . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . .
Great Grey Shrike . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jay 37 30 44 30 30 35 33 17 34 44 44 43 76 57 52 65
Magpie 329 361 460 427 406 444 452 116 363 393 457 591 656 783 704 646
Jackdaw 521 623 558 564 458 660 648 348 420 747 754 1067 1433 1935 1723 1812
Rook 1449 1464 1323 1512 1494 1924 1774 330 2209 1560 1973 2182 2526 3763 3218 2835
Carrion Crow 692 964 1086 1156 1111 1183 1055 311 861 1210 1380 1531 2248 2292 2029 2101
Hooded Crow 2 . . . 1 . . . 3 . . . . . . .
Raven 2 1 2 . 3 5 12 . 3 2 5 6 6 20 14 9
Starling 2454 3886 2857 3729 2882 3546 3149 1381 2483 2431 1914 3508 3560 5004 3736 2404
House Sparrow 1223 1626 1684 1764 1569 1759 1419 726 1450 1551 1832 2318 2371 2424 2124 2112
Tree Sparrow 85 73 104 103 86 95 86 30 104 126 171 155 184 199 191 161
Chaffinch 1070 1051 1276 1288 1374 1351 1312 398 1300 1674 1847 2429 2962 3041 2612 2878
Brambling 2 . 1 2 5 . . . . . 13 . . . 2 .
Greenfinch 349 509 497 543 528 612 617 219 573 616 861 1075 1363 1128 887 896
Goldfinch 194 273 326 256 251 272 256 136 250 288 371 483 641 700 789 905
Siskin 2 1 1 22 5 47 . . . 23 9 4 12 4 34 17
Linnet 766 768 528 632 657 591 576 242 512 596 767 641 502 579 559 687
Twite . . . 2 . 1 1 . . 1 . . 1 . . 2
Lesser Redpoll 5 3 29 18 46 29 36 . 40 2 8 . 6 2 1 75
Crossbill . . 4 4 42 . . . 19 5 3 2 . . 9 2
Bullfinch 42 27 38 50 33 44 41 25 45 65 125 93 94 111 117 116
Hawfinch . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Snow Bunting . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Yellowhammer 569 559 581 636 596 680 624 182 555 685 679 775 919 881 829 841
Reed Bunting 79 77 93 92 76 123 111 17 97 130 158 170 214 255 235 265
Corn Bunting 40 57 48 46 28 50 36 12 20 27 34 44 49 27 23 28
Other cage bird species . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . . .
Total number of Species 118 120 122 125 126 128 133 103 124 132 128 121 129 132 131 134

 


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