BBS

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 (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	122	132	146	160	158	162	156	52	134	157	176	210	246	264
Mute Swan	178	52	123	196	118	113	172	14	77	132	102	205	203	181
Pink-footed Goose	.	.	1	4	.	.	.	.	.	14	.	6	.	.
Greylag Goose	34	64	71	117	120	197	137	11	163	184	155	124	439	347
Feral/hybrid Goose	.	.	.	.	.	1	25	1	2	1	.	.	5	7
Snow Goose	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
Canada Goose	232	223	167	263	239	210	429	115	211	346	321	451	438	425
Barnacle Goose	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	3	1
Red-breasted Goose	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Egyptian Goose	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Ruddy Shelduck	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2	.	1	.
Shelduck	34	24	26	26	29	29	23	18	46	33	28	40	50	31
Mandarin	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	2	.	.	1
Wigeon	22	22	.	5	1	1	3	.	.	3	18	7	7	12
Gadwall	4	12	14	13	9	9	15	5	.	9	1	11	12	14
Teal	.	6	8	2	2	2	6	.	6	2	6	3	.	.
Mallard	460	409	438	482	481	551	600	125	489	562	547	586	925	840
Feral/hybrid mallard type	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	5	9	7
Garganey	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	.
Shoveler	.	4	8	.	2	2	2	.	.	3	2	1	5	3
Red-crested Pochard	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pochard	.	6	6	9	1	5	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	5
Tufted Duck	82	135	183	145	123	140	104	42	115	151	127	86	167	152
Common Scoter	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Goldeneye	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Red-breasted Merganser	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
Goosander	.	8	.	7	13	.	4	.	3	16	.	.	1	.
Ruddy Duck	.	1	3	3	2	5	2	.	.	.	1	.	1	2
Red Grouse	42	30	95	113	80	84	73	.	38	35	52	73	46	32
Red-legged Partridge	145	199	228	229	197	240	223	62	203	243	277	238	273	350
Grey Partridge	49	84	93	99	95	50	68	16	70	66	85	69	103	93
Quail	6	2	.	5	3	1	.	3	.	.	.	3	4	4
Pheasant	392	472	479	418	462	488	493	168	543	656	796	777	963	1066
Little Grebe	12	11	6	2	6	4	5	12	13	17	5	15	20	19
Great Crested Grebe	26	45	20	26	49	45	43	10	29	21	32	25	32	42
Fulmar	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	200	.	.	.	.
Cormorant	28	38	26	44	53	55	64	6	27	53	52	56	53	37
Shag	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.
Little Egret	.	.	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
Grey Heron	53	77	63	55	53	82	55	15	76	86	74	92	111	123
Red Kite	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	1	3	5	3	8	12
Marsh Harrier	1	2	2	1	.	2	2	3	11	3	1	6	3	3
Hen Harrier	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3	.	.	.	.	.	.
Montagus Harrier	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	2	.	1
Goshawk	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.
Sparrowhawk	20	27	27	32	26	23	34	6	19	28	25	47	50	50
Buzzard	1	.	2	.	17	7	11	.	12	23	33	59	72	91
Osprey	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Kestrel	50	41	41	53	57	74	62	22	47	69	56	101	121	99
Merlin	.	.	.	1	.	1	1	.	.	.	2	.	.	.
Hobby	1	5	3	1	4	4	3	1	4	4	3	1	4	4
Peregrine	.	1	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	1	2	3	4	.
Water Rail	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.	.
Moorhen	87	122	111	101	115	130	102	39	98	136	126	158	171	166
Coot	91	94	91	94	111	118	137	22	134	120	118	170	246	145
Oystercatcher	7	11	6	10	9	17	11	2	12	16	22	17	21	29
Stone-curlew	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.
Little Ringed Plover	3	.	1	1	1	2	1	.	1	2	3	5	4	3
Ringed Plover	4	6	2	.	9	3	3	.	.	.	2	.	3	.
Dotterel	.	.	3	.	.	.	.	.	14	.	.	.	.	.
Golden Plover	346	11	30	19	76	16	69	32	205	55	222	57	31	183
Lapwing	174	256	187	250	240	251	318	43	333	465	446	423	518	829
Dunlin	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5	.	.	.
Snipe	15	7	3	2	1	3	3	3	4	13	7	2	3	6
Woodcock	.	.	.	1	.	2	1	.	2	2	2	.	2	1
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
Redshank	3	4	6	2	.	17	7	1	21	2	23	2	12	10
Greenshank	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Green Sandpiper	.	1	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Common Sandpiper	1	.	1	4	3	.	4	1	5	2	.	.	3	4
Little Gull	.	.	.	.	.	6	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Black-headed Gull	230	184	312	235	572	213	133	117	203	180	117	185	276	254
Common Gull	5	35	34	17	16	20	13	5	57	215	28	23	54	45
Lesser Black-backed Gull	32	34	40	61	85	85	22	8	48	157	117	44	75	64
Herring Gull	63	25	28	25	65	26	65	10	97	66	143	32	50	122
Great Black-backed Gull	14	4	3	4	8	14	10	5	3	47	6	1	6	23
Common Tern	7	13	25	93	49	44	-73	3	9	15	21	16	76	21
Arctic Tern	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Feral Pigeon	445	503	459	579	372	428	384	186	474	476	662	985	737	743
Stock Dove	196	209	476	366	223	145	170	48	179	215	278	207	286	235
Woodpigeon	3443	2420	3090	2888	3829	4075	3769	1275	3805	4155	4426	5318	5925	6828
Collared Dove	317	314	372	403	430	404	427	149	432	496	570	668	792	742
Turtle Dove	28	46	44	52	58	51	41	16	36	29	28	22	22	12
Cuckoo	113	99	113	124	111	101	83	20	61	59	101	77	106	76
Barn Owl	5	1	3	2	4	3	7	2	9	8	12	10	15	10
Little Owl	10	8	15	11	8	9	12	1	10	13	13	7	24	18
Tawny Owl	5	5	10	5	9	10	3	1	6	5	3	9	11	7
Long-eared Owl	1	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Short-eared Owl	.	.	2	1	.	1	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	1
Nightjar	.	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	.
Swift	584	752	516	476	585	848	613	379	445	452	692	752	642	692
Kingfisher	2	3	5	9	6	5	8	2	3	3	2	8	7	6
Green Woodpecker	23	16	24	18	35	37	23	10	33	54	82	60	86	107
Great Spotted Woodpecker	33	25	44	38	39	52	43	11	58	66	99	95	139	146
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	.	1	3	.	.	.	.	.	2	2	3	1	4	5
Woodlark	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	3	4	3	1	4
Skylark	855	1003	1114	1043	995	959	962	308	835	1004	1229	1266	1586	1644
Sand Martin	34	53	100	127	32	85	158	4	89	145	145	71	190	102
Swallow	456	437	519	587	545	518	632	219	486	608	770	1058	1138	1201
House Martin	205	390	246	267	219	262	374	255	172	333	298	395	401	481
Tree Pipit	13	10	12	15	12	24	17	11	33	22	36	31	41	48
Meadow Pipit	273	284	394	366	449	406	347	86	283	303	281	354	319	339
Yellow Wagtail	81	115	147	153	80	91	98	14	80	79	107	91	95	77
Grey Wagtail	4	3	4	2	7	12	11	1	12	11	12	21	25	24
Pied Wagtail	97	140	159	145	163	166	167	44	157	230	181	226	231	267
Waxwing	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Dipper	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
Wren	788	896	642	713	823	1011	1024	290	952	1122	1183	1520	1711	2033
Dunnock	463	510	424	421	439	509	503	122	465	536	637	789	894	960
Robin	562	527	654	537	572	651	737	222	655	798	855	1097	1303	1576
Nightingale	1	1	.	.	2	1	1	2	1	.	.	.	.	.
Black Redstart	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Redstart	7	14	20	19	15	14	10	6	22	13	9	18	28	24
Whinchat	2	.	.	3	5	5	4	.	5	.	.	1	.	.
Stonechat	.	.	.	1	.	4	.	.	.	2	2	.	2	3
Wheatear	11	4	39	26	13	11	20	15	12	5	14	17	29	49
Ring Ouzel	1	.	1	4	7	2	1	.	2	.	.	.	.	.
Blackbird	1106	1228	1347	1398	1525	1711	1691	625	1509	1837	2093	2502	2854	3375
Fieldfare	4	104	153	1	62	47	317	.	128	238	2	.	81	186
Song Thrush	197	178	167	163	199	242	219	90	245	265	350	413	502	528
Redwing	4	.	43	1	3	1	.	.	10	12	.	.	.	48
Mistle Thrush	108	122	167	119	166	195	193	47	157	211	197	230	241	250
Cettis Warbler	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	2
Grasshopper Warbler	2	3	3	5	6	2	2	.	3	1	4	2	5	9
Sedge Warbler	46	62	52	63	50	72	74	17	65	41	64	38	51	50
Marsh Warbler	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Reed Warbler	10	19	16	23	30	33	27	23	43	44	54	43	54	57
Blackcap	129	153	179	186	198	225	224	57	184	231	296	389	424	401
Garden Warbler	30	30	56	50	56	47	37	17	32	57	52	78	54	73
Lesser Whitethroat	38	35	37	26	26	31	44	9	64	25	46	52	65	65
Whitethroat	257	368	419	411	349	407	380	112	363	356	480	517	625	593
Wood Warbler	.	2	1	2	.	.	2	1	.	1	2	.	5	2
Chiffchaff	72	71	109	139	134	95	90	43	151	208	333	239	265	329
Willow Warbler	278	296	324	393	323	392	293	111	225	287	404	455	427	542
Goldcrest	30	28	48	59	44	66	66	10	55	54	44	64	79	118
Firecrest	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Spotted Flycatcher	14	11	16	12	11	8	7	3	9	6	7	9	7	5
Pied Flycatcher	.	.	1	2	1	1	1	2	7	1	1	.	2	2
Long-tailed Tit	117	130	109	166	170	261	187	57	214	164	268	205	328	369
Marsh Tit	21	23	17	22	15	19	21	15	39	29	31	28	23	16
Willow Tit	26	12	22	16	11	23	14	10	14	11	18	11	24	11
Coal Tit	67	54	59	82	79	87	55	29	91	95	111	128	146	144
Blue Tit	564	654	843	829	827	881	829	245	843	909	1107	1385	1626	1803
Great Tit	342	325	453	415	489	437	432	131	415	528	731	937	1247	1301
Nuthatch	11	15	18	13	19	17	11	6	19	20	27	31	50	43
Treecreeper	18	8	14	20	21	29	24	7	34	19	30	50	37	32
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
Magpie	329	361	460	423	400	444	452	116	363	388	457	587	651	773
Jackdaw	521	623	558	564	457	660	648	348	420	747	754	1067	1433	1877
Rook	1449	1464	1323	1511	1494	1924	1774	330	2209	1560	1975	2176	2526	3644
Carrion Crow	692	964	1086	1151	1101	1183	1055	311	861	1205	1380	1525	2233	2276
Hooded Crow	2	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	3	.	.	.	.	.
Raven	2	1	2	.	3	5	12	.	3	2	5	6	6	20
Starling	2454	3886	2857	3727	2880	3546	3149	1381	2483	2429	1914	3508	3560	4963
House Sparrow	1223	1626	1684	1751	1557	1759	1419	726	1450	1550	1838	2310	2368	2406
Tree Sparrow	85	73	104	103	81	95	86	30	104	125	171	153	184	198
Chaffinch	1070	1051	1276	1279	1360	1351	1312	398	1300	1660	1851	2414	2942	3006
Brambling	2	.	1	2	5	.	.	.	.	.	13	.	.	.
Greenfinch	349	509	497	542	521	612	617	219	573	616	861	1071	1359	1102
Goldfinch	194	273	326	256	250	272	256	136	250	288	372	483	641	692
Siskin	2	1	1	22	5	47	.	.	.	23	9	4	12	4
Linnet	766	768	528	630	653	591	576	242	512	596	768	641	502	575
Twite	.	.	.	2	.	1	1	.	.	1	.	.	1	.
Lesser Redpoll	5	3	29	18	46	29	36	.	40	2	8	.	6	2
Crossbill	.	.	4	4	42	.	.	.	19	5	3	2	.	.
Bullfinch	42	27	38	50	32	44	41	25	45	65	125	93	94	111
Hawfinch	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Snow Bunting	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Yellowhammer	569	559	581	630	588	680	624	182	555	677	686	771	914	873
Reed Bunting	79	77	93	92	75	123	111	17	97	130	158	170	214	254
Corn Bunting	40	57	48	46	28	50	36	12	20	27	34	44	49	27
Bar-headed Goose	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	.	1	.	.	.	1	.
Muscovy Duck	.	.	.	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Carolina Wood Duck	.	.	.	.	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Peafowl	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	5	2	8
Helmeted Guineafowl	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	6	.	.	1
Cockatiel	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.
Other cage bird species	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.
Total number of Species	118	120	122	125	126	128	133	103	124	132	128	121	129	131

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