Totals of individuals counted in South West England



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 204 236 252 288 294 309 292 35 283 294 303 336 440 460
Mute Swan 82 682 590 612 816 695 761 4 722 780 684 782 753 845
Whooper Swan . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . .
Pink-footed Goose . . . . . . . . 5 1 . . . .
Greylag Goose . 1 2 7 8 . 1 . 8 13 . 2 22 4
Feral/hybrid Goose . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 12
Snow Goose . . . 1 5 1 4 . . . . . . .
Canada Goose 85 165 189 158 213 202 274 5 511 793 578 464 586 1187
Barnacle Goose . 2 1 2 . 2 1 . 1 4 6 . . 1
Brent Goose . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Red-breasted Goose . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
Ruddy Shelduck . . 2 . . . 1 . . . . . . .
Shelduck 47 157 265 176 190 128 153 2 89 92 96 1317 594 226
Mandarin . 12 1 4 . 4 2 . 4 9 5 . 5 3
Wigeon . 1 . 22 . . . . . 1 . 3 1 4
Gadwall 9 12 17 7 15 7 5 1 7 6 12 5 3 3
Teal . 1 19 14 5 . 5 . 6 4 10 2 22 6
Mallard 341 410 634 734 697 846 969 131 874 777 1112 998 1208 1421
Feral/hybrid mallard type . . . . . 1 . 2 2 6 13 5 17 14
Pintail . 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . 1 .
Garganey . . 2 . . . . . . 1 . 1 3 .
Shoveler . 1 4 . 1 5 . . . 23 1 2 16 4
Pochard 14 2 4 5 2 2 2 . 1 1 10 9 6 32
Ring-necked Duck . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . .
Tufted Duck 30 29 28 118 57 50 99 . 49 135 162 139 77 175
Scaup . . . 5 . . . . . 1 . . . .
Eider 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 11 .
Long-tailed Duck . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . .
Goldeneye 2 . 1 . 2 . 1 . 1 . . . . .
Red-breasted Merganser . 1 8 5 4 . 6 . . 2 . 2 . 10
Goosander . 2 5 . 8 . 4 . 9 7 5 2 10 .
Ruddy Duck 3 . . 3 1 5 6 . 6 3 5 6 3 8
Red Grouse . 5 1 . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1
Red-legged Partridge 45 38 70 84 86 79 82 11 124 140 189 204 211 208
Grey Partridge 34 21 39 31 29 25 27 . 22 22 17 24 46 25
Quail 2 1 1 13 14 3 4 . . 1 4 10 1 1
Pheasant 567 619 797 817 820 964 1161 79 1015 1232 1277 1480 1936 2124
Golden Pheasant . . 1 . . . 2 . . . . . 1 .
Red-throated Diver . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
Great Northern Diver . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . .
Little Grebe 8 6 7 10 10 30 10 . 15 12 12 9 15 24
Great Crested Grebe 10 20 24 25 19 37 24 . 50 25 31 26 23 36
Fulmar 6 2 2 7 14 15 16 . 10 2 7 14 10 20
Manx Shearwater . . 100 . 81 3 . . . 1 . . . .
Gannet 8 6 9 . 9 4 . 1 4 4 11 7 6 107
Cormorant 67 53 73 84 74 97 67 11 101 72 68 105 74 85
Shag 100 201 203 6 251 38 6 . 1 . . . 1 9
Little Egret 4 2 11 2 1 2 1 . 13 9 21 42 48 51
Grey Heron 62 96 107 114 81 122 97 8 112 133 115 132 164 194
Purple Heron . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Honey Buzzard . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Red Kite . . 1 . . . . . . . 2 2 3 6
Marsh Harrier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Hen Harrier . . . 1 2 . . . . . . . 1 .
Montagus Harrier . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . 2
Goshawk 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 . 2 1 1 2 2 1
Sparrowhawk 45 30 39 42 49 59 50 8 37 52 49 64 61 63
Buzzard 186 192 254 271 315 306 351 24 356 342 366 418 583 511
Osprey . . 1 . . . 1 . . . 1 . . .
Kestrel 74 71 74 89 101 85 81 8 63 93 78 111 126 126
Merlin . . . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . 3
Hobby 2 3 8 6 6 4 5 . 10 8 6 8 14 12
Peregrine . . 4 3 7 3 4 . 6 11 4 12 13 19
Water Rail . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . .
Moorhen 70 74 86 92 88 141 97 10 85 97 104 115 174 166
Coot 36 102 126 85 147 229 156 1 134 235 223 218 220 176
Crane . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Oystercatcher 48 56 38 29 15 29 20 2 18 5 12 108 248 32
Avocet . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
Stone-curlew . 1 1 1 . . . . 2 . 1 1 . 2
Little Ringed Plover . . . 1 . . . . . . . 2 1 .
Ringed Plover 2 10 12 7 13 4 22 . 3 2 7 13 23 30
Golden Plover . 1 . . . 30 . . . 4 2 . . .
Grey Plover . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Lapwing 127 376 217 168 93 99 86 4 110 113 94 119 186 145
Knot . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . .
Sanderling . 4 50 2 . . . . . . . 4 . .
Dunlin . 64 47 1 13 5 8 . 1 3 7 19 20 .
Snipe 13 5 1 7 3 4 4 . 8 5 1 7 9 14
Woodcock . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 1
Black-tailed Godwit . . 15 . . . 7 . . . . . 1 .
Bar-tailed Godwit 1 . . . 5 2 2 . . . . . . .
Whimbrel 14 24 76 39 19 67 31 . 16 24 28 33 31 21
Curlew 27 85 76 56 38 32 21 1 50 10 17 53 46 17
Redshank 9 14 5 3 44 . 5 . . . 1 3 2 24
Greenshank . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . .
Green Sandpiper 1 1 . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . .
Common Sandpiper 1 6 9 1 4 3 4 . . 3 5 5 5 1
Turnstone 11 14 22 1 4 . . . . . 1 . . .
Black-headed Gull 291 191 264 139 139 125 231 58 351 240 388 272 476 404
Common Gull 4 19 15 129 38 29 9 . 11 53 49 11 20 42
Lesser Black-backed Gull 500 448 632 857 1034 864 782 153 773 768 1427 1083 1192 1420
Herring Gull 1015 1025 1796 1142 1605 1357 1540 185 2145 1670 2587 3807 2607 3555
Great Black-backed Gull 131 17 46 36 63 104 38 10 84 36 58 66 50 88
Kittiwake 7 2 2 1 2 2 1 . . . . 2 290 114
Sandwich Tern . 6 23 27 8 19 14 . 20 1 16 38 5 25
Common Tern 8 64 42 3 16 19 24 1 36 24 50 15 82 26
Arctic Tern . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . .
Black Tern . . 1 . 15 . . . . . . . . .
Guillemot . . 5 . 3 . . . . . . 1 . .
Razorbill . . 2 . 1 . . . . . . 2 3 2
Feral Pigeon 343 522 723 963 1113 825 657 556 610 852 879 680 1007 1136
Stock Dove 212 263 404 388 336 411 407 16 302 303 335 317 416 469
Woodpigeon 3105 3300 3850 4574 4665 4943 4739 730 5089 5059 5461 5959 8492 9139
Collared Dove 415 472 569 701 688 714 699 138 704 701 827 791 957 962
Turtle Dove 10 7 12 13 9 11 8 . 8 8 9 15 7 8
Cuckoo 157 171 186 158 116 143 130 8 85 84 94 93 107 117
Barn Owl 1 2 . . 4 2 5 1 4 1 6 4 10 8
Little Owl 10 11 16 17 7 16 15 1 15 9 12 13 15 13
Tawny Owl 7 12 9 6 16 12 8 . 10 11 10 23 11 23
Long-eared Owl . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Nightjar 2 . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 .
Swift 1022 1175 1395 1525 1450 1198 1316 283 868 1232 1181 1019 1143 1143
Kingfisher 5 6 7 7 14 8 4 2 12 12 5 8 23 20
Green Woodpecker 104 122 138 146 169 154 184 13 152 184 204 219 288 223
Great Spotted Woodpecker 86 88 116 140 127 163 159 10 178 183 223 267 388 452
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 2 5 3 6 4 7 1 . 3 4 1 2 5 7
Woodlark 9 3 5 5 1 3 4 . 1 3 3 8 11 7
Skylark 926 1177 1159 1280 1351 1406 1356 114 1179 1251 1410 1863 2012 1994
Sand Martin 22 20 24 25 11 19 33 4 45 6 12 48 385 71
Swallow 1015 920 1411 1449 1430 1836 1694 103 1651 1554 2314 2468 3729 4297
House Martin 813 911 1014 1104 874 1050 1096 167 1173 1160 1388 1299 1670 1876
Tree Pipit 29 19 21 29 21 25 21 3 14 15 15 17 33 28
Meadow Pipit 98 114 179 203 270 301 282 16 322 358 387 462 478 428
Rock Pipit 27 9 9 9 11 4 15 . 8 14 . 1 6 6
Yellow Wagtail 8 10 18 19 14 3 17 . 17 9 17 8 34 13
Grey Wagtail 35 42 33 26 31 27 49 6 67 65 43 54 55 69
Pied Wagtail 165 188 221 204 253 243 235 22 235 237 280 342 339 382
Dipper 2 4 4 1 5 7 2 . . 3 5 9 12 11
Wren 2084 2603 2082 2307 2745 3431 3429 387 3106 3258 3216 3736 4085 4804
Dunnock 633 853 894 928 929 1110 1109 160 1080 1241 1245 1402 1659 1811
Robin 1395 1620 1895 1889 2003 2262 2131 256 2236 2437 2486 2664 3454 3757
Nightingale 3 3 2 3 4 2 1 3 4 . 3 3 3 4
Black Redstart . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 1
Redstart 8 11 12 12 14 12 12 1 7 10 10 13 16 17
Whinchat 9 6 10 8 11 27 14 . 10 21 12 23 28 26
Stonechat 17 27 24 9 35 30 46 4 63 69 88 83 94 98
Wheatear 14 25 50 72 70 75 41 19 59 36 95 76 70 98
Ring Ouzel 2 3 . 2 . 3 1 . . . 2 . 2 .
Blackbird 2064 2497 2885 3123 3315 3781 3418 561 3669 3926 4078 4722 5329 5825
Fieldfare . 86 50 11 6 4 127 . 10 57 75 . 67 29
Song Thrush 494 572 671 634 725 862 841 81 885 980 1021 1115 1413 1455
Redwing . . 9 . . 2 1 . 6 . . . 4 13
Mistle Thrush 218 214 259 264 288 265 230 28 259 261 220 243 298 327
Cettis Warbler 5 8 9 4 3 6 7 . 6 4 7 11 13 19
Grasshopper Warbler 1 10 7 4 14 4 15 1 19 12 16 22 25 13
Sedge Warbler 36 51 90 97 63 81 69 . 85 84 115 106 155 167
Marsh Warbler . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Reed Warbler 23 37 61 52 56 65 55 . 46 51 89 90 127 129
Blackcap 360 392 410 546 662 750 693 61 720 671 813 970 1129 1254
Garden Warbler 70 71 86 102 101 98 87 11 85 74 79 106 132 172
Lesser Whitethroat 38 31 37 33 46 64 46 2 41 49 44 51 79 108
Whitethroat 280 340 481 455 457 466 503 67 589 461 614 625 907 945
Dartford Warbler 11 4 6 6 11 6 7 2 9 7 12 7 16 16
Wood Warbler 28 5 17 16 16 18 18 2 15 16 9 11 15 33
Chiffchaff 607 735 787 970 1142 799 883 97 920 1218 1470 1100 1253 1752
Willow Warbler 410 473 452 507 498 568 549 38 386 365 380 449 575 604
Goldcrest 139 229 205 214 212 333 329 35 308 334 334 461 441 558
Firecrest . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . .
Spotted Flycatcher 29 21 36 34 44 53 44 3 29 34 50 35 69 48
Pied Flycatcher 4 3 2 1 1 1 5 . 3 2 . 5 3 1
Bearded Tit . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . .
Long-tailed Tit 247 211 233 229 256 268 348 34 321 320 407 369 530 616
Marsh Tit 33 36 37 68 25 49 47 3 52 45 54 78 60 83
Willow Tit 17 9 7 11 10 26 15 . 2 15 8 8 14 6
Coal Tit 137 161 173 199 168 209 225 20 236 219 238 304 344 374
Blue Tit 1474 1679 2006 2247 2189 2206 2010 226 2099 2216 2333 2714 3386 3319
Great Tit 707 753 928 1123 1116 1167 1216 82 1246 1311 1457 1699 2481 2369
Nuthatch 78 57 88 92 101 113 126 6 139 158 183 212 263 250
Treecreeper 44 43 59 80 59 65 50 2 68 80 66 78 108 78
Golden Oriole . . . 1 . . . . . 1 . . . .
Red-backed Shrike . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Jay 112 109 115 136 116 115 121 16 138 149 151 155 240 249
Magpie 775 905 952 1114 1081 1190 1169 135 1072 1004 1092 1255 1419 1618
Chough . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Jackdaw 1750 1989 2260 2461 2545 2764 2623 222 2457 2712 2915 3214 4972 4976
Rook 3459 4226 5003 5213 6315 6996 5089 464 4056 4159 5058 5046 8376 8221
Carrion Crow 1839 2153 3359 2909 3275 3466 3493 284 3192 3287 3291 3695 5484 5269
Raven 25 139 232 50 47 56 50 1 95 127 164 175 173 231
Starling 4131 4572 4965 5756 4558 4973 4125 644 3601 3131 3180 3379 3807 3452
House Sparrow 2057 2259 2693 2908 2589 2613 2451 582 2708 2914 3490 3534 4293 4196
Tree Sparrow 16 16 5 47 6 16 3 . 3 2 17 20 25 11
Chaffinch 2211 2465 2866 3072 3038 3289 3118 338 3071 3106 3330 3578 4794 4904
Brambling . . 1 5 1 4 . . . . . 5 1 1
Serin 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Greenfinch 905 1166 1293 1449 1699 1657 1769 232 1720 1718 1900 2137 2788 2430
Goldfinch 480 543 841 674 595 808 856 90 844 1011 1045 1178 1371 1484
Siskin 3 36 3 5 16 11 22 . 22 11 15 42 42 96
Linnet 746 873 938 940 861 944 972 86 1204 1050 1020 1237 1350 1048
Lesser Redpoll . 4 4 14 49 14 44 . 16 6 23 78 27 35
Crossbill 16 2 3 82 51 5 8 . 4 58 2 6 49 3
Bullfinch 149 119 160 191 98 143 129 5 171 195 189 252 217 246
Hawfinch . . 1 . . 2 . . . . . . . .
Yellowhammer 512 535 524 655 664 684 631 93 582 619 584 744 873 883
Cirl Bunting 7 3 6 4 9 3 . . 2 3 6 8 14 12
Reed Bunting 30 40 63 65 43 50 58 1 42 61 64 90 101 116
Corn Bunting 42 62 88 87 62 81 68 17 68 41 68 73 112 106
Black Swan . . 2 1 2 6 7 . 3 2 3 3 5 4
Bar-headed Goose . . . . . . . . 1 . 2 . . 2
Muscovy Duck . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . .
Carolina Wood Duck . . . 1 . . . . 1 1 . . . .
Peafowl . . 1 7 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 5 6 7
Helmeted Guineafowl . . . . . . . . . 5 . 2 12 .
Harris Hawk . . 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Total number of Species 130 146 156 151 150 147 143 88 138 145 142 145 155 151

 


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