Number of 1km squares in which each species
was recorded in South Scotland



These figures show the total number of squares in which a given species was recorded at least once in a particular year. They provide as useful indication of which species are widely distributed and which have more restricted distributions. For comparative purposes the data can be used to calculate the frequency of occurrence of each species by dividing the number of squares occupied 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 distributions 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.
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Species 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Total No squares surveyed 111 133 146 153 155 148 139 40 140 151 163 182 200 253
Mute Swan 8 10 6 9 8 11 12 2 12 15 11 16 15 18
Whooper Swan . 1 . . . . . . . 3 1 . 2 3
Pink-footed Goose . 1 2 1 . 3 4 . 1 2 2 . 5 4
White-fronted Goose . . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 1
Greylag Goose 4 4 3 6 5 6 8 5 7 7 6 11 15 19
Canada Goose 1 2 5 2 3 3 5 4 4 6 4 6 9 6
Barnacle Goose . . . . . . . . . . 2 . 1 2
Brent Goose . . 3 . . . . . 1 . . . . 1
Shelduck 5 5 5 9 10 6 7 1 9 10 8 12 9 13
Wigeon . . . . 1 . 2 . 1 1 . . 2 2
Gadwall 1 1 . . 2 3 . . 1 . 1 1 1 3
Teal 3 7 7 3 3 7 3 1 . 6 3 6 4 5
Mallard 36 50 49 50 63 71 57 8 48 64 69 72 80 87
Pintail . . 2 . . . 1 . . . . . . .
Shoveler . 1 . . . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . .
Red-crested Pochard . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . .
Pochard . . . 1 1 1 . . . . . . . 1
Tufted Duck 8 8 9 9 8 9 7 2 11 7 7 9 10 9
Eider 4 3 3 4 4 2 3 3 5 3 6 6 7 8
Common Scoter . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
Goldeneye 1 1 . . . 1 2 . 2 2 1 1 3 2
Red-breasted Merganser 1 . 1 . 5 3 2 . 1 1 1 2 4 4
Goosander 6 4 8 4 11 12 9 . 4 7 8 7 12 10
Red Grouse 16 20 18 22 25 22 22 5 20 20 18 12 14 28
Ptarmigan 1 1 1 . . . 1 . 2 1 . . . 1
Black Grouse 3 7 7 10 6 6 5 1 2 1 5 2 6 8
Red-legged Partridge . 2 2 4 5 2 6 1 3 3 10 7 10 15
Grey Partridge 10 17 24 23 26 13 16 6 20 8 15 12 18 27
Quail . 1 . . 4 3 1 1 . . 1 2 2 1
Pheasant 45 59 71 72 77 61 65 19 62 73 90 106 114 135
Red-throated Diver 3 3 1 2 1 4 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 .
Black-throated Diver 1 . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . . .
Great Northern Diver . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 2
Little Grebe 2 4 2 3 4 2 5 1 2 4 4 5 7 8
Great Crested Grebe 3 2 2 3 2 1 . . . . 2 1 2 .
Fulmar 3 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 4 4 3 3
Gannet 1 2 1 2 2 . . 1 1 . 3 4 4 4
Cormorant 4 3 3 3 2 7 12 2 8 7 12 14 12 16
Shag . . 2 1 1 1 1 1 . 2 3 6 6 5
Grey Heron 16 22 21 28 35 31 34 11 29 35 28 40 48 47
Red Kite . . . 1 . . 1 . 3 2 2 2 4 5
White-tailed Eagle . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 . .
Hen Harrier 1 3 2 4 5 7 4 2 . 1 1 1 2 5
Goshawk 1 . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . 1 1
Sparrowhawk 11 10 10 14 16 13 7 2 15 10 11 11 23 23
Buzzard 29 45 52 61 68 72 69 16 69 91 93 97 97 139
Golden Eagle 3 1 7 2 1 2 . . 2 2 1 . . .
Osprey . 1 . 1 3 1 3 . 2 3 2 1 1 4
Kestrel 30 31 21 29 32 20 15 8 28 30 44 35 34 36
Merlin 2 . . 3 4 1 . . 3 2 1 1 1 2
Hobby . . . . 1 1 . . . . . . . .
Peregrine 5 2 3 7 2 6 4 1 6 6 4 1 4 7
Water Rail . . . . 1 . 1 . . 1 3 1 2 1
Corncrake 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2
Moorhen 10 10 8 15 15 13 9 3 7 12 14 12 14 16
Coot 7 7 6 9 11 8 9 4 8 9 11 6 11 11
Oystercatcher 47 57 60 67 71 67 59 14 62 70 80 84 87 101
Ringed Plover 3 . 2 3 1 2 2 1 . 1 1 1 2 7
Dotterel 2 . 1 . 1 1 . . 1 . . . . .
Golden Plover 10 5 6 10 7 8 15 2 5 8 4 3 11 15
Grey Plover . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
Lapwing 39 40 49 51 53 52 50 10 48 53 49 51 60 63
Sanderling . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1
Purple Sandpiper . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 1 1
Dunlin 1 . 1 4 3 2 3 1 1 2 . 1 2 2
Snipe 16 22 29 17 14 20 15 4 17 19 19 23 25 36
Woodcock 2 1 2 1 . 1 . . . . 2 2 . .
Black-tailed Godwit . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
Bar-tailed Godwit . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Whimbrel . . 1 . . 2 2 . 2 . 1 3 1 3
Curlew 53 62 73 80 79 70 68 11 66 68 63 71 70 98
Redshank 8 11 11 12 11 7 14 3 5 5 5 6 10 14
Greenshank . . . . . 2 . . . . 1 . . 1
Green Sandpiper . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . 1 .
Common Sandpiper 14 9 15 24 19 16 14 2 12 12 11 9 14 13
Turnstone . 1 1 1 1 1 . . 1 . . 3 3 1
Little Gull . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Black-headed Gull 37 44 45 60 56 44 46 10 41 46 55 50 52 46
Common Gull 27 23 30 26 33 23 22 4 21 22 19 30 30 32
Lesser Black-backed Gull 43 46 41 57 50 50 56 12 53 56 63 72 69 86
Herring Gull 46 55 55 62 68 63 62 22 55 64 66 75 71 106
Iceland Gull . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1
Great Black-backed Gull 8 12 15 10 18 13 9 5 10 13 15 19 22 21
Kittiwake . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 2
Sandwich Tern 2 . . . 1 . . 1 3 2 3 2 3 1
Common Tern . . . . . . . . 1 3 1 2 1 .
Arctic Tern 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 2 3
Little Tern . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 2
Guillemot . . 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 1 1 2
Razorbill . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 1
Black Guillemot . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Rock Dove 1 1 1 . . 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4
Feral Pigeon 24 30 31 34 43 46 36 11 35 39 48 46 46 58
Stock Dove 14 14 16 13 17 19 17 4 18 18 20 26 22 23
Woodpigeon 73 97 108 107 121 106 109 29 109 118 132 144 164 190
Collared Dove 23 27 26 26 32 29 27 14 24 32 44 48 53 56
Turtle Dove . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
Ring-necked Parakeet . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
Cuckoo 20 27 27 36 32 29 30 5 18 18 27 30 38 46
Barn Owl 1 1 1 . 3 . . . . 1 2 3 3 2
Little Owl . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . .
Tawny Owl 2 5 6 5 7 4 5 3 . 1 2 2 1 6
Long-eared Owl . 1 . 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . .
Short-eared Owl 4 2 3 8 8 1 3 . 1 4 7 1 3 .
Swift 25 28 36 32 37 39 28 11 39 39 42 54 54 47
Kingfisher . . . 1 . 3 1 . 2 1 . 2 2 5
Green Woodpecker 6 4 4 4 7 3 1 3 4 4 8 12 8 9
Great Spotted Woodpecker 5 12 12 9 12 11 9 6 14 15 26 33 37 53
Skylark 84 104 106 113 109 100 97 26 102 103 111 124 141 170
Sand Martin 4 9 11 11 15 14 16 4 18 7 16 17 24 25
Swallow 62 70 86 104 106 96 98 25 91 98 114 128 143 174
House Martin 15 26 26 32 37 49 44 10 33 40 56 54 59 66
Tree Pipit 13 13 13 17 17 15 18 3 12 9 9 11 13 17
Meadow Pipit 69 86 99 93 92 91 84 22 83 91 94 96 108 145
Rock Pipit 1 2 4 3 5 3 3 3 6 2 5 7 7 6
Yellow Wagtail 2 1 1 . . . . . 1 . . . . 2
Grey Wagtail 12 20 11 15 19 23 20 6 20 28 18 32 20 35
Pied Wagtail 44 62 79 76 81 76 72 21 70 76 80 88 95 124
Dipper 9 11 13 12 20 20 16 1 8 18 8 16 14 16
Wren 79 103 97 103 119 109 116 29 99 119 137 151 169 202
Dunnock 47 54 55 71 73 76 75 23 70 92 99 109 106 134
Robin 69 85 88 103 103 102 101 26 89 104 122 141 153 172
Redstart 2 3 9 7 8 6 8 . 5 5 9 6 10 9
Whinchat 12 24 32 34 24 23 13 2 13 9 11 11 15 17
Stonechat 8 12 4 6 7 13 13 3 15 16 17 30 32 47
Wheatear 23 40 38 41 42 37 30 7 36 33 33 44 39 73
Ring Ouzel 2 2 4 4 4 5 2 1 3 1 1 2 3 3
Blackbird 71 83 91 99 103 102 105 29 105 115 134 147 155 186
Fieldfare . 3 1 1 2 1 2 . 3 2 . . 1 1
Song Thrush 68 79 80 82 95 97 96 24 91 94 119 128 142 161
Redwing . . . . . . . . 2 4 . 1 . .
Mistle Thrush 27 33 29 36 46 32 36 8 31 48 43 55 59 59
Grasshopper Warbler 4 4 6 9 9 4 7 2 6 6 15 14 8 11
Sedge Warbler 21 32 33 41 39 37 38 14 27 25 36 33 35 46
Reed Warbler . . 1 . . . . . 1 . 1 . . .
Blackcap 13 19 16 22 30 31 33 6 31 35 44 48 47 63
Garden Warbler 7 12 15 13 21 17 7 1 11 18 22 23 21 27
Lesser Whitethroat . 2 . 1 . . . . 1 . 2 1 . 2
Whitethroat 25 37 40 38 55 49 47 16 43 47 66 71 75 84
Wood Warbler 7 8 6 9 6 2 3 1 5 1 5 7 6 4
Chiffchaff 12 11 17 10 18 16 19 4 20 36 42 44 30 53
Willow Warbler 78 101 107 123 118 106 105 28 95 108 120 126 145 172
Goldcrest 29 43 35 43 42 43 48 8 40 48 59 67 68 70
Spotted Flycatcher 8 10 15 15 14 14 17 2 12 11 11 15 17 9
Pied Flycatcher 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 . 2 1 1 2 3 3
Long-tailed Tit 8 16 13 14 11 15 17 3 15 20 20 18 27 25
Marsh Tit . 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . 1 . .
Willow Tit . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Coal Tit 41 58 57 62 51 46 50 8 56 59 73 81 86 89
Blue Tit 51 66 86 92 94 92 83 23 86 101 113 127 143 168
Great Tit 45 56 62 74 87 75 76 19 66 86 94 120 126 151
Nuthatch . . . . . . 1 . . . 2 2 3 1
Treecreeper 4 14 14 23 16 17 13 3 14 15 26 24 26 28
Red-backed Shrike 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1
Jay 4 6 6 9 9 6 7 3 11 9 20 18 12 19
Magpie 16 10 16 27 24 26 32 6 22 29 38 43 43 48
Chough 1 2 . 1 1 . 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3
Jackdaw 46 55 58 63 74 69 60 17 65 76 76 88 92 116
Rook 53 56 62 76 70 71 63 12 65 70 74 80 82 104
Carrion Crow 80 100 110 119 122 105 111 28 104 114 135 146 165 199
Hooded Crow 19 14 15 8 11 12 10 7 11 11 9 11 13 22
Raven 14 17 15 13 14 17 18 3 19 22 16 16 31 40
Starling 52 72 73 79 86 79 81 24 85 91 96 110 120 139
House Sparrow 33 43 39 49 56 51 47 18 46 53 61 69 72 92
Tree Sparrow 6 11 7 8 7 12 8 4 7 13 13 18 21 17
Chaffinch 85 108 121 126 132 121 114 31 116 126 145 160 179 207
Brambling . 2 . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1
Greenfinch 35 41 49 56 60 65 60 22 57 63 80 89 101 106
Goldfinch 24 30 39 48 48 44 53 17 48 58 76 81 75 92
Siskin 26 25 25 27 36 22 27 6 30 25 25 26 31 32
Linnet 36 49 49 52 51 56 60 18 60 64 61 70 67 82
Twite 6 1 3 5 4 2 5 4 3 5 3 5 10 7
Lesser Redpoll 16 17 20 20 19 16 20 3 16 14 20 25 22 19
Crossbill 5 1 11 13 4 5 6 1 9 6 7 10 6 9
Scottish Crossbill . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . .
Bullfinch 11 11 24 19 20 17 18 4 14 13 20 28 29 30
Lapland Bunting . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . .
Yellowhammer 36 52 59 62 67 60 61 21 54 65 66 79 83 94
Reed Bunting 16 24 20 24 28 28 30 9 26 37 36 48 58 72
Corn Bunting 1 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 4
Falcated Duck . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Peafowl . . . 1 . . . . . . . . 1 .
Helmeted Guineafowl . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1
Harris Hawk . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . .
Total number of Species 128 131 132 133 132 133 130 113 136 135 141 149 150 152

 


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