APPENDIX
A
A
List of Bird Species Recorded at the Vale Marais 1971 –
2006, and totals of birds ringed 1976-1994 and 2004-2006.
The common names and
order of this list follow the recommendations of the British
Ornithologists’
Union.
B denotes the species
has been recorded breeding at the Vale Marais.
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Species |
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1976-1994 |
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2004-2006 |
TOTAL |
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Bean Goose |
Anser fabalis |
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Pink-footed Goose |
Anser brachyrhynchus |
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Greater White-fronted Goose |
Anser albifrons |
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Greylag Goose |
Anser anser |
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Brent Goose |
Branta bernicla |
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1 |
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0 |
1 |
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Common Shelduck |
Tadorna tadorna |
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Eurasian Wigeon |
Anas penelope |
1 |
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1 |
2 |
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American Wigeon |
Anas americana |
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Gadwall |
Anas strepera |
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Eurasian Teal |
Anas crecca |
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Northern Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
B |
25 |
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22 |
47 |
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Northern Pintail |
Anas acuta |
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Garganey |
Anas querquedula |
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Shoveler |
Anas clypeata |
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Common Pochard |
Aythya ferina |
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1 |
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0 |
1 |
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Tufted Duck |
Aythya fuligula |
B |
1 |
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0 |
1 |
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Greater Scaup |
Aythya marila |
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Common Goldeneye |
Bucephala clangula |
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Smew |
Mergellus albellus |
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Goosander |
Mergus merganser |
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Common Quail |
Corturnix corturnix |
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Common Pheasant |
Phasianus colchicus |
B |
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Red-throated Diver |
Gavia stellata |
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Little Grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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2 |
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0 |
2 |
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Great Crested Grebe |
Podiceps cristatus |
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Northern Fulmar |
Fulmarus glacialis |
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Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
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European Shag |
Phalacrocorax aristotelis |
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Eurasian Bittern |
Botaurus stellaris |
1 |
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0 |
1 |
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Little Bittern |
Ixobrychus minutus |
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Black-crowned Night Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
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Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
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Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
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Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
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Eurasian Spoonbill |
Platalea leucorodia |
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Sacred Ibis |
Threskiornis aethiopicus |
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Short-toed Eagle |
Circaetus gallicus |
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Eurasian Marsh Harrier |
Circus aeruginosus |
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Hen Harrier |
Circus cyaneus |
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter nisus |
B |
1 |
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4 |
5 |
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Common Buzzard |
Buteo buteo |
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Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
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Common Kestrel |
Falco tinnunculus |
B |
5 |
|
1 |
6 |
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Merlin |
Falco columbarius |
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Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
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Water Rail |
Rallus aquaticus |
|
37 |
0 |
37 |
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Spotted Crake |
Porzana porzana |
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Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
B |
401 |
|
22 |
423 |
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Common Coot |
Fulica atra |
B |
98 |
0 |
98 |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher |
Haematopus ostralegus |
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Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
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Pied Avocet |
Recurvirostra avosetta |
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Little Plover |
Charadrius dubius |
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Ringed Plover |
Charadrius hiaticula |
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Eurasian Dotterel |
Charadrius morinellus |
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European Golden Plover |
Pluvialis apricaria |
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Grey Plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
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Northern Lapwing |
Vanellus vanellus |
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1 |
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0 |
1 |
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Red Knot |
Calidris canutus |
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Little Stint |
Calidris minuta |
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Pectoral Sandpiper |
Calidris melanotos |
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Dunlin |
Calidris alpina |
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Ruff |
Philomachus pugnax |
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Jack Snipe |
Lymnocryptes minimus |
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4 |
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0 |
4 |
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Common Snipe |
Gallinago gallinago |
|
220 |
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0 |
220 |
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Eurasian Woodcock |
Scolopax rusticola |
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4 |
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0 |
4 |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
Limosa limosa |
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Bar-tailed Godwit |
Limosa lapponica |
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Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
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Eurasian Curlew |
Numenius arquata |
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Spotted Redshank |
Tringa erythropus |
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Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
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Common Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
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Green Sandpiper |
Tringa ochropus |
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Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
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Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
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15 |
0 |
15 |
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Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
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Mediterranean Gull |
Larus melanocephalus |
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Black-headed Gull |
Larus ridibundus |
|
40 |
|
0 |
40 |
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Mew Gull |
Larus canus |
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4 |
0 |
4 |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Larus fuscus |
|
12 |
|
19 |
31 |
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Herring Gull |
Larus argentatus |
|
139 |
64 |
203 |
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Great Black-backed Gull |
Larus marinus |
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1 |
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0 |
1 |
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Sandwich Tern |
Sterna sandvicensis |
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Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
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Black Tern |
Childonias niger |
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1 |
0 |
1 |
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Rock Dove |
Columba livia |
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Stock Dove |
Columba oenas |
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Common Wood Pigeon |
Columba palumbu |
B |
15 |
88 |
103 |
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Eurasian Collared Dove |
Streptopelia decaocto |
B |
371 |
22 |
393 |
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European Turtle Dove |
Streptopelia turtur |
10 |
0 |
10 |
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Common Cuckoo |
Cuculus canorus |
B |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
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1 |
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0 |
1 |
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Long-eared Owl |
Asio otus |
B |
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Short-eared Owl |
Asio flammeus |
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1 |
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0 |
1 |
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Common Swift |
Apus apus |
4 |
0 |
4 |
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Common Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
13 |
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0 |
13 |
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Hoopoe |
Upupa epops |
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Eurasian Wryneck |
Jynx torquilla |
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1 |
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0 |
1 |
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Great Spotted Woodpecker |
Dendrocopos major |
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Sky Lark |
Alauda arvensis |
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Sand Martin |
Riparia riparia |
887 |
0 |
887 |
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Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
B |
2085 |
4 |
2089 |
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House Martin |
Delichon urbica |
|
128 |
|
0 |
128 |
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Tree Pipit |
Anthus trivialis |
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
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Meadow Pipit |
Anthus pratensis |
|
65 |
|
0 |
65 |
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Yellow Wagtail |
Motacilla flava |
|
35 |
|
0 |
35 |
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Grey Wagtail |
Motacilla cinerea |
|
5 |
0 |
5 |
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Pied Wagtail |
Motacilla alba |
|
58 |
|
0 |
58 |
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Winter Wren |
Troglodytes troglodytes |
B |
609 |
51 |
660 |
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Dunnock |
Prunella modularis |
B |
324 |
|
45 |
369 |
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European Robin |
Erithacus rubecula |
B |
543 |
|
110 |
653 |
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Black Redstart |
Phoenicurus ochruros |
|
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
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Common Redstart |
Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
30 |
|
0 |
30 |
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Whinchat |
Saxicola rubetra |
|
21 |
|
0 |
21 |
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Stonechat |
Saxicola torquata |
37 |
|
0 |
37 |
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Northern Wheatear |
Oenanthe oenanthe |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
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Ring Ouzel |
Turdus torquatus |
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Common Blackbird |
Turdus merula |
B |
1026 |
|
112 |
1138 |
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Fieldfare |
Turdus pilaris |
9 |
|
1 |
10 |
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Song Thrush |
Turdus philomelos |
B |
467 |
|
20 |
487 |
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Redwing |
Turdus iliacus |
105 |
10 |
115 |
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Mistle Thrush |
Turdus viscivorous |
B |
18 |
|
0 |
18 |
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Cetti’s Warbler |
Cettia cetti
|
B |
23 |
4 |
27 |
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Common Grasshopper Warbler |
Locustella naevia |
4 |
|
1 |
5 |
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Aquatic Warbler |
Acrocephalus paludicola |
|
2 |
|
0 |
2 |
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Sedge Warbler |
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
1187 |
|
60 |
1247 |
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Marsh Warbler |
Acrocephalus palustris |
3 |
|
0 |
3 |
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Eurasian Reed Warbler |
Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
B |
1949 |
55 |
2004 |
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Melodious Warbler |
Hippolais polyglotta |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Lesser Whitethroat |
Sylvia curruca |
|
18 |
|
0 |
18 |
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Common Whitethroat |
Sylvia communis |
24 |
|
4 |
28 |
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Garden Warbler |
Sylvia borin |
132 |
|
8 |
140 |
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Blackcap |
Sylvia atricapilla |
B |
381 |
|
108 |
489 |
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Pallas’s Leaf Warbler |
Phylloscopus proregulus |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
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Yellow-browed Warbler |
Phylloscopus inornatus |
|
4 |
|
5 |
9 |
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Dusky Warbler |
Phylloscopus fuscatus |
|
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
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Wood Warbler |
Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
|
9 |
|
0 |
9 |
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Common Chiffchaff |
Phylloscopus collybita |
B |
1943 |
|
225 |
2168 |
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Willow Warbler |
Phylloscopus trochilus |
|
3542 |
|
222 |
3764 |
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Goldcrest |
Regulus regulus |
B |
444 |
|
32 |
476 |
|
Firecrest |
Regulus ignicapilla |
|
81 |
|
12 |
93 |
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Spotted Flycatcher |
Muscicapa striata |
|
67 |
|
5 |
72 |
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Red-breasted Flycatcher |
Ficedula parva |
|
2 |
|
0 |
2 |
|
Pied Flycatcher |
Ficedula hypoleuca |
|
44 |
|
5 |
49 |
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Bearded Tit |
Panurus biarmicus |
|
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
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Long-tailed Tit |
Aegithalos caudatus |
|
4 |
|
37 |
41 |
|
Coal Tit |
Parus ater |
|
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
|
Blue Tit |
Parus caeruleus |
B |
553 |
|
77 |
630 |
|
Great Tit |
Parus major |
B |
421 |
|
146 |
567 |
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Short-toed Treecreeper |
Certhia brachydactyla |
|
26 |
|
0 |
26 |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole |
Oriolus oriolus |
|
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
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Red-backed Shrike |
Lanius collurio |
|
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
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Black-billed Magpie |
Pica pica |
B |
24 |
|
16 |
40 |
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Western Jackdaw |
Corvus monedula |
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Carrion Crow |
Corvus corone |
B |
3 |
|
5 |
8 |
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Common Raven |
Corvus corax |
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Common Starling |
Sturnus vulgaris |
B |
2393 |
|
106 |
2499 |
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House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
B |
1606 |
|
49 |
1655 |
|
Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
Passer montanus |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
|
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Chaffinch |
Fringilla coelebs |
B |
266 |
|
47 |
315 |
|
Brambling |
Fringilla montifringilla |
21 |
|
3 |
24 |
|
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European Greenfinch |
Carduelis chloris |
B |
1289 |
|
1038 |
2327 |
|
European Goldfinch |
Carduelis carduelis |
B |
91 |
|
17 |
108 |
|
Eurasian Siskin |
Carduelis spinus |
|
1 |
1 |
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Common Linnet |
Carduelis cannabina |
|
74 |
|
0 |
74 |
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Lesser Redpoll |
Carduelis cabaret |
|
5 |
|
0 |
5 |
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Common Crossbill |
Loxia curvirostra |
|
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Bullfinch |
Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
B |
216 |
|
20 |
236 |
|
Snow Bunting |
Plectrophenax nivalis |
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Ortolan Bunting |
Emberiza hortulana |
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Reed Bunting |
Emberiza schoeniculus |
B |
100 |
|
0 |
100 |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
|
24849 |
|
2907 |
27756 |