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with Bryan Bland and Patty Briggs as leaders

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15 Little Grebe 7 10 Tachybaptus ruficollis
12 Great Crested Grebe 3 15 Podiceps cristatus
3 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
4 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
15 Continental Cormorant 1 23 Phalacrocorax (carbo) sinensis
1 Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus
4 Common Bittern Botaurus stellaris
1 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
1 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
2 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
9 Little Egret 4 12 Egretta garzetta
15 Great Egret 5 30 Egretta alba
15 Grey Heron 8 25 Ardea cinerea
13 Purple Heron 3 1 Ardea purpurea
13 Black Stork 1 5 Ciconia nigra
12 White Stork 2 4 Ciconia ciconia
14 Eurasian Spoonbill 4 80 Platalea leucorodia
15 Mute Swan 7 20 Cygnus olor
1 White-fronted Goose 1 1 Anser albifrons
15 Greylag Goose 5 '000s Anser anser
1 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
8 Common Shelduck 1 22 Tadorna tadorna
2 Mandarin Duck 2 1 (I) Aix galericulata
5 Wigeon 1 8 Anas penelope
12 Gadwall 1 20 Anas strepera
15 Common Teal 4 ?00s Anas crecca
15 Mallard 11 ?00s Anas platyrhynchos
4 Pintail Anas acuta
4 Garganey Anas querquedula
13 Northern Shoveler 1 15 Anas clypeata
10 Red-crested Pochard 1 10 Netta rufina
11 Common Pochard 1 1 Aythya ferina
8 Ferruginous Duck 1 2 Aythya nyroca
6 Tufted Duck 1 1 Aythya fuligula
5 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
7 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
2 Black Kite 1 2 Milvus migrans
2 Red Kite Milvus milvus
15 Marsh Harrier 9 15 Circus aeruginosus
1 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
5 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
10 Northern Goshawk 2 1 Accipiter gentilis
15 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 5 3 Accipiter nisus
14 Common Buzzard 12 12 Buteo buteo
1 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis (orientalis)
1 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
4 (Eastern) Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
1 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
1 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
3 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
15 Common Kestrel 12 10 Falco tinnunculus
5 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
12 Hobby 1 1 Falco subbuteo
8 Saker Falco cherrug
7 Peregrine Falco peregrinus
2 Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix
13 Grey Partridge 1 1 Perdix perdix
15 Pheasant 11 14 (I) Phasianus colchicus
11 Water Rail 2 1 Rallus aquaticus
5 Spotted Crake 2 1 Porzana porzana
4 Little Crake Porzana parva
13 Common Moorhen 4 8 Gallinula chloropus
15 Eurasian Coot 7 50 Fulica atra
1 Comon Crane Grus grus
10 Great Bustard Otis tarda
5 Black-winged Stilt 1 4 Himantopus himantopus
15 Pied Avocet 3 45 Recurvirostra avosetta
15 Little Ringed Plover 2 1 Charadrius dubius
14 Common Ringed Plover 2 12 Charadrius hiaticula
10 Kentish Plover 1 3 Charadrius alexandrinus
1 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
5 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
15 Northern Lapwing 6 40 Vanellus vanellus
7 Red Knot 1 1 Calidris canutus
6 Sanderling Calidris alba
14 Little Stint 2 7 Calidris minuta
8 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
13 Curlew Sandpiper 3 30 Calidris ferruginea
15 Dunlin 3 20 Calidris alpina
14 Ruff 3 30 Philomachus pugnax
15 Common Snipe 6 60 Gallinago gallinago
9 Black-tailed Godwit 2 1 Limosa limosa
1 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
14 Eurasian Curlew 3 20 Numenius arquata
1 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
14 Spotted Redshank 3 70 Tringa erythropus
9 Redshank Tringa totanus
2 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
11 Common Greenshank 3 4 Tringa nebularia
7 Green Sandpiper 3 2 Tringa ochropus
14 Wood Sandpiper 4 4 Tringa glareola
10 Common Sandpiper 4 9 Actitis hypoleucos
6 Turnstone Arenaria interpres
3 Red-necked Phalarope 1 1 Phalaropus lobatus
7 Little Gull 1 2 Larus minutus
15 Black-headed Gull 8 100 Larus ridibundus
4 Common Gull 2 8 Larus canus
15 Yellow-legged Gull 10 100 Larus (cachinnans) michahellis
1 Caspian Gull 1 1 Larus (cachinnans) cachinnans
2 Baltic Gull 1 10 Larus fuscus fuscus
3 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
1 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
4 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
5 Black Tern 1 4 Chlidonias niger
3 Whiskered Tern Childonias hybrida
15 Feral Pigeon 12 50 (I) Columba livia
13 Stock Dove 3 1 Columba oenas
15 Common Woodpigeon 12 50 Columba palumbus
15 Collared Dove 12 50 Streptopelia decaocto
14 Turtle Dove 3 20 Streptopelia turtur
3 Cuckoo Cuclus canorus
1 Tawny Owl Strix aluco
5 Common Swift 1 1 Apus apus
11 Common Kingfisher 5 4 Alcedo atthis
5 Bee-eater 1 50 Merops apiaster
1 Hoopoe Upupa epops
15 Grey-headed Woodpecker 1 1 Picus canus
15 Green Woodpecker 4 2 Picus viridis
15 Black Woodpecker 4 2 Dryocopus martius
15 Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 2 Dendrocopos major
15 Syrian Woodpecker 4 1 Dendrocopos syriacus
15 Middle Spotted Woodpecker 2 1 Dendrocopos medius
12 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor
4 Crested Lark Galerida cristata
13 Common Skylark 1 8 Alauda arvensis
15 Sand Martin 4 20 Riparia riparia
1 Crag Martin 4 20 Ptyonoprogne rupestris
15 Barn Swallow 11 100 Hirundo rustica
15 House Martin 12 100 Delichon urbica
3 Tree Pipit 1 1 Anthus trivialis
5 Meadow Pipit 1 1 Anthus pratensis
10 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
14 Yellow Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla flava
9 Grey Wagtail 2 2 Motacilla cinerea
15 White Wagtail 9 5 Motacilla alba
7 Wren 2 1 H Troglodytes troglodytes
10 Dunnock 1 5 Prunella modularis
1 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
15 European Robin 3 1 Erithacus rubecula
1 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
3 Bluethroat 1 1 Luscinia svecica
15 Black Redstart 10 10 Phoenicurus ochruros
7 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
14 Whinchat 4 3 Saxicola rubetra
12 Stonechat 1 3 Saxicola torquata
9 Northern Wheatear 3 1 Oenanthe oenanthe
1 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
15 Common Blackbird 9 8 Turdus merula
13 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
11 Mistle Thrush 1 14 Turdus viscivorus
9 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
10 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
1 Savis' Warbler Locustella luscinioides
2 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
13 Reed Warbler 3 1 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
8 Great Reed Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus arundinaceus
1 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
1 Barred Warbler Sylvia nusoria
10 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
7 Whitethroat 2 2 Sylvia communis
4 Garden Warbler 2 1 Sylvia borin
15 Blackcap 2 1 Sylvia atricapilla
7 Wood Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus sibilatrix
14 Chiffchaff 1 2 Phylloscopus collybita
11 Willow Warbler 3 1 Phylloscopus trochilus
13 Goldcrest 1 6 Regulus regulus
11 Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus
15 Spotted Flycatcher 5 2 Muscicapa striata
1 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
12 Collared Flycatcher 1 1 Ficedula albicollis
12 Pied Flycatcher 4 4 Ficedula hypoleuca
10 Bearded Tit 1 1 Panurus biarmicus
11 Long-tailed Tit 1 2 Aegithalos caudatus
14 Marsh Tit 2 2 Parus palustris
11 Willow Tit Parus montanus
15 Crested Tit 2 3 Parus cristatus
15 Coal Tit 2 7 Parus ater
15 Blue Tit 11 4 Parus caeruleus
15 Great Tit 9 4 Parus major
15 Eurasian Nuthatch 6 7 Sitta europaea
13 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
14 Short-toed Treecreeper 1 4 Certhia brachydactyla
10 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
3 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
14 Red-backed Shrike 6 12 Lanius collurio
3 Great Grey Shrike 1 1 Lanius excubitor
15 Common Starling 12 '000s Sturnus vulgaris
15 Eurasian Jay 6 3 Garrulus glandarius
15 Common Magpie 10 8 Pica pica
15 Spotted Nutcracker 3 3 Nucifraga caryocatactes caryocatactes
10 Alpine Chough 1 1 Pyrrhocorax graculus
15 Western Jackdaw 9 40 Corvus monedula
15 Rook 6 50 Corvus frugilegus
5 Carrion Crow 1 1 Corvus corone
15 Hooded Crow 12 40 Corvus cornix
14 Common Raven 3 50 Corvus corax
15 House Sparrow 11 50 Passer domesticus
15 Tree Sparrow 2 60 Passer montanus
15 Common Chaffinch 4 20 Fringilla coelebs
8 European Serin Serinus serinus
14 European Greenfinch 2 1 Carduelis chloris
15 European Goldfinch 3 8 Carduelis carduelis
4 Siskin Carduelis spinus
12 Linnet 2 50 Carduelis cannabina
4 Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret
10 Common Crossbill 1 1 Loxia curvirostra
11 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
15 Hawfinch 4 30 Coccothraustes coccothraustes
15 Yellowhammer 2 12 Emberiza citrinella
3 Rock Bunting 1 2 Emberiza cia
1 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
9 Reed Bunting Emberiza shoeniclus
2 Corn Bunting Militaria calandra