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with James Lidster and Yann Kolbeinsson as leaders

A B C D
2 Great Northern Diver 6 6 Gavia immer
2 Red-throated Diver 6 50 Gavia stellata
2 Slavonian Grebe 5 30 Podiceps auritus.
2 Northern Fulmar 10 500 Fulmarus glacialis
2 Manx Shearwater 1 4 Puffinus puffinus
1 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
2 Northern Gannet 6 50 Morus bassanus
2 Great Cormorant 7 30 Phalacrocorax carbo
2 Shag 3 10 Phalacrocorax aristotelis
2 Whooper Swan 7 440 Cygnus cygnus
2 Pink-footed Goose 2 100 Anser brachyrhynchus
2 Greylag Goose 9 300 Anser anser
2 Common Shelduck 1 280 Tadorna tadorna
2 Eurasian Wigeon 5 50 Anas penelope
2 Gadwall 2 20 Anas strepera
2 Teal 3 10 Anas crecca
2 Mallard 9 10 Anas platyrhynchos
2 Northern Pintail 1 3 Anas acuta
2 Northern Shoveler 1 5 Anas clypeata
2 Tufted Duck 10 3000 Aythya fuligula
2 Greater Scaup 5 500 Aythya marila
1 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
2 Common Eider 9 4000 Somateria mollissima
2 King Eider 1 1 Somateria spectabilis
2 Steller's Eider 1 1 Polysticta stelleri
2 Harlequin Duck 5 20 Histrionicus histrionicus
2 Long-tailed Duck 2 50 Clangula hyemalis
2 Common Scoter 2 50 Melanitta nigra
2 Barrow's Goldeneye 2 600 Bucephala islandica
1 Common Goldeneye 1 1 Bucephala clangula
2 Red-breasted Merganser 9 20 Mergus serrator
1 Goosander Mergus merganser
2 White-tailed Eagle 2 4 Haliaeetus albicilla
2 Gyr Falcon 2 3 Falco rusticolus
2 Merlin 5 4 Falco columbarius
2 Rock Ptarmigan 2 10 Lagopus mutus
2 Oystercatcher 9 30 Haematopus ostralegus
2 Ringed Plover 9 20 Charadrius hiaticula
2 Golden Plover 9 30 Pluvialis apricaria
2 Dunlin 9 100 Calidris alpina
2 Red Knot 3 160 Calidris canutus
2 Sanderling 1 45 Calidris alba
2 Purple Sandpiper 5 10 Calidris maritima
2 Common Snipe 10 20 Gallinago gallinago
2 "Icelandic'' Black-tailed Godwit 6 30 Limosa limosa islandica
2 Whimbrel 9 50 Numenius phaeopus
1 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
2 Common Redshank 10 100 Tringa totanus
2 Ruddy Turnstone 2 5 Arenaria interpres
2 Red-necked Phalarope 9 300 Phalaropus lobatus
2 Grey Phalarope 1 2 Phalaropus fulicarius
2 Arctic Skua 9 20 Stercorarius parasiticus
1 Long-tailed Skua 1 3 Stercorarius longicaudas
2 Great Skua 2 3 Stercorarius skua
2 Black-headed Gull 10 100 Larus ridibundus
2 Common Gull 4 30 Larus canus
2 Ring-billed Gull 1 1 Larus delawarensis
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull 10 100 Larus fuscus
2 Herring Gull 8 20 Larus argentatus
2 Iceland Gull 3 4 Larus glaucoides
2 Glaucous Gull 8 200 Larus hyperboreus
2 Great Black-backed Gull 9 200 Larus marinus
1 Little Gull 2 1 Hydrocoleus minutus
2 Kittiwake 10 1000 Rissa tridactyla
2 Arctic Tern 10 1000 Sterna paradisaea
2 Auk sp 4 10000 Alcidae sp
2 Razorbill 5 50 Alca torda
2 Brünnich's Guillemot 3 50 Uria lomvia
2 Common Guillemot 5 1000 Uria aalge
2 Black Guillemot 7 20 Cepphus grylle
2 Puffin 6 250 Fratercula arctica
2 Snowy Owl 1 1 Nyctea scandiaca
2 Meadow Pipit 10 50 Anthus pratensis
2 White Wagtail 10 10 Motacilla alba
2 Wren 1 1 H Troglodytes troglodytes
2 Northern Wheatear 5 3 Oenanthe oenanthe
2 Blackbird 1 3 Turdus merula
2 Redwing 10 50 Turdus iliacus
2 Goldcrest 1 2 Regulus regulus
2 Common Raven 9 10 Corvus corax
2 Starling 5 30 Sturnus vulgaris
2 Icelandic'' Common Redpoll 5 20 Carduelis flammea
1 Eurasian Siskin 1 3 Carduelis spinus
2 Snow Bunting 6 3 Plectrophenax nivalis

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