The Shunan patch - effort / bird species recorded per year











Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Effort (lists)  142  207  182  192  156  123  135
Bird species      95  107  100    96    93    97    102



















A note on effort. Effort is recorded by the number of Birdtrack complete lists that were made in each year. Usually one complete lists represents the recording effort on one day, but occasionally I may have produced two or even three complete lists for a day. In the more recent three or four years I have very rarely recorded more than one list on one day. A list would usually represent about two hours of recording effort I would estimate. I would suggest that although the effort measurement is therefore not a consistent value it will give a reasonable idea of the amount of bird recording effort made on the site in any particular year. There is no data prior to 2013 because due to local recording preferences I did not use Birdtrack very consistently from 2009 through to 2012. I very much regret this now but, so it goes... It may be possible to reinstate some of the earlier data from my notebooks but I suspect I won't get around to doing that.
















Total records in Birdtrack 2009 to 2019.









Total Species: 146 


Total Records: 36812
Complete Lists: 1225










Of the 146 species I've seen 144. Treecreeper is not listed below as it was not entered in Birdtrack (see above). Louise saw Pomarine Skua whch flew over the car as I drove out of the drive and Bullfinch which I missed. The Gyr Falcons we've seen have not been submitted, Louise saw a white one from close range just outside the garden and I saw a dark one which would have no chance of acceptance by BBRC but it was good enough for me (the white one is not recorded within Birdtrack). Common Crane has most likely been recorded within the patch but not seen by either Louise or myself, reported subsequently by local people.

Selected Species Recs Rep%
[Canada x domestic Greylag Goose] 1 0.1
Barnacle Goose 1 0
Greylag Goose 1177 94.9
Pink-footed Goose 184 14.1
Mute Swan 585 47.5
Whooper Swan 99 7.7
Shelduck 320 25.2
Garganey 3 0.2
Blue-winged Teal 30 2.4
Shoveler 280 22.3
Gadwall 264 20.6
Wigeon 658 52.5
Mallard 1088 87.6
(Mallard) 1088 87.6
(Domestic Mallard) 14 1.1
Pintail 49 3.9
Teal 895 70.7
Pochard 18 1.5
Tufted Duck 320 26
Scaup 1 0.1
Long-tailed Duck 1 0.1
Goldeneye 176 14.4
Goosander 1 0.1
Red-breasted Merganser 103 8.4
Quail 4 0.2
Pheasant 992 80.6
Red-throated Diver 24 1.9
Fulmar 9 0.5
Little Grebe 44 3.6
Grey Heron 221 17.7
Gannet 1 0.1
Shag 1 0.1
Cormorant 13 1.1
Sparrowhawk 144 10.3
Marsh Harrier 5 0.2
Hen Harrier 428 32.4
White-tailed Eagle 1 0.1
Buzzard 64 5.1
Water Rail 2 0.2
Corncrake 8 0.6
Moorhen 224 17.7
Coot 587 47.5
Oystercatcher 707 56.6
Lapwing 991 79.1
Golden Plover 154 12.2
Ringed Plover 27 1.9
Whimbrel 21 1.6
Curlew 1128 91.1
Black-tailed Godwit 180 11.8
Knot 1 0
Ruff 110 7.5
Curlew Sandpiper 1 0.1
Dunlin 152 10.2
Little Stint 4 0.2
Pectoral Sandpiper 1 0
Woodcock 19 1.5
Jack Snipe 1 0
Snipe 516 40.7
Red-necked Phalarope 1 0
Common Sandpiper 3 0.2
Green Sandpiper 4 0.2
Redshank 568 44.7
Wood Sandpiper 9 0.4
Spotted Redshank 6 0.2
Greenshank 17 1.1
Black-headed Gull 768 61.8
Common Gull 1153 93.1
Great Black-backed Gull 787 63.8
Glaucous Gull 5 0.4
Iceland Gull 11 0.7
Herring Gull 453 36.2
Lesser Black-backed Gull 524 42
Common Tern 3 0.2
Arctic Tern 60 4.7
Great Skua 148 11.5
Pomarine Skua 1 0.1
Arctic Skua 47 3.6
Little Auk 1 0.1
Rock Dove 1163 94.3
(Feral Pigeon) 1163 94.3
Woodpigeon 836 67.3
Turtle Dove 2 0.2
Collared Dove 811 65.6
Cuckoo 13 0.8
Short-eared Owl 105 7.3
Swift 2 0.1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 8 0.7
Kestrel 107 7
Red-footed Falcon 1 0.1
Merlin 37 2.5
Hobby 2 0.1
Gyrfalcon 1 0.1
Peregrine 53 3.9
Great Grey Shrike 2 0.2
Jackdaw 818 65.4
(Jackdaw) 818 65.4
(Jackdaw (Nordic - monedula)) 2 0.2
Rook 1137 91.5
[Carrion x Hooded Crow] 12 1
Carrion Crow 16 1.3
Hooded Crow 1119 90.8
Raven 540 43.8
Waxwing 16 0.4
Blue Tit 3 0.2
Skylark 312 25.1
Sand Martin 26 2
Swallow 488 38.3
House Martin 48 3.6
Red-rumped Swallow 1 0.1
Long-tailed Tit 3 0.2
Willow Warbler 22 1.5
Chiffchaff 23 1.9
(Chiffchaff) 19 1.6
(Chiffchaff (Siberian - tristis)) 9 0.7
Yellow-browed Warbler 12 0.9
Sedge Warbler 116 9.1
Blackcap 39 3.2
Barred Warbler 2 0.2
Lesser Whitethroat 4 0.2
Whitethroat 3 0.2
Goldcrest 75 5.8
Wren 1038 84.5
Starling 1152 93.3
Ring Ouzel 3 0.2
Blackbird 1219 98.4
Fieldfare 89 6.9
Redwing 261 20.7
Song Thrush 386 30.6
Mistle Thrush 2 0.2
Spotted Flycatcher 4 0.3
Robin 777 62.6
Stonechat 55 3.9
Wheatear 44 2.9
House Sparrow 1190 96.2
Tree Sparrow 234 16.7
Dunnock 547 44
Grey Wagtail 3 0.2
Pied/White Wagtail 356 28.1
(Pied/White Wagtail) 20 1.6
(White Wagtail (alba)) 4 0.3
(Pied Wagtail (yarrellii)) 335 26.4
Meadow Pipit 721 58
Chaffinch 619 49.2
Brambling 143 11.1
Hawfinch 8 0.4
Bullfinch 1 0.1
Greenfinch 1172 94.5
Twite 62 4.8
Linnet 220 17.5
Common Redpoll 75 5.7
[Common/Lesser Redpoll] 20 1.3
Lesser Redpoll 67 5.2
Common Crossbill 13 0.9
Goldfinch 311 24
Siskin 62 4.1
Reed Bunting 339 26.8
Lapland Bunting 3 0.2
Snow Bunting 2 0.2



















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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