Peak I-WeBS counts at main Co Waterford estuaries:
highest counts for each species based on counts
in winters 1994/95 to 2004/2005
Figures here are based on available data from the first
11 winters of the survey (1994/95 to 2004/05), and will be updated when more complete data have been compiled. Last updated 19 Feb 2005.
+ = species present but not counted.
[ ] = species usually not counted at this site, thus peak count quoted may be have been exceeded on some dates.
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Blackwater |
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Dungarvan |
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Tramore |
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Waterford |
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Estuary |
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Harbour |
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Backstrand |
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Harbour |
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(Waterford |
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& Bay |
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(Cheekpoint |
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& Cork) |
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to Creadan Hd) |
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Red-throated Diver |
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9 |
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110 |
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Black-throated Diver |
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1 |
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Great Northern Diver |
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25 |
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14 |
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9 |
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3 |
Little Grebe |
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1 |
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6 |
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1 |
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Great Crested Grebe |
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81 |
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4 |
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39 |
Slavonian Grebe |
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1 |
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3 |
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1 |
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Black-necked Grebe |
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2 |
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Cormorant |
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165 |
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107 |
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36 |
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169 |
Shag |
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+ |
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+ |
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Grey Heron |
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25 |
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38 |
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15 |
|
10 |
Little Egret |
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24 |
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17 |
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34 |
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2 |
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Mute Swan |
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12 |
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7 |
|
55 |
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6 |
Whooper Swan |
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5 |
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Light-bellied Brent Goose |
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49 |
|
948 |
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854 |
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133 |
Shelduck |
|
137 |
|
995 |
|
38 |
|
45 |
Wigeon |
|
1374 |
|
383 |
|
195 |
|
84 |
Teal |
|
423 |
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343 |
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237 |
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5 |
Green-winged Teal |
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1 |
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Mallard |
|
201 |
|
80 |
|
100 |
|
135 |
Pintail |
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6 |
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32 |
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2 |
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5 |
Garganey |
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1 |
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Shoveler |
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93 |
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6 |
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2 |
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Pochard |
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9 |
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Tufted Duck |
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4 |
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1 |
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Scaup |
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3 |
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1 |
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1 |
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Eider |
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4 |
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1 |
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1 |
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Long-tailed Duck |
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1 |
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3 |
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Common Scoter |
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3 |
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45 |
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Velvet Scoter |
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1 |
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Goldeneye |
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1 |
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25 |
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1 |
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15 |
Red-breasted Merganser |
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13 |
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66 |
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27 |
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7 |
Goosander |
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3 |
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Water Rail |
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1 |
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1 |
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4 |
Moorhen |
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2 |
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1 |
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Oystercatcher |
|
648 |
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952 |
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662 |
|
1227 |
Ringed Plover |
|
78 |
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118 |
|
104 |
|
30 |
Golden Plover |
|
5700 |
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6800 |
|
4000 |
|
158 |
Grey Plover |
|
77 |
|
589 |
|
372 |
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1 |
Lapwing |
|
3912 |
|
5420 |
|
6000 |
|
3190 |
Knot |
|
118 |
|
996 |
|
125 |
|
48 |
Sanderling |
|
2 |
|
101 |
|
71 |
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20 |
Little Stint |
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6 |
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|
1 |
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Curlew Sandpiper |
|
34 |
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1 |
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2 |
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Dunlin |
|
2537 |
|
6650 |
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2721 |
|
379 |
Ruff |
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7 |
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1 |
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Jack Snipe |
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1 |
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Snipe |
|
186 |
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260 |
|
182 |
|
21 |
Black-tailed Godwit |
|
982 |
|
1200 |
|
530 |
|
265 |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
|
286 |
|
1593 |
|
576 |
|
271 |
Whimbrel |
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4 |
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1 |
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1 |
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Curlew |
|
1544 |
|
1290 |
|
1170 |
|
380 |
Spotted Redshank |
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6 |
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1 |
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Redshank |
|
658 |
|
951 |
|
314 |
|
166 |
Greenshank |
|
34 |
|
29 |
|
25 |
|
7 |
Green Sandpiper |
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3 |
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Common Sandpiper |
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2 |
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2 |
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1 |
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Turnstone |
|
54 |
|
284 |
|
38 |
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14 |
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Little Gull |
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1 |
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1 |
Mediterranean Gull |
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1 |
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Black-headed Gull |
|
1171 |
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[600] |
|
[157] |
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+ |
Common Gull |
|
912 |
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+ |
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[7] |
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+ |
Ring-billed Gull |
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|
1 |
|
1 |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
|
507 |
|
[1343] |
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[950] |
|
[1150] |
Herring Gull |
|
111 |
|
+ |
|
[20] |
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+ |
Iceland Gull |
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1 |
Glaucous Gull |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
Great Black-backed Gull |
|
428 |
|
[80] |
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[2] |
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+ |
Kittiwake |
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+ |
|
+ |
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Sandwich Tern |
|
109 |
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|
16 |
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Roseate Tern |
|
1 |
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Forster's Tern |
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|
1 |
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Kingfisher |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
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Blackwater |
|
Dungarvan |
|
Tramore |
|
Waterford |
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|
Estuary |
|
Harbour |
|
Backstrand |
|
Harbour |
|
|
(Waterford |
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|
|
& Bay |
|
(Cheekpoint |
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& Cork) |
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|
to Creadan Hd) |
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