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Map of the sites holding the search term ""Recurvirostra avosetta""

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…d dunes; -saltmarshes; -breeding harbour seals Phoca vitulina; -breeding avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, -little tern Sternula albifrons and -common tern Sterna hirundo; -a diverse assemblage of breeding birds of sand dunes, saltmarsh and lowland open waters and their margins; …

Stiffkey Valley

… wetland habitat supporting nationally important populations of breeding avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, an assemblage of breeding birds associated with lowland damp grasslands and an assemblage of breeding birds associated with lowland open waters and their margins. General desc…

Exe Estuary

…tailed godwit Limosa limosa. At about 250 birds, the flock of wintering avocets Recurvirostra avosetta is presently the largest in Britain. Reclaimed land within the site is used by water birds at high tide, and also provides nesting and feeding habitat for other bird species. T…

Kempton Park Reservoirs

… plover Charadrius hiaticula and little ringed plover Charadrius dubius. Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta bred on the East Reservoir in 1996. This represented the first successful inland breeding of this species in the British Isles. A wide range of passage birds, including smew Mer…

North Norfolk Coast

…e up to 1,000 pairs of common terns Sterna hirundo, 27 pairs in 1982 of avocets Recurvirostra avosetta and up to 100 pairs of bearded tits Panurus biarmicus. Bitterns Botaurus stellaris and marsh harriers Circus aeruginosus are regular breeders in small numbers and garganey Spatu…

Dearne Valley Wetlands

…y, shoveler, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and pochard, and waders such as avocet Recurvirostra avosetta. Marginal vegetation, fen and wet grassland provide a variety of vegetation heights for nesting and concealment for species such as garganey, gadwall, shoveler, sedge warbler A…

Medway Estuary and Marshes

…ge migrants include ruff Calidris pugnax, whimbrel Numenius phaeopus and avocet Recurvirostra avosetta. The Chetney Peninsula is among the most important wildfowl breeding areas in Kent. Breeding species include avocet, shelduck, shoveler, pochard Aythya ferina, mute swan Cygnus …

Humber Estuary

…, the chironomid midge Glyptotendipes barbipes and a breeding colony of avocets Recurvirostra avosetta. Sand dunes The sand dunes within the Humber Estuary are features of the outer estuary on both the north and south banks particularly on Spurn and along the Lincolnshire coast…

Arne

…site hosts a growing colony of breeding spoonbills Platalea leucorodia. Avocets Recurvirostra avosetta are among the overwintering wader community. The dry heathland supports strong populations of the rare and specially protected heathland reptiles, sand lizard Lacerta agilis and…

Orwell Estuary

…haDescription The Orwell Estuary is of national importance for breeding avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, its breeding bird assemblage of open waters and their margins, nine species of wintering waterfowl including black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa islandica, an assemblage of vascu…

Tamar - Tavy Estuary

…ite supports a nationally important wintering population of the uncommon avocet Recurvirostra avosetta,* and encompasses a section of the River Tamar that is considered to be of national significance for its marine biological interest. The site includes estuarine habitats, with u…

South Thames Estuary and Marshes

…t numbers when feeding on the mud flats. These counts also indicate that avocet Recurvirostra avosetta and ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula regularly exceed nationally important numbers. During the high tide period, waterfowl disperse to roosts in marshes in north Kent and Esse…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…igula, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, water rail Rallus aquaticus, avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, black headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis, common tern Sterna hirundo, little tern Sternula albifrons, Cetti’s warbler Cettia cetti an…

Gwlyptiroedd Casnewydd / Newport Wetlands

…eding birds, including nationally (UK) important breeding populations of avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, redshank, lapwing Vanellus vanellus, water rail Rallus aquaticus, Cetti’s warbler Cettia cetti and bearded tit Panurus biarmicus. In addition, breeding populations of ringed pl…

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