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…ese Anser erythropus and pink footed geese A. brachyrhynchus. Duck include teal Anas crecca, pintail Anas acuta, mallard Anas platyrhynchos and tufted duck Aythya fuligula. The estuary also provides feeding and roosting grounds for large numbers of gulls and waders particularly i…

Dibden Bay

…ite for feeding, particularly at night, especially wigeon Mareca penelope, teal Anas crecca, pintail Anas acuta and mallard Anas platyrhynchos, as well as flocks of curlew Numenius arquata and lapwing. At peak times, the site attracts 18 percent of all the wigeon using the Solent…

Ashleworth Ham

…aris arundinacea, floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans and tufted sedge Carex acuta with patches of tufted hair grass Deschampsia cespitosa and bistort Polygonum spp. This grades into drier grassland dominated by meadow foxtail Alopecurus pratensis, creeping bent Agrostis stolo…

Wet Moor

…ly, attracting large numbers of wildfowl including wigeon Mareca penelope, teal Anas crecca, mallard Anas platyrhynchos and pochard Aythya ferina together with gadwall Ana strepera, pintail Anas acuta, shoveler A. clypeata and tufted duck Aythya fuligula. Wet Moor is of internati…

Ouse Washes

…al significance. Of particular note in the winter are the large numbers of teal Anas crecca, pintail Anas acuta, wigeon Mareca penelope, shoveler Spatula clypeata, pochard Aythya ferina and Bewick’s swan Cygnus columbianus. The grassland communities of the area are characterised …

Nene Washes

…ering wildfowl and particularly the dabbling ducks wigeon Mareca penelope, teal Anas crecca, pintail Anas acuta and Bewick’s swan Cygnus columbianus. Wetland birds such as snipe Gallinago gallinago and redshank Tringa totanus regularly breed and during passage periods there is of…

Stiffkey Valley

…Tachybaptus ruficollis, shelduck Tadorna tadorna, gadwall Mareca strepera, teal Anas crecca, garganey Spatula querquedula, shoveler Spatula clypeata, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, water rail Rallus aquaticus, avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, lapwing Vanellus vanellus, redshank Tring…

South Thames Estuary and Marshes

…lbifrons spp albifrons, shelduck Tadorna tadorna, gadwall Mareca strepera, teal Anas crecca, pintail Anas acuta, shoveler Spatula clypeata, grey plover Pluvialis squatarola, curlew Numenius arquata and black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa. In addition, nationally important numbers o…

Lynher Estuary

…ope which feed on the eel grass Zostera spp beds on nearby St John's Lake. Teal Anas crecca, mallard Anas platyrhynchos, shelduck Tadorna tadorna and pintail Anas acuta all occur in high numbers. The soft mud flats attract a nationally important population of black-tailed godwit …

Glaslyn

…ortion of the estuary close to the Cob supports wigeon Mareca penelope and teal Anas crecca whilst smaller numbers of pintail Anas acuta and shoveler Spatula clypeata use the adjacent marshes. Otters Lutra lutra and water vole Arvicola amphibius are also known to occur. Atlantic …

Inner Marsh Farm

…and wildfowl irrespective of the tide on the nearby estuary. Wintering pintail Anas acuta occur in internationally important numbers, whilst wintering teal Anas crecca and black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa occur in nationally important numbers. Ruff Calidris pugnax and spotted r…

Mersey Estuary

…; 57,700 birds. The most important species over the period 1978–83 were pintail Anas acuta 17 percent of the total western European population, teal Anas crecca 12%, shelduck Tadorna tadorna seven percent and wigeon Mareca penelope 2%. In 1982–83 the estuary had the 16th highest …

Frampton Pools

…ctus lacustris. The lakes are frequented in winter by large numbers of mallard Anas platyrhynchos, teal Anas crecca, shoveler A. clypeata, pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and pintail Anas acuta. Rarer species such as smew Mergellus albellus and scaup Aythya ma…

The Swale

… on autumn and spring migrations. Several species, wigeon Mareca penelope, teal Anas crecca and grey plover Pluvialis squatarola regularly overwinter in numbers of international importance+. Others, including shoveler Spatula clypeata, knot Calidris canutus, dunlin Calidris alpin…

Dee Estuary / Aber Afon Dyfrdwy

…akenholt. Wildfowl present in internationally important numbers include pintail Anas acuta, for which the Dee and Mersey have been the principal British wintering estuaries for many years, teal Anas crecca and shelduck Tadorna tadorna, whilst wigeon Mareca penelope occur in natio…

Dee Estuary

…akenholt. Wildfowl present in internationally important numbers include pintail Anas acuta, for which the Dee and Mersey have been. the principal British wintering estuaries for many years, teal Anas crecca and shelduck Tadorna tadorna, whilst wigeon Mareca penelope occur in nati…

Blagdon Lake

…bers of wintering waterfowl. There are nationally important populations of teal Anas crecca up to 2,000 and large numbers of mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1,000, tufted duck Aythya fuligula 425, pochard Aythya ferina 750, wigeon Mareca penelope 1,000 and coot Fulica atra 1,150. gadw…

Medway Estuary and Marshes

…, grey plover Pluvialis squatarola, ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, pintail Anas acuta, dunlin Calidris alpina and redshank Tringa totanus occurring in numbers of international significance. Also present in numbers of national significance are turnstone Arenaria interpres, bl…

Hayle Estuary & Carrack Gladden

…wintering wildfowl and wading birds which include widgeon Mareca penelope, teal Anas crecca, ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, golden plover Pluvialis apricaria, grey plover Pluvialis squatarola, curlew Numenius arquata and dunlin Calidris alpina. In recent years more than 90 w…

River Dee (England)

…llus, and, when flooded, provide important over wintering sites for the pintail Anas acuta. Invertebrates The club tailed dragonfly Gomphus vulgatissimus is nationally scarce and present along the lower Dee including several parts of the River Dee England, particularly where th…

Stour Estuary

…pp. and overwinter in large numbers on a par with nearby Hamford Water. Pintail Anas acuta congregate with the wigeon after arrival at Holbrook Bay, reaching peak numbers in mid October and again in January to February. They prefer the upper and middle reaches where the very fine…

Barn Elms Wetland Centre

… the site include snipe Gallinago gallinago, shoveler Spatula clypeata, pintail Anas acuta and water rail Rallus aquaticus. A number of breeding passerines have been recorded including whitethroat Sylvia communis, garden warbler Sylvia borin and blackcap Sylvia atricapilla. Mamma…

New Ferry

… which support two nationally important species of wintering waterfowl, pintail Anas acuta and black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa. New Ferry is located within the Mersey Estuary, to the south of Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula. Tranmere Oil Terminal forms the northern boundar…

Morfa Harlech

…tella naevia. During September to March nationally important numbers of pintail Anas acuta feed and roost on the extensive areas of mud and saltmarsh in the Glaslyn/Dwyryd estuary. The sand lizard Lacerta agilis has been introduced into two areas of sand dune at Morfa Harlech whe…

Upper Solway Flats and Marshes

…anutus, non-breeding Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, non-breeding Pintail Anas acuta, non-breeding Redshank Tringa totanus, non-breeding Ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, non-breeding Sanderling Calidris alba, non-breeding Scaup Aythya marila, non-breeding Shelduck Tador…

Deben Estuary

…tailed godwit Limosa limosa with the numbers of wigeon Mareca penelope, pintail Anas acuta and grey plover Pluvialis squatarola approaching this level in some years. The Estuary supports many other species including high numbers of dunlin Calidris alpina, curlew Numenius arquata…

Rostherne Mere

…s and holds nationally significant numbers of pochard Aythya ferina and pintail Anas acuta as well as good numbers of all other common species associated with freshwater. Over 10,000 gulls regularly roost on the water and up to 90 cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo roost in the trees …

Orwell Estuary

…geon and shoveler use the site, whilst cormorant, shelduck, gadwall and pintail Anas acuta regularly occur in numbers of national importance. Also of national importance are the large numbers of dark bellied brent geese. Numbers often fluctuate because of interchange with neighbo…

Blithfield Reservoir

… include great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, pochard Aythya ferina, pintail Anas acuta, Bewick’s swan Cygnus columbianus and white fronted goose Anser albifrons albifrons. Others occur sporadically such as great northern diver Gavia immer and smew Mergellus albellus. The size…

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