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Dawlish Warren

…which is an important food for wigeon Mareca penelope, dark-bellied brent goose Branta bernicla bernicla and other species of wildfowl. The estuary also supports nationally important numbers of wintering black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa. Several insects recorded from the warren…

Orwell Estuary

…. Shotley marshes are especially important for feeding dark bellied brent geese Branta bernicla bernicla, wigeon Mareca penelope and snipe Gallinago gallinago and for breeding redshank Tringa totanus and lapwing Vanellus vanellus. Trimley marshes have become an important refuge f…

Stour Estuary

…es, roosting on the saltmarsh with other dabbling ducks. Wintering brent geese Branta bernicla bernicla, feeding on eelgrass and green algae, prefer the lower reaches of the Essex shore. The wintering herd of mute swans Cygnus olor feeds on the waste from the maltings at Mistley…

Humber Estuary

…wl in nationally important numbers. These are bittern, dark bellied brent goose Branta bernicla bernicla, shelduck Tadorna tadorna, wigeon Mareca penelope, teal Anas crecca, pochard Aythya ferina, scaup Aythya marila, goldeneye Bucephala clangula, oystercatcher Haematopus ostrale…

Exe Estuary

… over 1% of the European population of species such as dark-bellied Brent goose Branta bernicla bernicla, wigeon Mareca penelope, ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula and black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa. At about 250 birds, the flock of wintering avocets Recurvirostra avosetta is…

Gruinart Flats

…an Sand dune Shingle Saltmarsh Mudflat Blanket bog Greenland barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) Greenland white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons flavirostris) Light-bellied brent goose (Branta bernicla hrota) Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Medina Estuary

…w Numenius arquata, black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa, dark bellied brent geese Branta bernicla, shelduck Tadorna tadorna, wigeon Mareca penelope and teal Anas crecca. The estuary regularly supports more than half the resident oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus population on the…

Langstone Harbour

…lone has consistently supported in excess of 5,000 wintering dark bellied geese Branta bernicla, or 5 10 percent of the world population depending on fluctuating population levels. It has supported up to 2.5 percent of the European winter population of shelduck Tadorna tadorna an…

Northam Burrows

…alis apricaria, curlew Numenius arquata, wigeon Mareca penelope and Brent goose Branta bernicla occur in overwintering flocks. The range of habitats present also supports a diverse breeding bird community which includes shelduck Tadorna tadorna, wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe, stonec…

St. John's Point

… Point supports a notable non-breeding population of light bellied Brent goose, Branta bernicla hrota. At low tide birds feed mainly on inter-tidal habitats at nearby Killough Harbour and to the west of St. John’s Point at Minerstown. On the rising tide these birds are displaced …

Strangford Lough Part 1

…s in 1986/87. Up to 40% of the world population of the pale bellied Brent goose Branta bernicla hrota occurs on the lough in early winter and most favour the mudflats in the Part 1 area. The numbers of shelduck Tadorna tadorna, redshank Tringa totanus, knot Calidris canutus and w…

Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges

…ss Zostera noltei. The eelgrassis a source of food for dark bellied Brent goose Branta bernicla and wigeon Mareca penelope which resort to the bay in winter. The invertebrates and fish associated with the eelgrass beds provide a rich source of food for many wading birds including…

North Norfolk Coast

…in the spring and autumn. Wintering birds include large numbers of brent geese Branta bernicla and smaller numbers of pink footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus and white fronted geese Anser albifrons. Ducks and waders are also present in great abundance on the marshes and intertida…

Deben Estuary

…s of national importance for its winter populations of dark bellied Brent goose Branta bernicla, shelduck Tadorna tadorna and black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa with the numbers of wigeon Mareca penelope, pintail Anas acuta and grey plover Pluvialis squatarola approaching this lev…

Larne Lough

… also holds important numbers of wintering waterfowl. light-bellied Brent goose Branta bernicla hrota an average of 202 birds, 1.01% of the international population are of international importance. Nationally important species are goldeneye Bucephala clanqula an average of 182 bi…

Carlingford Lough

…tering and breeding birds. The wintering population of pale bellied Brent goose Branta bernicla hrota is of international importance, with an average of 255 birds, representing some 1.3% of the world population. It also holds nationally significant numbers of wintering great cres…

Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek

…ght coast. The eelgrass beds are the favoured food of dark bellied Brent geese Branta bernicla which can be present in flocks in excess of 200 individuals. Wading birds such as curlew Numenius arquata, redshank Tringa totanus, grey plover Pluvialis squatarola and ringed plover C…

Hurst Castle and Lymington River Estuary

…es are important feeding grounds for waders, ducks and dark bellied Brent goose Branta bernicla. The series of lagoons immediately inland of the Lymington Keyhaven sea walls are internationally important for the assemblage of brackish water organisms they support. This assemblage…

Thorness Bay

…grounds for significant numbers of waterfowl including dark bellied Brent geese Branta bernicla, ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, grey plover Pluvialis squatarola, oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, dunlin Calidris alpina, teal Anas crecca, shelduck Tadorna tadorna, curlew N…

King's Quay Shore

…s are feeding grounds for modest numbers of wading birds, heron and Brent geese Branta bernicla. Eelgrass beds occur on the lower shore. The plants here show great morphological variation related to the shore levels at which they occur, but can probably all be attributed to one s…

St John's Lake

…ation of up to 5,000 wigeon Mareca penelope. Mute swan Cygnus olor, Brent geese Branta bernicla, shelduck Tadorna tadorna and teal Anascrecca all occur in high numbers. The soft mud flats attract a nationally important population of black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa, which are re…

Lough Foyle

…of 890, 5.2% of the defined international population, light-bellied Brent goose Branta bernicla hrota 3730, 18.7% and bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica 1896, 1.9%. Other wildfowl species which are nationally important in an All-Ireland context are red-throated diver Gavia stella…

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

…llard Anas platyrhynchos, shelduck Tadorna tadorna and occasionally brent goose Branta bernicla. Many of the birds use more than one habitat, some for example feed on the mud flats at low tide and then move up to roost on the saltmarsh or grazing marsh. Breeding birds include rin…

Killough Bay and Strand Lough

…ttract internationally important numbers of wintering light-bellied Brent goose Branta bernicla hrota. On average, some 354 birds, 1.8% of the world population, spend the late winter and spring here, feeding on the green seaweed. Killough Bay plays an important role in supporting…

Medway Estuary and Marshes

…in North Kent for wintering wildfowl with shelduck Tadorna tadorna, brent goose Branta bernicla, grey plover Pluvialis squatarola, ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, pintail Anas acuta, dunlin Calidris alpina and redshank Tringa totanus occurring in numbers of international sign…

Stiffkey Valley

…lations of wetland birds. These include bittern Botaurus stellaris, brent goose Branta bernicla, wigeon Mareca penelope, teal Anas crecca, pintail Anas acuta, snipe Gallinago gallinago, ruff Calidris pugnax, woodcock Scolopax rusticola and bearded tit Panurus biarmicus. Marsh har…

Newtown Harbour

…oltii, occur locally. Eel grass is an important food source for the Brent goose Branta bernicla. The vegetation of the rapidly eroding sea cliffs display a range of succession communities. Newtown Quay lagoon is the remains of an old saltworks. There is no freshwater flow into th…

Outer Ards

…e wintering populations of four species of waterfowl. Light bellied Brent goose Branta bernicla hrota utilise a number of sand and mud dominated bays, generally during the periods of late winter and early spring. The five-year average of wintering birds is 209, representing some …

Yar Estuary

…g wildfowl and waders using the estuary. These include dark bellied Brent geese Branta bernicla, wigeon Mareca penelope, curlew Numenius arquata, dunlin Calidris alpina and particularly large flocks of teal Anas crecca. At high water many fish enter the estuary to feed on the sup…

Crouch and Roach Estuaries

…t grazing for the internationally important numbers of dark bellied Brent geese Branta bernicla which use the estuary. The brackish dykes and pools within the grazing marsh, together with the borrow dykes adjacent to the sea walls are fringed with dense stands of sea club rush Bo…

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