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…ent of the UK population. The site is of regional importance for wintering coot Fulica atra and is locally important for wintering snipe Gallinago gallinago and bittern Botaurus stellaris. The site is also of considerable local importance for a number of species of breeding birds…

River Wye (Lower Wye) / Afon Gwy (Gwy Isaf)

…iated with rivers. Several species including the mute swan Cygnus olor and coot Fulica atra are associated with its slow flowing reaches and breed along the length of the river. However, species associated with upland streams and rivers such as dipper Cinclus cinclus and grey wag…

Priddy Pools

…aculeatus are present. Breeding birds include moorhen Gallinula chloropus, coot Fulica atra, mallard Anas platyrhynchos, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus. Priddy Pools is an important research site. Detailed study of the algae in the …

Lough Neagh

…pera 14.6% ; teal Anas crecca 1.8% ; mallard Anas platyrhynchos 6.9% ; and coot Fulica atra 16.5%. These birds are mostly associated with open water, shallow lough shore and wet grassland. In the summer the Lough supports important numbers of breeding birds, including the largest…

Old River Severn, Upper Lode

…site includes large numbers of duck, mainly mallard Anas platyrhynchos and coot Fulica atra on the open water. Reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and sedge warbler A. schoenobaenus breed in the willows. Kingfisher Alcedo atthis is regularly seen, as are waders such as redshank …

Cheddar Reservoir

…e on the Somerset Levels. The lake provides food for up to 2500 wintering coots Fulica atra, the largest flock in Somerset. Migrant waders and terns use the reservoir as a feeding and roosting station. N.B. All figures shown are maxima recorded.

The Swale

…ng the wetland birds mallard Anas platyrhynchos, shelduck Tadorna tadorna, coot Fulica atra, moorhen Gallinula chloropus, lapwing Vanellus vanellus and redshank Tringa totanus. Scarcer breeding birds include teal Anas crecca, gadwall Mareca strepera, Spatula clypeata and pochard …

Portmore Lough

…6% of the Irish wintering population, tufted duck Aythya fuligula 3.0% and coot Fulica atra 4.0\. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/portmore-lough-assi

Higher Moors & Porth Hellick Pool (St. Mary's)

…cluding mallard Anas platyrhynchos, gadwall A. strepera, teal Anas crecca, coot Fulica atra, moorhen Gallinula chloropus and sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus. The site also provides valuable food and shelter for wintering birds, especially mallard, gadwall, teal, wigeon M…

Jockey Fields

…snipe Lymnocryptes minimus, teal Anas crecca, water rail Rallus aquaticus, coot Fulica atra, moorhen Gallinula chloropus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus are also present.

Big Pool & Browarth Point(St Agnes)

…us hiaticula breed along those beaches, whilst mallard Anas platyrhynchos, coot Fulica atra and moorhen Gallinula chloropus breed at Big Pool. This is also an important wetland feeding site for birds on passage and supports small flocks of wintering wildfowl, especially mallard, …

Wraysbury No. 1 Gravel Pit

…halacrocorax carbo, pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and coot Fulica atra. The pit was excavated in the 1950s and is now almost fully mature, with most of the lake margins dominated by trees and scrub. In a few places there are still small areas of neutral gras…

River Wye

…iated with rivers. Several species including the mute swan Cygnus olor and coot Fulica atra are associated with its slow flowing reaches and breed along the length of the river. However species associated with upland streams and rivers such as dipper Cinclus cinclus and grey wagt…

Gladhouse Reservoir

…mallard Anas platyrhynchos, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, teal Anas crecca, coot Fulica atra, moorhen Gallinula chloropus, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. There are few freshwater bodies in Midlothian so Gladhouse is of local signifi…

Thursley, Hankley & Frensham Commons

…s including great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, mute swan Cygnus olor, coot Fulica atra, water rail Rallus aquaticus and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. Birds which breed in the areas of woodland include all three British woodpecker, woodcock Scolopax rusticola, redstar…

Mill Lough

…h 48% of the last five year average maximum count for Upper Lough Erne and coot Fulica atra 20%. Mill Lough is also of invertebrate interest. The aquatic invertebrate fauna is typical of a lowland eutrophic but comparatively unpolluted, water body. Ten species of dragonfly Odona…

Carrick Heaths

… Anas crecca, garganey Spatula querquedula, shoveller Spatula clypeata and coot Fulica atra. The Red Data Book listed barn owl Tyto alba has also been recorded from Penstraze Moor.

Dozmary Pool

…wl on passage, and as winter visitors. It attracts considerable numbers of coot Fulica atra, wigeon Mareca penelope, and teal Anas crecca, and dunlin Calidris alpina have nested there. The surrounding moorland provides habitat for breeding stonechat Saxicola rubicola, curlew Nume…

Loe Pool

… platyrhynchos, goldeneye Bucephala clangula, gadwall Mareca strepera, and coot Fulica atra. Several rare birds have been recorded here in winter and on autumn migration. There is a breeding colony of about 20 pairs of sand martin Riparia riparia a species not well represented i…

Alresford Pond

…ce feeding and diving duck e.g. maximum recorded numbers 1970 to 1976, 200 coot Fulica atra, 800 mallard Anas platyrhynchos, 270 teal Anas crecca, 83 wigeon A. penelope, 45 shoveler A. clypeata, 28 tufted duck Aythya fuligula, 64 pochard Aythya ferina. Similar eutrophic lakes are…

River Test

…le grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. In the dense vegetation along its margins coot Fulica atra and moorhen Gallinula chloropus are frequent and tufted duck Aythya fuligula, pochard Aythya ferina and mute swan Cygnus olor also nest. Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and reed w…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…ceps cristatus, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, bittern Botaurus stellaris, coot Fulica atra, golden plover Pluvialis apricaria, ruff Calidris pugnax and sanderling Calidris alba. Two species of waterfowl regularly occur in nationally important numbers during migration periods, w…

Twyni Lacharn - Pentywyn / Laugharne - Pendine Burrows

…pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, mute swan Cygnus olor, coot Fulica atra, grey-lag goose Anser anser, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus. Substantial populations of reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and sedge warbl…

Grafham Water

…ng great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and coot Fulica atra. The site is also of national importance for the numbers of moulting mute swan Cygnus olor present in late summer. Additionally it is one of the most important sites for diversity of passa…

Blagdon Lake

… fuligula 425, pochard Aythya ferina 750, wigeon Mareca penelope 1,000 and coot Fulica atra 1,150. gadwall Mareca strepera, pintail Anas acuta, shoveler Spatula clypeata, goldeneye Bucephala clangula, ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis, Bewick's swan Cygnus columbianus, great crested …

River Itchen

…ficollis are frequent. In the dense vegetation along the river’s margins, coot Fulica atra and moorhen Gallinula chloropus are common and tufted duck and mute swan Cygnus olor nest. Sedge warbler and reed warbler are numerous in the tall vegetation with scattered scrub along the…

Fishpool Valley

…lard Anas platyrhynchos, teal Anas crecca, moorhen Gallinula chloropus and coot Fulica atra.

Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits

…ceps cristatus, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, bittern Botaurus stellaris, coot Fulica atra and golden plover Pluvialis apricaria. The Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pit's are considered to be of exceptional significance for the variety and quality of breeding birds associated with th…

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