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Please use this space to include any notes or a sketch map of the site…

Recording birds

WeBS is a partnership scheme of the British Trust for Ornithology, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Joint Nature Conservation Committee

in association with the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.

Your contact information will be kept on database at the BTO. It will be used solely for the administration of waterbird surveys.

Please tick if no waterbirds were present

Please return your forms to: WeBS Office, British Trust for Ornithology, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU or alternatively, you can email any records to webs@bto.org

Name

Site name

Address

Grid Ref.(or nearest town)

Email

Date

SpecieS countLittle GrebeCormorantGrey HeronMute SwanCanada GooseMallardTufted DuckCootMoorhenOystercatcherBlack-headed GullKingfisher

Additional species

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WeBS monitors all species of waterbirds – including swans, geese, ducks, grebes, waders, gulls, herons and terns.

Although we receive counts from over 2,000 wetland sites, many small sites are not counted. These small lakes, lochs, streams and rivers hold birds that would otherwise go unrecorded.

For example, although a familiar sight on just about any waterbody, the number of Mallards is showing a decline. This may be a true reflection of how they are faring in the countryside, though as many birds use small ponds that are not traditionally counted under WeBS the true scale of the decline may not yet be apparent.

If you walk around any lake, loch, pond or river and would be willing to spare a few minutes to note the birds you see, we would like to hear from you. Even if there are no birds present, this information is just as important.

The Wetland Bird Survey

For more information on the Wetland Bird Survey, visit our website at

www.bto.org/webs

The UK is of outstanding international importance for waterbirds, with more than five million birds relying upon our wetlands each winter.

The Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) is the monitoring scheme for non-breeding waterbirds in the UK.

The principle aims of WeBS are:

• To determine the population sizes of waterbirds in the UK

• To determine trends in numbers and distribution

• To identify important sites for waterbirds.

How you can help Familiar species to look for

Little Grebe

Grey Heron

Mallard (male)

Coot

Oystercatcher

Cormorant

Canada Goose

Tufted Duck (male)

Moorhen

Black-headed Gull

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erty Photos: Little Grebe by Dawn Balmer. Cormorant by Don Wooldridge. Grey Heron

by Mike Weston. Canada Goose by Edward Charles Photography. Mallard by D Berrington Davies. Tufted Duck & Oystercatcher by John Harding. Coot by Peter Al-Sheikhli. Moorhen by Jill Pakenham. Black-headed Gull by Neil Calbrade.

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