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Circus cyaneus, Winter visitor.
Hen Harrier.
Osprey. Pandion haliaetus.
Usually singles.
Winter visitor, with up to five recorded.
Common Crane. Grus grus. Eight in November 1930.
Water Rail. Rallus couaticus.
Occasional winter visitor.
Banded Rail. Rallus strictus. Fairly common throughout the year. definite proof of breeding but it almost certainly does.
White-breasted Waterhen. Aneurornis phoenicurus. Resident. Breeds.
Recorded throughout the year. Breeds.
There is no
Moorhen. Gallinula chloropus.
Watercock. Gallicrex cinerea, Up to ten present during the summer.
Probably
Coot.
breeds.
Fulica atra. Winter visitor with up to 300 recorded. 2000 in February 1972 was exceptional. A few birds summer.
Pheasant-tailed Jacana. Hydrophasianus chirurgus. Summer visitor. A few pairs
usually nert.
Painted Snipe, Rostratula benghalensis. Passage migrant and winter visitor.
Oystercatcher. Haematopus ostralegus. Ono December 1958.
Lapwing. Vanellus vanellus. 18 records of up to 35 birds.
Grey-headed Lapwing. Hicrosarcops cinereus.
Max 20.
Passage migrant and winter visitor.
Little Ringed Plover. Charadrius dubius. Non-breeding visitor with up to 50 birds.
Kentish Plover. Charadrius alexandrinus. Passage migrant and winter visitor.
Usually in groups up to 30, but occasionally up to 400.
Gruter/Mongolian Send-plover.
Charadrius leschenaultii/mongolus.
Passage nigrant
with up to 250 recorded.
Oriental Plover. Charadrius veredus. Single birds in April 1931 and September 1974.
Grey Plover. Pluvialis squatarola. Rarage migrant and winter visitor. Usually
small numbers but once a group of 35.
Asiatic Golden Plover. Pluvialis dominicus. Passage migrant and winter visitor.
Usually small numbers but up to 50 have been seen in spring.
Turnstone. Arenaria interpres.
Fantail/Pintail/Swinhoe's Snipe. migrant and winter visitor. difficult to establish.
Jack Snipe. Lymnocryptes minimus.
Passage migrant with up to 10 birds recorded.
Gallinago gallinago/stenura/merala. Passage Relative abundance of these three species is
One in March 1961.
Curlew Numenius arqueta. Fassage igrent and winter visitor.
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vari ble. Up to 100 at times.
Numbers very
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