Birds of Rye harbour 14th October 2022.BTO breeding numbers.
All photos were taken on the day as a record of what was seen.It was a very dull day and the highlight for me was the grey plover. Information was taken from the BTO website .
Oyster catchers, Amber listed with 96,000 breeding pairs with a lifespan of 12 years.
Common ringed plover, Red listed, 5,500 pairs lifespan 5years.
Dunlin 9,900 Red listed lifespan 5years.
Turnstone. 43,000 birds Amber listed, Lifespan 9 years.
Kestrel Amber listed, 31,000 pairs. Lifespan 4 years.Curlew Red listed, 59,000 pairs, lifespan 11 years.Redshank Amber listed, 22,000 pairs. 4 year lifespan.Stonechat Green list , 65,000 pairs.Starling Red listed, !,8 million pairs. lifespan 5 years. RED because Recent Severe Breeding Population Decline.
Little egret ,Green listed, 1,100 pairs, lifespan 5 years.Little grebe ,green listed , 5,500 pairs lifespan 6years.Cormorants .Green listed 8,900 pairs ,Lifespan 11years.Linnet .Red listed, 560 pairs, RED because Long-term Severe Breeding Population Decline, lifespan 8 years.Grey plover, Amber listed, lifespan 9 years.
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Interested to learn how short the life spans of some birds are.
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Me to recently joined Bto .There are lots more facts which I have found out since using the BTO site.
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