BERGH LMJ VAN DER (1986) Waterfowl census in January 1985. LIMOSA 59 (4): 183-188.

This paper presents the numbers of waterfowl counted in the Netherlands between 5 and 21 January 1985. This period was characterized by frost and heavy Almost 783 000 birds belonging to 26 species were counted (tab. 1). Coot, Mallard, Wigeon, Tufted Duck, Pochard, and Shelduck were the most numerous species. In 1980-85, the numbers of swans were larger than during the period 1975-79 (fig. 3). In 1985, 24 areas held one or more species with at least 1% of the NW. European flyway population (fig. 4, appendix). ##### Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Bewick's Swan Cygnus bewickii Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Gadwall Anas strepera Common Teal Anas crecca Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Northern Pintail Anas acuta Garganey Anas querquedula Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata = Spatula clypeata Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Common Pochard Aythya ferina Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Greater Scaup Aythya marila Common Eider Somateria mollissima Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis Black Scoter Melanitta nigra Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Smew Mergellus albellus Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Goosander Mergus merganser Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Eurasian Coot Fulica atra

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