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Stanpit Winter Recording Criteria

During the winter, Stanpit is one of the more frequently visited areas of the recording area, but we receive relatively few records, despite the large numbers of birds ever-present. It has been suggested that more records are not submitted because it is sometimes not clear which of the commoner species are of interest. As a rule, all records of all species should be submitted for use in compilation of the Annual Report, however, for website interest, a more selective approach may be taken. The following sets out to give a few guidelines.

If it is easier, please feel free to submit all records via the website, the commoner species will be automatically forwarded to the report editors.

All records of the following should be submitted:

• All duck other than Mallard, Wigeon, Teal and Shelduck
  
• All waders other than Dunlin, Redshank, Oystercatcher, Curlew, Lapwing and Black-tailed Godwit,
  
• Great-crested Grebe
  
• Little Grebe
  
• Kingfisher
  
• Water Rail
  
• Grey Wagtail
  
• Jack Snipe
  
• Bar-tailed Godwit
  
• Knot
  
• Grey Plover
  
• Ruff
  
• Golden Plover
  
• Sanderling
  
• Turnstone
  
• Common Sandpiper
  
• Dartford Warbler

Counts of the following are also very welcome, but only if there is a high confidence that all have been estimated. For example, the Brent Goose and Black-tailed Godwit frequently split into two or more flocks and if only one is counted, then records become distorted.

• Brent Goose
  
• Wigeon
  
• Teal
  
• Dunlin
  
• Black-tailed Godwit
  
• Curlew
  
• Redshank
  
• Oystercatcher
  
• Snipe
  
• Shelduck
  
• Lapwing
  
• All gulls
  
• Any other waders