Waterbird populations on non-estuarine coasts in Ireland: results of the 2006/07 Non-Estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey (NEWS)
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The importance of Ireland’s wetlands for waterbirds is well documented (Crowe 2005, Boland & Crowe 2012), and the most recent population estimates indicate that more than one million wildfowl and waders winter in Ireland (Crowe et al. 2008). The Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) in Northern Ireland and Britain, together with the equivalent scheme in the Republic of Ireland, the Irish Wetland Bird Survey (I-WeBS), are Ireland’s ongoing monitoring systems for wintering waterbirds. They have been in operation each winter since the early 1990s, and between 300 and 400 sites are monitored annually (Holt et al. 2011, Boland & Crowe 2012). These Waterbird populations on non-estuarine coasts in Ireland: results of the 2006/07 Non-Estuarine Coastal Waterbird Survey (NEWS)
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