Wetlands in the UK are of outstanding international importance for waterbirds. Lying on some of the major flyways for Arctic-nesting species, large numbers of waterbirds are attracted, especially during winter, by the relatively mild climate and extensive areas of wetland, notably estuaries. The UK thus has both moral and legal obligations to conserve both these waterbirds and the wetlands upon which they depend. WeBS is the principal means by which such waterbirds are monitored.

For information about sites covered by WeBS core counts, click here.
(please navigate to required site(s), click grid reference to view site location, boundary and summary of counts/yr entered NB while the graphs may show some data for the current year the most recent data we have available is for 2008/09)

For information about sites covered by WeBS low-tide counts, click here.
(NB the most recent data we have available is for 2008/09)

For information about waterbird trends on protected areas, click here (SPAs) or here (SSSIs).