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Table 1 Gender and age structure of bird species from the German North Sea (numbers in parentheses indicate the number of birds found after collision with a lighthouse)

From: Health status of seabirds and coastal birds found at the German North Sea coast

Name

mature

immature

age/gender unknown

Sum

 

female

male

female

male

  

Oystercatcher

2

8

3

-

-

13 (1)

Red knot

5

4

-

-

-

9 (7)

Common scoter

-

4

2

1

-

7 (0)

Northern fulmar

1

2

1

1

-

5 (0)

Curlew

-

3

-

-

1

4 (3)

Shelduck

3

-

-

-

-

3 (0)

Grey plover

-

2

-

-

-

2 (1)

Bar-tailed godwit

2

-

-

-

-

2 (2)

Dunlin

-

1

-

-

-

1 (1)

Common eider

-

-

-

1

-

1 (0)

Ringed plover

-

1

-

-

-

1 (0)

 

13

25

6

2

1

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