The “standard season” from 1st July to 5th November is now over and we can now do simple comparisons of some common species between the earlier project years 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019 and this year.

Brent Goose (mustlagle). This has been the second poorest year, with 2009 the best.

Barnacle Goose (valgepõsk-lagle). The best year.

Anser geese (haned). There were more identified Greater White-fronteds (suur-laukhani) in 2019 but in all other categories this was the best year (Bean (rabahani)/Tundra Bean (tundrahani), Greylag (hallhani), unidentified).

Dabbling ducks (partid). This was the best year for Shoveler (luitsnokk-part), Mallard (sinikael-part), Gadwall (rääkspart) and Wigeon (viupart). The second best for Common Teal (piilpart) (2014 was the best) and third best for Pintail (soopart) (2019 and 2009 better)

Aythya ducks (vartid). This was the best year for every species, by a large margin, including the unidentified.

Eider (hahk). This was the poorest year, and the numbers have been going down every year.

Long-tailed Duck (aul). The poorest year. The best was 2004. A general decline also in this species.

Common Scoter (mustvaeras). The best year. The worst was 2004 and the numbers have been going up every year.

Velvet Scoter (tõmmuvaeras). The best year – by a large margin.

Goldeneye (sõtkas). The second best year, after 2014.

Red-breasted Merganser (rohukoskel). The best year. This species has increased every year.

Divers (kaurid). The second best year for Red-throated (punakurk-kaur), after 2004, and second worst for Black-throated (järvekaur), with 2009 the best and 2004 poorest.
The unidentified number is in the third position, with 2004 most.

Grebes (pütid). Overall rather poor year. Great Crested (tuttpütt) the second poorest, with 2004 the best. Red-necked (hallposk-pütt) was the poorest number, 2009 was the best and a general decline is obvious, Slavonian (sarvikpütt) was the second poorest, again 2009 was the best.

Waders (kahlajad). In general, a very good year.
The best year for Grey Plover (plüü), Common Plover (liivatüll), Dunlin (soorüdi) and several less numerous species
Second best in Oystercatcher (merisk), Curlew Sandpiper (kõvernokk-rüdi) and Whimbrel (väikekoovitaja)
Poor year for Eurasian Curlew (suurkoovitaja) and Bar-tailed Godwit (vöötsaba-vigle).

Terns (tiirud). A very good year. The second best for Arctic Tern (randtiir), and the best for Common (jõgitiir) (but unidentified were much less than in some years), the best for Sandwich Tern (tutt-tiir), the best for Caspian Tern (räusk), the third best for Black Tern (mustviires) and the best for Little Tern (väiketiir).

Gulls (kajakad). Again, a very good year. The best for the numerous species Black-headed Gull (naerukajakas) (by a large margin), Little Gull (väikekajakas), Common Gull (kalakajakas) and Herring Gull (hõbekajakas). But some of the less numerous species were not that numerous compared to the other years, Lesser Black-backed (tõmmukajakas) was the third best, and a poorish year for Greater Black-backed (merikajakas).