Table 1 Estimated mid-winter numbers of Greater Scaup Aythya marila from wintering populations in northern and western Europe.

From: Effectiveness of the European Natura 2000 network to sustain a specialist wintering waterbird population in the face of climate change

Country

1988–1991

% of population

2015–2018

% of population

Netherlands

170,000

55.0

75,000

39.0

Germany

70,000

22.7

73,000

38.0

Denmark

30,000

9.7

11,000

5.7

Poland

10,000

3.2

12,000

6.2

France

11,000

3.6

200

0.1

United Kingdom

8000

2.6

1800

0.9

Ireland

4000

1.3

1700

0.9

Sweden

4000

1.3

16,000

8.3

Italy

400

0.1

100

0.1

Estonia

50

0.0

1000

0.5

Rest

1550

0.5

500

0.3

N-W Europe total

309,000

100.0

192,300

100.0

  1. Numbers (rounded to the nearest 1000 birds) assigned to individual countries in two periods 1988–1991 and 2015–2018 are given, with each country giving the percentage of the population in relation to the entire biogeographic population.
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