VWSG Wader Catches 1975-December 31, 2008
		2008 catch				Total 1975-2008
Species	New	Retrap	Total		Total New	Retrap	Total
Latham's Snipe					347	14	361
Black-tailed Godwit					4		4
Bar-tailed Godwit	269	20	289		4,265	553	4,818
Short-billed Dowitcher					1		1
Whimbrel	1	3	4		47	6	53
Eastern Curlew					814	72	886
Marsh Sandpiper					2		2
Common Greenshank					510	62	572
Terek Sandpiper					37	1	38
Grey-tailed Tattler					38	3	41
Ruddy Turnstone	498	144	642		3,759	1,331	5,090
Great Knot	1		1		682	89	771
Red Knot	5		5		4,887	735	5,622
Sanderling	262	129	391		4,220	1,591	5,811
Little Stint					8		8
Red-necked Stint	2,743	847	3,590		111,910	30,901	142,811
Long-toed Stint					1		1
Pectoral Sandpiper					2		2
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	278	4	282		9,149	424	9,573
Curlew Sandpiper	307	40	347		25,193	4,821	30,014
Cox's Sandpiper					1		1
Broad-billed Sandpiper					5		5
Pied Oystercatcher	114	62	176		2,566	1,331	3,897
Sooty Oystercatcher	69	66	135		861	293	1,154
Black-winged Stilt	6		6		44		44
Banded Stilt					486		486
Red-necked Avocet					368	5	373
Pacific Golden Plover					265	25	290
Grey Plover					160	23	183
Red-capped Plover	6		6		680	185	865
Double-banded Plover	47	2	49		3,684	1,003	4,687
Lesser Sand Plover					115	11	126
Greater Sand Plover					31	3	34
Black-fronted Plover					57	4	61
Hooded Plover					29	2	31
Red-kneed Dotterel					136	11	147
Masked Lapwing	5		5		187	3	190
Total	4,611	1,317	5,928		175,551	43,502	219,053
Table prepared by Helen Vaughan & Clive Minton