Number of Waders Leg Flagged in Victoria (orange)
Species	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Total	% species
Latham's Snipe	0	0	0	0	40	0	110	56	70	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	278	0.317%
Black-tailed Godwit	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.005%
Bar-tailed Godwit	0	1	157	6	64	0	43	173	16	84	388	324	196	80	208	256	223	320	186	268	2,993	3.409%
Whimbrel	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	4	18	0	1	44	0.050%
Eastern Curlew	0	0	8	0	73	88	87	4	37	35	91	27	18	18	38	0	20	0	0	0	544	0.620%
Marsh Sandpiper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.002%
Common Greenshank	0	0	21	21	51	0	1	109	131	19	0	0	0	1	41	24	0	12	0	0	431	0.491%
Terek Sandpiper	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	0.015%
Grey-tailed Tattler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.006%
Ruddy Turnstone *	0	99	188	37	35	1	194	129	194	372	75	54	34	22	20	154	1	31	328	497	2,465	2.807%
Great Knot	0	0	2	0	4	0	3	36	31	21	21	53	38	78	3	20	3	28	36	1	378	0.430%
Red Knot	0	0	302	26	88	1	52	59	295	289	175	334	377	681	54	176	246	274	248	5	3,682	4.193%
Sanderling *	0	0	163	0	191	1	47	328	148	342	51	118	36	37	26	140	64	104	506	261	2,563	2.919%
Little Stint	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.007%
Red-necked Stint	0	799	1,259	2,516	2,282	1,661	1,384	3,065	1,434	3,224	4,215	6,038	2,570	5,792	5,839	3,489	4,502	3,363	1,727	2,754	57,913	65.956%
Pectoral Sandpiper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.001%
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	0	4	250	111	71	21	69	145	155	474	212	105	18	670	1,068	421	299	329	285	276	4,983	5.675%
Curlew Sandpiper	146	462	367	1,255	808	839	469	753	270	633	770	1,162	417	373	517	51	164	524	94	308	10,382	11.824%
Cox's Sandpiper	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.001%
Broad-billed Sandpiper	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.003%
Black-winged Stilt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	14	0	0	0	6	26	0.030%
Banded Stilt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	151	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	152	0.173%
Red-necked Avocet	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	27	0	0	46	0	6	0	56	0	0	0	0	140	0.159%
Pacific Golden Plover	0	10	10	1	0	0	0	6	0	10	13	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64	0.073%
Grey Plover	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	22	0	0	21	0	24	1	2	9	0	5	0	91	0.104%
Red-capped Plover	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	29	3	10	2	2	12	4	6	10	1	1	6	105	0.120%
Double-banded Plover	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	40	24	98	3	90	19	46	18	21	10	45	422	0.481%
Lesser Sand Plover	0	0	0	14	6	8	9	13	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	0.063%
Greater Sand Plover	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.018%
Hooded Plover	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.001%
Black-fronted Dotterel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.002%
Red-kneed Dotterel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.003%
Masked Lapwing	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	5	4	1	12	1	1	1	5	37	0.042%
Total	146	1,375	2,729	3,992	3,739	2,656	2,475	4,881	2,867	5,554	6,053	8,538	3,735	7,895	7,844	4,870	5,565	5,030	3,428	4,433	87,805
Annual Percentage (%)	0.2%	1.6%	3.1%	4.5%	4.3%	3.0%	2.8%	5.6%	3.3%	6.3%	6.9%	9.7%	4.3%	9.0%	8.9%	5.5%	6.3%	5.7%	3.9%	5.0%
* includes birds flagged with orange flags only from south-east of South Australia between 1993 - 1998 (SA now flagged with orange /yellow flags)
Table prepared by Helen Vaughan & Clive Minton