Abstract
Regular counts of waterbirds between October 1999 and April 2000 and in June 2000 at Selke and Espand wetlands in the Anzali wetland complex, Gilan Province, in north-western Iran, produced 55 species of waterbirds. The total numbers of waterbirds reached their highest levels at Selke on 27 December (11,442 individuals) and at Espand on 9 January (6,087 individuals). Three of the species recorded are globally threatened or near threatened (LR/nt): Dalmatian Pelican, Pelecanus crispus (4 on 27 December), Ferruginous Duck, Aythya nyroca (17 on 3 October), and Pygmy Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pygmeus (217 on 15 November). Peak numbers of some waterbird species included Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo, over 1500 individuals roosting during mid-autumn to midwinter, Garganey, Anas querquedula, 3,794 on 3 October, Teal, Anas crecca, 5,625 on 29 November, Coot, Fulica atra, 3,645 on 16 November, Avocet, Recurvi-rostra avosetta, 131 on 8 February, and Little Gull, Larus minutus 570 on 14 March.
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