On the 12th Day of May-time, the Wetlands showed to me...
12 (hundred) swifts a-swifting,
11, Martins a-nesting
10, Geese a-swooping
9, Gadwall floating
8, Bees a-buzzing
7 Wrens a-dancing
6 Herons a- sleeping
5 Shiny lapwing
4 red legged shank
3 Ringed plovers
2 Distant Dunlin
... and a tern fishing by the tow-er
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