Monday 19 July 2010

Shore Bird Count List

Over a three day period at the following locations:

Georges Bay, Maurouard Beach, Horseshoe sands, sewage ponds and mudflat, Beerbarrel Beach, Scamander and Diana's Basin



Bird List


Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Grey Teal Anas gracilis
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
Australasian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
Hardhead Aythya australis
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Little Black Cormorant Phalocrocorrax sulcirostris
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
Little Egret Ardea garzetta
White-faced Heron Ardea novaehollandiae
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interupres
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus
Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus
Hooded Plover Charadrius rubricollis
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
Silver gull Larus novaehollandiae
Crested Tern Sterna bergii
White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena