Email Alan Collins (sightings@birdswa.com.au) with details of your sightings.
The sightings highlighted in red will be included in the WA Bird Notes Issue 136 (December 2010). The sightings highlighted in bold red are the most unusual sightings and require some notes supporting the sightings. Sightings of immediate interest to other birders can also be copied to the birdswa email list and the birding-aus email list. The taxonomy used on this webpage is based on the International Ornithological Congress (IOC) list. You are welcome to email JPG photographs of birds to be identified. Click here for the previous sightings.
Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory) (Suburbs in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 30/10/2010 | Roger Vaughan | Wood Sandpiper (5) | Lake Claremont (Claremont) |
| 29/10/2010 | Ted & Maureen Cawley | Liitle Bittern (1) | Kogolup Lake (Beeliar) |
| 24/10/2010 | Oliver Cann | Buff-banded Rail (2) Wood Sandpiper (2) |
Lake Claremont (Claremont) |
| 23/10/2010 | Stewart Houghton | Wood Sandpiper (3) | Lake Claremont (Claremont) |
| 09/10/2010 | BAWA Excursion | Chestnut Teal (1) Bar-tailed Godwit (1) Black-tailed Godwit (2) Great Knot (5) Red Knot (1) Grey Plover (7+) Whiskered Tern (1) |
Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 01/10/2010 | Ted & Maureen Cawley | Whiskered Tern (8+) | Gould League, Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 30/09/2010 | Bill Rutherford | Fairy Martin (6) | Perth Airport |
| 23/09/2010 | Nigel Jackett | Chestnut Teal (1) | Lakeside Drive, Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 20/09/2010 | Graeme Osborne | Little Egret (30) | Robert Bay (Murray) |
| 19/09/2010 | Ben Allen | Peregrine Falcon (1) | Mary Crescent Reserve (Eden Hill) |
| 18/09/2010 | Darryl Jones | Black Kite (1) | Mitchell Freeway, near Hepburn Avenue (Padbury) |
| 16/09/2010 | Ron Dibbens | Wedge-tailed Eagle (1) | ALCOA Wellard Wetlands (Baldivis) |
| 16/09/2010 | Irene Wilson | Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (5) | Pinjarra Road, Mandurah (Mandurah) |
| 15/09/2010 | Rob Davis | Red-capped Parrot (2) | Pelican Point (Crawley) |
| 12/09/2010 | BAWA Hillarys Pelagic | Shy Albatross (2) Salvin's Albatross (2) Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (60) Great-winged Petrel (6) Soft-plumaged Petrel (12) including 1 intermediate morph Northern Giant Petrel (1) Cape Petrel (1) Wedge-tailed Shearwater (3) including 1 intermediate/pale morph Hutton's Shearwater (12) Flesh-footed Shearwater (200) White-faced Storm-petrel (10) |
Rottnest Trench (Indian Ocean) |
| 11/09/2010 | Mark Stanley & Maree Weerheim | Red-necked
Phalarope (1) Grey-tailed Tattler (3) Fairy Tern (2) |
Lake Baghdad (Rottnest Island) |
| 10/09/2010 | Darryl Jones | Brown Falcon (2) | Rowland Road (Parkerville) |
| 08/09/2010 | Mark Newman | Red Knot (4) Greater Sand Plover (2) Red-necked Avocet (250+) |
Peel Inlet (Nairns) |
| 04/09/2010 | Morgan Pickering et al. | Red-necked Phalarope (1) | Lake Baghdad (Rottnest Island) |
| 01/09/2010 | Barbara Knott | Square-tailed Kite (1) | Bold Park (City Beach) |
| 30/08/2010 | Bill Rutherford | Red-necked Phalarope (1) | Lake Baghdad (Rottnest Island) |
| 29/08/2010 | Peter Sandilands | Crested Pigeon (1) | Lake Claremont (Claremont) |
| 26/08/2010 | Claire Gerrish | Chestnut Teal (1) | Gould League, Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 24/08/2010 | Peter Clifton | Little Bittern (1) : found in garden & taken into care | Stone Street (Maylands) |
| 23/08/2010 | Dan Carter | Barking Owl (1) | State Street (Victoria Park) |
| 22/08/2010 | Philip Hunter | Peregrine Falcon (1) | Canning Highway (Victoria Park) |
| 22/08/2010 | John Vogel | Nankeen Night-Heron (80+) | Gould League, Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 20/08/2010 | Jean-Paul Orsini | Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (6) | George Street (West Perth) |
| 18/08/2010 | Mark Newman | Spotless Crake (1) Fan-tailed Cuckoo (3) |
Anstey Swamp (Karnup) |
| 15/08/2010 | John Graff | Bar-tailed Godwit (4) Black-tailed Godwit (2) Great Knot (8) Grey Plover (1) |
Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 08/08/2010 | BAWA Hillarys Pelagic | White-faced Storm-Petrel (3) Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (60) Kerguelen Petrel (1) Cape Petrel (1) Soft-plumaged Petrel (35) including 2 intermediate morphs Flesh-footed Shearwater (2) Hutton's Shearwater (10) |
Rottnest Trench (Indian Ocean) |
| 08/08/2010 | John Vogel | Black-tailed Godwit (1) | Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 07/08/2010 | BAWA Excursion | Spotted Harrier
(1) Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (1) |
Pipidinny Road (Eglington) |
| 02/08/2010 | Joan Gye | Nankeen Night-Heron (20+) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 02/08/2010 | Philip Hunter | Peregrine Falcon (1) | South Street (Canning Vale) |
| 31/07/2010 | John Nilson | Northern Pintail (1) adult female still present | Erskine Lakes (Erskine) |
| 28/07/2010 | Toni Webster | Great Knot (9) Grey Plover (1) |
Alfred Cove (Attadale) |
| 28/07/2010 | Mark Stanley | Elegant Parrot (3) | City Beach Lifesaving Club (City Beach) |
South West (Murchison River to Esperance) (Shires in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 25/10/2010 | Mark Stanley | Pectoral Sandpiper (1) Marsh Sandpiper (8) Red-necked Avocet (100+) |
Lake McLarty (Murray) |
| 22/10/2010 | Dick Rule | Wood Sandpiper (12) Long-toed Stint (1) |
Nambeellup settlement ponds (Murray) |
| 16/10/2010 | Bill Russell | Curlew Sandpiper (91) Ruddy Turnstone (7) Sanderling (1) Great Knot (1) |
Lake Preston (Harvey) |
| 16/10/2010 | Kim Williams | Glossy Ibis (10) | Willmott's Lake (Busselton) |
| 10/10/2010 | Bill Russell | Red-necked Stint (1680) Grey-tailed Tattler (1) Greater Sand-Plover (7) Terek Sandpiper (1) Ruddy Turnstone (2) |
Lake Preston (Waroona) |
| 07/10/2010 | Pauline Wittwer | Ground Cuckoo-shrike (2) | Perenjori-Carnamah Road (Carnamah) |
| 03/10/2010 | Martin Cake | Salvin's Albatross (1) Southern Giant-Petrel (1) Hutton's Shearwater (12+) |
Cape Naturaliste (Busselton) |
| 29/09/2010 | Bill Russell | Whimbrel (2) Pacific Golden Plover (1) Long-toed Stint (1) Wood Sandpiper (1) |
Lake McLarty (Murray) |
| 22/09/2010 | John Nilson | Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (3) | Commonage Road, Dunsborough (Busselton) |
| 22/09/2010 | John Nilson | Swamp Harrier (1) Grey Currawong (1) |
Hamelin Bay (Augusta-Margaret River) |
| 21/09/2010 | John Nilson | Square-tailed Kite (1) | Sugarloaf Rock (Busselton) |
| 07/09/2010 | Geoff Taylor | Masked Lapwing (2) subspecies novaehollandiae | Wilson Inlet (Denmark) |
| 05/09/2010 | Joan Gye | Mulga Parrot (5) Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (1) White-fronted Honeyeater (4) |
Gunyidi-Wubin Road (Dalwallinu) |
| 05/08/2010 | Brian Johnston & Ken Baker | Grey Honeyeater (2) | Paynes Find (Yalgoo) |
| 02/08/2010 | John Graff | Southern Giant Petrel (1) | Two Peoples Bay (Albany) |
| 01/08/2010 | BAWA Excursion (Robyn Pickering) | Black-eared
Cuckoo (1) Red-capped Robin (22+) |
Mokine NR (Northam) |
| 01/08/2010 | Alan Collins et al. | Black-browed Albatross (4) Shy Albatross (5) Salvin's Albatross (2) Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (50) Northern Giant Petrel (1) Cape Petrel (1) Great-winged Petrel (70) Soft-plumaged Petrel (10) |
Albany Pelagic |
| 31/07/2010 | Alan Collins et al. | Black-browed Albatross (4) Shy Albatross (2) Salvin's Albatross (1) Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (30) Northern Giant Petrel (1) Cape Petrel (1) Antarctic Prion (2) Slender-billed Prion (2) Great-winged Petrel (100) Soft-plumaged Petrel (25) Hutton's Shearwater (4) Little Shearwater (1) |
Albany pelagic |
| 29/07/2010 | Maris Lauva | Malleefowl (1) | Arrowsmith River (Carnamah) |
| 26/07/2010 | Gary McCrae | Malleefowl (2) | 25km W of Southern Cross (Yilgarn) |
Arid Zone (Shires in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 17/10/2010 | Stephen Clarke | Buff-banded Rail (1) | Miaree Pool (Roebourne) |
| 09/10/2010 | Mike Craig | Dollarbird (1) | 14km WSW of Point Samson (Roebourne) |
| 28/09/2010 | Martin Cake,Greg Howell & John Graff | Striated Grasswren (6+) | Point Sunday Road (Laverton) |
| 27/09/2010 | Martin Cake,Greg Howell & John Graff | Rufous-crowned Emu-wren (5+) | Connie Sue Hwy, 3km S of Neale Junction (Laverton) |
| 25/09/2010 | Martin Cake,Greg Howell & John Graff | Little Woodswallow (1) | Great Central Road (Laverton) |
| 24/09/2010 | Carl Gosper | Scarlet-chested Parrot (1) | south of Warburton (Ngaanyatjarraku) |
| 17/09/2010 | Les George | Freckled Duck (1) Musk Duck (1) |
sewage ponds (Carnarvon) |
| 14/09/2010 | Greg Howell | Black-necked Stork (1) | Cossack (Roebourne) |
| 10/09/2010 | Stephen Clarke | Tawny Frogmouth (1) | Rosemary Caravan Park, Karratha (Roebourne) |
| 07/09/2010 | Jeff Spencer | Southern Giant-petrel (1) | Coral Bay Marina (Exmouth) |
| 03/09/2010 | Darryl Jones | Australian Bustard (5) | 10km south of Carnarvon (Carnarvon) |
| 01/09/2010 | Darryl Jones | Black-breasted Buzzard (3) | Minilya Roadhouse (Carnarvon) |
| 29/08/2010 | Joan Gye | Lesser Sand Plover (1) | Fowler Camp Road (Shark Bay) |
| 29/08/2010 | Joan Gye | Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (2) | Windmill no.1 near Overlander Roadhouse (Shark Bay) |
| 20/08/2010 | Darryl Jones | Black-necked Stork (3) Brolga (17) |
Wickham sewage ponds (Roebourne) |
| 19/08/2010 | Darryl Jones | Baillon's Crake (2) Spotless Crake (2) |
Harding Dam (Roebourne) |
| 18/08/2010 | Darryl Jones | Plumed Whistling-duck (20+) Royal Spoonbill (14) |
Miaree Pool (Roebourne) |
| 18/08/2010 | Stephen Clarke | Black-necked Stork (2) | Dampier Flood Plain (Roebourne) |
| 15/08/2010 | Darryl Jones | Western Bowerbird (4) | Point Samson (Roebourne) |
| 08/08/2010 | Rob Hattingh | Dollarbird (1) | Coral Bay (Exmouth) |
| 07/08/2010 | Marie Taffe | Brolga (3) | Bush Bay Track (Carnarvon) |
| 04/08/2010 | Peter Taylor et al. | Blue Bonnet (2) | Arubiddy Station (Dundas) |
Kimberley (Shires in parentheses)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 06/09/2010 | Adrian Boyle via Birdline Australia | Semipalmated Plover (1) different bird from sewage ponds individual | Roebuck Bay (Broome) |
| 06/09/2010 | George Swann via Birdline Australia | Semipalmated Plover (1) | sewage ponds (Broome) |
Ashmore Reef
Christmas Island
Cocos Islands
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