Western Australia Recent Bird Sightings (WABN 153)

Email John Graff (wasightings@birdlife.org.au) with details of your sightings.


The more unusual or rare sightings are highlighted in red and may be included in the WA Bird Notes Issue 153 (March 2015). These sightings may require some notes and/or photographs supporting the sightings to be published in WABN. Records highlighted in bold red are the most unusual 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 Western Australian birds to be identified.  Click here for the previous sightings.


Please note: Although due care is taken to assess records for veracity before publication on this page, it is recommended that those wishing to cite records refer to the relevant edition of WA Bird Notes (WABN) or contact the records officer before citing.

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Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory)

South-West

Arid Zone

Kimberley

External Territories


REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
PhD student Reece Pedler (from SA) is satellite tracking Banded Stilt and has recently banded nearly 950 stilt chicks with blue leg flags at a breeding colony on Lake Torrens SA. Reece would be most appreciative of any information regarding large flocks of stilts in WA and also any sightings of leg flagged birds. He can be contacted on: reece.pedler@deakin.edu.au or 0400 038 452

Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory) (Suburbs in parentheses)

Date Observers Species

Location

07/01/2015 Craig Lester Whimbrel (1)
Black-tailed Godwit (1)
Ruff (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (28)		 Len Howard Reserve (Erskine)
06/01/2015 Craig Lester Wood Sandpiper (3)
Red-kneed Dotterel (7)		 Barragup Swamp (Furnissdale)
05/01/2015 John Harris Australian Spotted Crake (8)
Spotless Crake (2)
Red-necked Avocet (29)
Eastern Osprey (1)		 Lake Claremont (Claremont)
05/01/2015 Mark Blythman Mute Swan (1) Lake Monger (Glendalough)
04/01/2015 Ken Glasson Bar-tailed Godwit (~20)
Great Knot (4)
Red Knot (3)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
04/01/2015 John Graff Banded Stilt (25)
Red-necked Avocet (250+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (300+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (6)		 Goegrup Lake (Barragup)
03/01/2015 John Anderson CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1, photograph) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup)
03/01/2015 Cloe Dale via Pam Smith White-tailed Tropicbird (1) over Mosman Park (Mosman Park)
03/01/2015 Mark Binns Freckled Duck (2)
Little Egret (1)
Black-tailed Native-hen (1)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
03/01/2015 Robyn Pickering Glossy Ibis (90)
Black-winged Stilt (1,600)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (105)
Pectoral Sandpiper (3+)
Long-toed Stint (2+)
Red-kneed Dotterel (2)		 Thomsons Lake (Beeliar)
03/01/2015 John Graff & Jordan Vos Banded Stilt (c. 1,000)
Common Greenshank (65)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (100+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (1)
Red-necked Stint (300+)
Red-capped Plover (300+)		 Lake Cooloongup (Cooloongup)
03/01/2015 John Graff & Jordan Vos Red-necked Avocet (100+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (300+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)		 Goegrup Lake (Barragup)
03/01/2015 John Graff & Jordan Vos Wood Sandpiper (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (20)
Red-kneed Dotterel (4)		 Barragup Swamp (Furnissdale)
03/01/2015 John Graff & Jordan Vos Bar-tailed Godwit (21)
Great Knot (7)
Red Knot (8)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
03/01/2015 Ross Jones Square-tailed Kite (3) behind Avalon Housing Estate (Baldivis)
02/01/2015 Josh Greaves Buff-banded Rail (1) Lake Claremont (Claremont)
02/01/2015 Craig Lester Wood Sandpiper (3) Barragup Swamp (Furnissdale)
01/01/2015 Frank O'Connor & Sue Mather Buff-banded Rail (1)
Australian Spotted Crake (8)
Spotless Crake (2)
Red-necked Avocet (29)
Red-kneed Dotterel (4-8)		 Lake Claremont (Claremont)
01/01/2015 Frank O'Connor & Sue Mather Freckled Duck (1)
Black-tailed Native-hen (1)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
01/01/2015 Bill Betts Bar-tailed Godwit (21)
Great Knot (6)
Red Knot (3)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
31/12/2014 Geoff Collis Peregrine Falcon (3) Carine area (Carine)
28/12/2014 Jon Elliott Freckled Duck (1) Herdsman Lake, nr wildlife centre (Herdsman)
28/12/2014 John Graff Chestnut Teal (1) Lake Cooloongup (Cooloongup)
27/12/2014 Bill Betts Baillon's Crake (4)
Australian Spotted Crake (8)
Spotless Crake (5)
Wood Sandpiper (3)
Red-kneed Dotterel (3)		 Lake Claremont (Claremont)
26/12/2014 Bill Betts Bar-tailed Godwit (9)
Ruff (1)
Great Knot (7)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
25/12/2014 Bill Betts Baillon's Crake (2)
Australian Spotted Crake (6)
Spotless Crake (4)
Wood Sandpiper (1)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1)		 Lake Claremont (Claremont)
24/12/2014 Geoff Groom Long-toed Stint (2) Lake Claremont (Claremont)
23/12/2014 Ross Jones Sooty Oystercatcher (1) Point Peron (Peron)
23/12/2014 Ross Jones Great Knot (1)
Sanderling (1)		 Woodman Point (Munster)
23/12/2014 Ross Jones White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1) Penguin Island (Shoalwater)
23/12/2014 Mark Binns Little Egret (1)
Great Knot (5)		 Alfred Cove (Attadale)
23/12/2014 John Baas Red-necked Stint (40) Lake Walyungup (Walyungup)
22/12/2014 Matt Pudovskis Little Egret (1)
Black-tailed Native-hen (1)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
21/12/2014 Robyn Pickering Australian Little Bittern (1-2 heard) Thomsons Lake (Beeliar)
21/12/2014 Geoff Groom Pectoral Sandpiper (1) Lake Claremont (Claremont)
21/12/2014 Marcus Singor Eastern Reef Egret (1) Point Peron (Peron)
20/12/2014 Wynton Maddeford Emu (2)
Square-tailed Kite (1)		 The Vines nr Ellenbrook (The Vines)
20/12/2014 Ken Glasson Black-winged Stilt (1 leucistic) Lake Claremont (Claremont)
17/12/2014 Steve Reynolds Red-necked Avocet (1) Woodman Point (Munster)
17/12/2014 Wynton Maddeford Square-tailed Kite (1) The Vines nr Ellenbrook (The Vines)
17/12/2014 Graham Little Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (7) Carramar Golf Club (Wanneroo)
16/12/2014 Ken Glasson Pacific Golden Plover (3)
Bar-tailed Godwit (~12)
Great Knot (3)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
16/12/2014 Craig Lester Great Knot (3) Nairns (Coodanup)
16/12/2014 Craig Lester Pink-eared Duck (250+) Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
16/12/2014 John Baas Little Egret (2) Lake Monger (Glendalough)
15/12/2014 Toni Webster Banded Stilt (14)
Red-necked Stint (46)		 Point Walter (Bicton)
14/12/2014 Matt Pudovskis Little Egret (1 breeding plumage) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
12/12/2014 Frank O'Connor Intermediate Egret (1) Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale)
11/12/2014 Rick Curtis & Bruce Corfe Peregrine Falcon (1) Kings Park, SW corner (Kings Park)
11/12/2014 Jim Schultz Regent Parrot (14) cnr Sparks Rd & Cockburn Rd (Henderson)
11/12/2014 Mark Binns, Frank O'Connor et al. Ruff (1)
Grey-tailed Tattler (1)		 Len Howard Reserve (Erskine)
10/12/2014 John Ryan Freckled Duck (1) Herdsman Lake, nr Gould League Building (Herdsman)
08/12/2014 Mark Binns Australian Little Bittern (1+ heard)
Spotless Crake (1)		 Kogolup Lake (Beeliar)
08/12/2014 Craig Lester Ruff (1) Len Howard Reserve (Erskine)
08/12/2014 Mark Binns White-necked Heron (25)
Glossy Ibis (2)
Baillon's Crake (1)		 Thomsons Lake (Beeliar)
07/12/2014 Robyn Pickering, Morgan Pickering, Maris Lauva et al. Australian Little Bittern (1)
Baillon's Crake (2+)
Australian Spotted Crake (2+)
Spotless Crake (1+)		 E side, Lake Claremont (Claremont)
07/12/2014 Frank O'Connor Bar-tailed Godwit (20)
Red Knot (2)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
07/12/2014 Frank O'Connor Eastern Curlew (1)
Whimbrel (2)
Bar-tailed Godwit (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (5)		 Samphire Cove (Halls Head)
06/12/2014 Wayne Merritt Intermediate Egret (1) Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale)
06/12/2014 Pete White, Dave Crossley et al. Australian Little Bittern (3)
Australian Spotted Crake (2)		 E side, Lake Claremont (Claremont)
06/12/2014 John Graff Long-toed Stint (3+) Forrestdale Lake (Forrestdale)
05/12/2014 Frank O'Connor Australian Little Bittern (heard)
Baillon's Crake (3)
Australian Spotted Crake (5)
Spotless Crake (2)
Wood Sandpiper (1)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1)		 Lake Claremont (Claremont)
04/12/2014 Charlie Nicholson Little Shearwater (1 beachwashed) South Beach (South Beach)
03/12/2014 Mark Blythman & James Sansom Hooded Plover (1) causeway (Rottnest Island)
03/12/2014 Mark Blythman & James Sansom Rock Parrot (3) Wastewater treatment plant (Rottnest Island)
02/12/2014 Mark Binns, Plaxy Barratt et al. White-necked Heron (1)
Australian Little Bittern (5)
Black-tailed Native-hen (1)
Red-necked Avocet (4)
Wood Sandpiper (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (8+)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1)		 E side, Lake Claremont (Claremont)
02/12/2014 Ken Glasson Little Eagle (1) Tom Bateman Reserve (Langford)
01/12/2014 John Baas Little Egret (2) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
01/12/2014 Martin Cake et al. Australian Little Bittern (2) E side, Lake Claremont (Claremont)
01/12/2014 Craig Lester Ruff (1) Len Howard Reserve (Erskine)
30/11/2014 Wayne Merritt Australian Little Bittern (1) Lake Claremont (Claremont)
30/11/2014 Bill Betts Pacific Golden Plover (1)
Bar-tailed Godwit (15)
Ruddy Turnstone (5)
Red-necked Stint (14)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
30/11/2014 Bill Betts Eastern Curlew (1)
Whimbrel (1)
Bar-tailed Godwit (5)		 Erskine foreshore/The Chimneys (Erskine)
30/11/2014 Bill Betts Whimbrel (1)
Terek Sandpiper (2)		 Soldiers Cove (Dudley Park)
30/11/2014 John Baas Red-necked Stint (10) Lake Walyungup (Walyungup)
29/11/2014 Dan Mantle & Plaxy Barratt Banded Stilt (15-20)
Long-toed Stint (3-4)
Whiskered Tern (3)
White-fronted Chat (20)		 Forrestdale Lake (Forrestdale)
29/11/2014 Dan Mantle & Plaxy Barratt Black-tailed Native-hen (1) Wungong Gorge (Bedfordale)
29/11/2014 Dan Mantle & Plaxy Barratt Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (2)
Rufous Treecreeper (3-4)
Varied Sitella (20)		 Bungendore Park (Bedfordale)
29/11/2014 Dan Mantle & Plaxy Barratt Red-necked Avocet (4)
Bar-tailed Godwit (1)
Great Knot (2)		 Alfred Cove (Attadale)
29/11/2014 Craig Lester Terek Sandpiper (1) Nairns (Coodanup)
28/11/2014 Craig Lester Greater Sand Plover (1) Nairns (Coodanup)
28/11/2014 Craig Lester Grey-tailed Tattler (1) Len Howard Reserve (Erskine)
25/11/2014 Wayne Merritt Australian Little Bittern (1) Lake Claremont (Claremont)
23/11/2014 Jordan Webber Pacific Golden Plover (1)
Whimbrel (1)
Ruddy Turnstone (9)
Curlew Sandpiper (5)
Red-necked Stint (17)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
23/11/2014 Jordan Webber Eastern Curlew (2)
Whimbrel (3)		 Samphire Cove (Halls Head)
23/11/2014 Sue Abbotts Mute Swan (1) Lake Monger (Glendalough)
22/11/2014 Clive Nealon White-necked Heron (1)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1)		 Lake Claremont (Claremont)
21/11/2014 Craig Lester Gull-billed Tern (1) Nairns (Coodanup)
18/11/2014 Tom Marsh Bush Stone-curlew (1) behind Challenge Stadium/HBF Stadium (Floreat)
18/11/2014 Tegan Douglas Black-tailed Native-hen (1) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
17/11/2014 Claire Stevenson Black-eared Cuckoo (1) Peninsula Road, nr Tranby Reserve (Maylands)
17/11/2014 Mark Newman Brown Falcon (1) Mundijong Rd (Baldivis)
17/11/2014 Craig Lester Ruddy Turnstone (7)
Terek Sandpiper (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (44)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
16/11/2014 Ross Jones Pacific Golden Plover (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (2)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
13/11/2014 Craig Lester Curlew Sandpiper (50) Nairns (Coodanup)
12/11/2014 Mark Newman & Nick Brown Ruff (1) Len Howard Reserve (Erskine)
12/11/2014 Mark Newman & Nick Brown Grey Plover (11)
Eastern Curlew (1)
Bar-tailed Godwit (15) 		Erskine foreshore/The Chimneys (Erskine)
12/11/2014 Robyn Pickering Bar-tailed Godwit (1)
Great Knot (3)
Terek Sandpiper (1)
Red-necked Stint (34)
Fairy Tern (21)		 Alfred Cove (Attadale)
12/11/2014 Craig Lester Red Knot (4)
Curlew Sandpiper (15)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
09/11/2014 Jenny Knox Grey Plover (5)
Great Knot (3)
Red Knot (11)
Red-necked Stint (10)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
09/11/2014 Ross Jones Chestnut Teal (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (20+)
Ruff (1)		 Len Howard Reserve (Erskine)
09/11/2014 Ross Jones Whimbrel (1)
Gull-billed Tern (1)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
09/11/2014 Ross Jones Eastern Curlew (2) Erskine foreshore/The Chimneys (Erskine)
09/11/2014 Nigel Jackett Grey Plover (10)
Bar-tailed Godwit (1)
Common Greenshank (5)
Great Knot (3)
Red Knot (2)
Common Sandpiper (2)
Red-necked Stint (15)
Red-capped Plover (19)		 Alfred Cove (Attadale)
08/11/2014 Herdsman Banding Group via Nick Brown Bush Stone-curlew (1) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
08/11/2014 Mark Newman et al. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (c. 50)
Ruff (1)		 Len Howard Reserve (Erskine)
08/11/2014 John Graff et al. Eastern Curlew (3)
Gull-billed Tern (1)		 Erskine foreshore/The Chimneys (Erskine)
08/11/2014 Steve Reynolds Greater Sand Plover (1) Woodman Point (Munster)
07/11/2014 Bill Betts Bar-tailed Godwit (1) Alfred Cove (Attadale)
06/11/2014 Mark Blythman & Kelly Rayner Rock Parrot (8) Bathurst Point area (Rottnest Island)
06/11/2014 Mark Binns Australian Spotted Crake (1)
Great Knot (3)
Red Knot (2)
Common Sandpiper (1)		 Alfred Cove (Attadale)
04/11/2014 John Baas Little Egret (1) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
02/11/2014 Jordan Webber Mute Swan (1)
Great Knot (3)
Red Knot (2)
Red-necked Stint (11)		 Alfred Cove (Attadale)
01/11/2014 Bill Betts Eastern Curlew (1)
Whimbrel (3)
Grey-tailed Tattler (2)		 Samphire Cove (Halls Head)
30/10/2014 Nathan Waugh, Plaxy Barratt et al. Little Ringed Plover (1) Nairns (Coodanup)
29/10/2014 Craig Lester et al. Little Ringed Plover (1) Nairns (Coodanup)
28/10/2014 Dan Mantle & Plaxy Barratt Mute Swan (1)
Red-necked Avocet (2)
Great Knot (5)
Red Knot (1)
Terek Sandpiper (1)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Red-necked Stint (several)
Black-fronted Dotterel (2)
Whiskered Tern (4)		 Alfred Cove (Attadale)
26/10/2014 Steve Keeling Little Egret (2)
Black-tailed Native-hen (2)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
26/10/2014 Mark Binns  Australian Spotted Crake (1)
Great Knot (5)
Red Knot (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (1)
Red-necked Stint (3)		 Alfred Cove (Attadale)
25/10/2014 Thea Terpstra Sacred Kingfisher (2) Blue Gum Lake (Mount Pleasant)
24/10/2014 Bill Betts Great Knot (5)
Red Knot (1)		 Alfred Cove (Attadale)
22/10/2014 Mark Blythman Rock Parrot (6; 4 colour-banded)
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)		 Bathurst area (Rottnest Island)
21/10/2014 Craig Lester Gull-billed Tern (2)
Ruddy Turnstone (15)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
20/10/2014 Steve Reynolds Greater Sand Plover (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (1)		 Woodman Point (Munster)
20/10/2014 Craig Lester Gull-billed Tern (1) Nairns (Coodanup)
19/10/2014 Bill Betts Eastern Curlew (1)
Whimbrel (3)
Terek Sandpiper (1)		 Samphire Cove (Halls Head)
19/10/2014 Bill Betts Ruddy Turnstone (14) Nairns (Coodanup)
19/10/2014 Nathan Piesse Terek Sandpiper (1) Alfred Cove (Attadale)
18/10/2014 Craig Lester Greater Sand Plover (1)
Ruddy Turnstone (11)
Sanderling (8)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
15/10/2014 Craig Lester Terek Sandpiper (4)
Curlew Sandpiper (4)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
09/10/2014 Guy Dutson Buff-banded Rail (2) Ozone Reserve (East Perth)
09/10/2014 Guy Duston Common Sandpiper (1) Heirisson Island (East Perth)
29/09/2014 Mike & Shelagh McDowall Black-eared Cuckoo (1) Bells Rapids (Brigadoon)
23/01/2011 Bill Betts CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1) Lake Goollelal (Kingsley)

South West (Murchison River to Esperance) (Shires in parentheses)

Date Observers Species

Location

04/01/2015 Geoff Taylor Masked Lapwing (2) Ocean Beach (Denmark)
04/01/2015 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (3,000+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (120+)
Long-toed Stint (5+)
Red-capped Plover (200+)		 Coyrecup Lake (Katanning)
04/01/2015 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (120+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (23)
Common Sandpiper (1)
Hooded Plover (6)
Red-kneed Dotterel (18)		 Lake Ewlyamartup (Katanning)
04/01/2015 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (300+)
Hooded Plover (68; inc. 23 juveniles)
Red-capped Plover (100+)		 Anderson Lake (Cranbrook)
02/01/2015 Bruce Buchanan Eastern Curlew (1) Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury)
01/01/2015 Steve Elson Pacific Golden Plover (2)
Grey Plover (63)
Greater Sand Plover (4)
Eastern Curlew (1)
Whimbrel (2)
Bar-tailed Godwit (6)
Black-tailed Godwit (1)
Common Greenshank (53)
Marsh Sandpiper (2)
Great Knot (24)
Red Knot (18)
Ruddy Turnstone (4)
Terek Sandpiper (2)
Common Sandpiper (2)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (30+)
Red-necked Stint (100+)		 Oyster Harbour (Albany)
01/01/2015 Bill Russell Banded Stilt (700)
Hooded Plover (18)		 Lake Yalgorup (Waroona)
31/12/2014 Craig Lester Marsh Sandpiper (9)
Long-toed Stint (4)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
31/12/2014 Bruce Buchanan Gull-billed Tern (1) Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury)
29/12/2014 Ken Monson Little Ringed Plover (1) Nambeelup (Murray) [private site]
29/12/2014 Plaxy Barratt, John Graff et al. Marsh Sandpiper (15)
Pectoral Sandpiper (24+)
Ruff (3; 2 male, 1 female [Reeve])
Long-toed Stint (2+)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
28/12/2014 Ken Monson Little Ringed Plover (1)
Wood Sandpiper (15)
Red-necked Stint (100+)
Long-toed Stint (2)		 Nambeelup (Murray) [private site]
28/12/2014 BirdLife WA Excursion (Sue Abbotts et al.) Common Greenshank (60+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (1,000+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (10+)
Curlew Sandpiper (100+)
Ruff (2; 1 male, 1 female [Reeve])
Red-necked Stint (1,500+)
Long-toed Stint (1)
Broad-billed Sandpiper (2)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
28/12/2014 Morgan Pickering Terek Sandpiper (1) Wilson Inlet (Denmark)
26/12/2014 Bill Betts Black-tailed Godwit (2)
Common Greenshank (130+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (1,000+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
Curlew Sandpiper (15+)
Red-necked Stint (1,000+)
Long-toed Stint (3)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
25/12/2014 Craig Lester Banded Stilt (90+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (800+)
Red-necked Stint (600+)
Long-toed Stint (5)
Red-capped Plover (120+)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
25/12/2014 Bill Russell Black Swan (c. 1,750)
Hoary-headed Grebe (c. 450)
Australian Spotted Crake (4)		 Lake Clifton (Waroona)
21/12/2014 Ken Monson Pacific Golden Plover (2)
Wood Sandpiper (14)
Long-toed Stint (1)		 Nambeelup (Murray) [private site]
21/12/2014 Bill Russell Common Greenshank (24)
Sanderling (1)
Red-necked Stint (350)		 Lake Preston north (Waroona)
18/12/2014 Craig Lester Ruff (2)
Long-toed Stint (5)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
14/12/2014 John Graff Masked Lapwing (5) Doyle Rd, S of Munglinup (Esperance)
14/12/2014 John Graff Fairy Martin (2) nr Munglinup (Ravensthorpe)
13/12/2014 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (350+)
Red-necked Avocet (200+)
Wood Sandpiper (2)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (76)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (18)
Red-necked Stint (200+)
Long-toed Stint (1)
Hooded Plover (32, inc. 7 juveniles)		 Tom South Lake (Cranbrook)
13/12/2014 Steve Elson Wood Sandpiper (4)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Red-kneed Dotterel (9)		 Coblinine NR (Katanning)
13/12/2014 John Barkla Ruff (1) Lake McLarty (Murray)
13/12/2014 John Graff Masked Lapwing (4) Doyle Rd, S of Munglinup (Esperance)
12/12/2014 Nigel Jackett, Stewart Ford et al. Pectoral Sandpiper (1) Mullewa sewage ponds (Mullewa)
11/12/2014 Frank O'Connor et al. Banded Stilt (13+)
Black-tailed Godwit (2)
Marsh Sandpiper (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (20+)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
11/12/2014 Frank O'Connor et al. White-fronted Chat (40) Greenlands Rd (Murray)
08/12/2014 Bill Russell Pacific Golden Plover (2)
Common Greenshank (40)		 Lake Preston (Waroona)
07/12/2014 Frank O'Connor Red-necked Avocet (500)
Banded Stilt (12+)
Pacific Golden Plover (2)
Black-tailed Godwit (3)
Common Greenshank (20)
Marsh Sandpiper (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (300+)
Red-necked Stint (50-100)
Long-toed Stint (1)
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1)
Square-tailed Kite (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
07/12/2014 Wes Cooper Crested Shrike-tit (1) Collins Road (Beverley)
06/12/2014 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (78)
Red-necked Avocet (152)
Common Greenshank (4)
Wood Sandpiper (2)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
Curlew Sandpiper (18)
Red-necked Stint (150+)
Long-toed Stint (6)
Hooded Plover (23)		 Tom South Lake (Cranbrook)
06/12/2014 Steve Elson Red-necked Avocet (36)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (100+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
Common Sandpiper (6)
Red-necked Stint (8)
Long-toed Stint (2)
Red-kneed Dotterel (23)
Mulga Parrot (4)
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (6)		 Wagin rubbish tip lake (Wagin)
04/12/2014 Mark Newman & Nick Brown Chestnut Teal (1 male)
Red-necked Avocet (300+)
Banded Stilt (14)
Pacific Golden Plover (4)
Black-tailed Godwit (3)
Marsh Sandpiper (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (3,000+)
Curlew Sandpiper (40+)
Red-necked Stint (200+)
Long-toed Stint (12)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
03/12/2014 John Graff & Jordan Webber Red-necked Avocet (300+)
Pacific Golden Plover (2)
Black-tailed Godwit (3)
Marsh Sandpiper (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (3,000+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (13+)
Curlew Sandpiper (40+)
Red-necked Stint (200+)
Long-toed Stint (12)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
01/12/2014 Craig Lester Emu (2)
Black-tailed Godwit (1, breeding plumage)
Red-kneed Dotterel (2)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
26/11/2014 Mark Newman & Nick Brown Red-necked Avocet (350+)
Pacific Golden Plover (2)
Marsh Sandpiper (2)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2,500+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
Curlew Sandpiper (40+)
Red-necked Stint (100)
Long-toed Stint (14)
Whiskered Tern (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
25/11/2014 Peter Morris Square-tailed Kite (1) Leschenault Conservation Park (Bunbury)
24/11/2014 Craig Lester Red-necked Avocet (98)
Pacific Golden Plover (2)
Black-tailed Godwit (3)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (800+)
Curlew Sandpiper (7)
Red-necked Stint (80+)
Long-toed Stint (10)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
22/11/2014 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (4)
Red-necked Avocet (178)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
Curlew Sandpiper (12)
Red-necked Stint (200+)
Long-toed Stint (1)
Hooded Plover (9) 		Tom South Lake (Cranbrook)
22/11/2014 Steve Elson Red-necked Avocet (28)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (100+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
Common Sandpiper (6)
Long-toed Stint (4)
Red-kneed Dotterel (18)		 Wagin rubbish tip lake (Wagin)
22/11/2014 Steve Elson Common Greenshank (4)
Wood Sandpiper (6)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (32)
Long-toed Stint (2)
Red-kneed Dotterel (14)		 Coblinine NR (Katanning)
18/11/2014 Craig Lester Pacific Golden Plover (2)
Black-tailed Godwit (3)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (500+)
Curlew Sandpiper (1)
Long-toed Stint (5)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
16/11/2014 Ken Monson & Garth Mackie White-necked Heron (11)
Glossy Ibis (1)
Wood Sandpiper (7)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (65-70)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Long-toed Stint (3)		 Nambeelup (Murray) [private site]
16/11/2014 BirdLife WA Pelagic (John Graff et al.) Wandering Albatross [sp.] (9, count TBC)
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (12)
Shy Albatross (15)
White-chinned Petrel (3)
Great-winged Petrel (5)
Flesh-footed Shearwater (400)
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (2)
White-faced Storm-Petrel (1)
Arctic Jaeger (1)
Bridled Tern (5) 		 off Albany (Albany)
16/11/2014 Ross Jones Black-tailed Godwit (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (100+)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
15/11/2014 BirdLife WA Pelagic (John Graff et al.) Wandering Albatross [sp.] (16)
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (20)
Black-browed Albatross (2)
Shy Albatross (10)
Great-winged Petrel (20)
Flesh-footed Shearwater (300)
Arctic Jaeger (1)
Bridled Tern (2) 		 off Albany (Albany)
13/11/2014 Craig Lester Pacific Golden Plover (2) Lake McLarty (Murray)
10/11/2014 Sue Abbotts & Xenia Dennett Malleefowl (3) Mullewa-Wubin Rd, c. 40km S of Mullewa (Mullewa)
09/11/2014 Bill Betts Australian Spotted Crake (1)
Black-tailed Godwit (1)
Long-toed Stint (13)
Whiskered Tern (1)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
09/11/2014 Steve Elson Red-necked Avocet (42)
Common Greenshank (14)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (36)
Curlew Sandpiper (1)
Red-necked Stint (200+)
Hooded Plover (8)
Red-kneed Dotterel (4)		 Tom South Lake (Cranbrook)
08/11/2014 John Graff & Bob Friedrichs Australian Spotted Crake (2)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (300+)
Long-toed Stint (6+)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
07/11/2014 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (36)
Red-necked Avocet (23)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (130)
Pectoral Sandpiper (3)
Common Sandpiper (6)
Red-necked Stint (3)
Long-toed Stint (5)
Red-kneed Dotterel (18)		 Wagin rubbish tip lake (Wagin)
07/11/2014 Steve Elson Black-tailed Native-hen (3)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (14)
Red-kneed Dotterel (9)		 Coblinine NR (Katanning)
05/11/2014 Mark Newman & Nick Brown Black-tailed Godwit (2)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Long-toed Stint (8)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
02/11/2014 Mark Stanley Black-winged Stilt (100s)
Pacific Golden Plover (4)
Common Greenshank (2)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (60+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Red-necked Stint (10+)
Long-toed Stint (3)
Gull-billed Tern (2)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
31/10/2014 Roger Jaensch Black Bittern (1) upper Donnelly River, c. 14km NNW of Manjimup (Manjimup)
31/10/2014 Ken Monson Pacific Golden Plover (2)
Wood Sandpiper (2)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (11)
Curlew Sandpiper (3)
Red-necked Stint (20+)
Long-toed Stint (1)		 Nambeelup (Murray) [private site]
30/10/2014 Craig Lester Pacific Golden Plover (2)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (130)
Long-toed Stint (1)
Gull-billed Tern (3)		 Lake McLarty (Murray)
26/10/2014 Erica Shedley & Vi Saffer Scarlet-chested Parrot (1 female) Pittosporum Rock (Yilgarn)
25/10/2014 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (250+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (3)
Red-kneed Dotterel (6)
Hooded Plover (2)		 Chillinup NR (Plantagenet)
25/10/2014 Steve Elson Red-kneed Dotterel (2)
Hooded Plover (6)		 Tom South Lake (Cranbrook)
22/10/2014 Bill Russell Terek Sandpiper (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (2)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1)
White-winged Triller (2)		 Island Point, Harvey Estuary (Murray)
21/10/2014 Mark Binns  Banded Stilt (250)
Red-necked Avocet (25)
Ruddy Turnstone (4)
Red Knot (6)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (5)
Curlew Sandpiper (30)
Red-necked Stint (150)
Hooded Plover (30)		 Lake Warden (Esperance)
19/10/2014 Greg Harewood Wood Sandpiper (4) flooded paddocks, Peppermint Grove Beach (Capel)
19/10/2014 Bill Russell Common Pheasant (1, presumed escapee) nr Lake McLarty (Murray)
16/10/2014 Steve Elson & Harry Louw Short-tailed Shearwater (1 beachwashed)
Red-necked Avocet (73)
Greater Sand Plover (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (1)
Red-necked Stint (130+)
Rock Parrot (12)
 Wellstead Estuary, Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
15/10/2014 Craig Lester Black Swan (2000+) Greenlands Rd (Murray)

 

Arid Zone (Shires in parentheses)

Date Observers Species

Location

c. 26/12/2014 via Chris Hassell & Frank O'Connor EYE-BROWED THRUSH (1) backyard (Port Hedland)
17/12/2014 Les George Little Ringed Plover (3) Chinaman Pool (Carnarvon)
14/12/2014 Les George Little Ringed Plover (2) Chinaman Pool (Carnarvon)
04-14/12/2014 Les George Chestnut Teal (1 male) Carnarvon sewage ponds (Carnarvon)
13/12/2014 Nigel Jackett, Stewart Ford et al. Little Ringed Plover (1) Chinaman Pool (Carnarvon)
13/12/2014 Steve Berris & Matt Prophet Grey Honeyeater (3) Karijini Drive, Karijini National Park (Ashburton) 
04/12/2014 Bill Rutherford Barn Swallow (27)
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (1)		 Port Hedland Racecourse (Port Hedland)
02/12/2014 Nigel Jackett & Bruce Greatwich Royal Spoonbill (1)
Australian Spotted Crake (1)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)		 Walkabout Wastewater Treatment Plant (Port Hedland)
02/12/2014 Nigel Jackett & Bruce Greatwich Little Curlew (6)
White-winged Black Tern (1)
Barn Swallow (7)
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2; 1 possibly race taivana)		 Port Hedland Racecourse (Port Hedland)
02/12/2014 Nigel Jackett & Bruce Greatwich Broad-billed Sandpiper (3)
White-breasted Whistler (1)		 Six Mile Creek (Port Hedland)
02/12/2014 Nigel Jackett & Bruce Greatwich Collared Kingfisher (2)
White-breasted Whistler (1)		 Finucane Island (Port Hedland)
01/12/2014 Les George Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Long-toed Stint (7)		 Chinaman Pool (Carnarvon)
26/11/2014 Robert McLean via Ross Jones Black Falcon (1) dam 2km N of Minilya Roadhouse (Carnarvon) 
25/11/2014 Nigel Jackett & Bruce Greatwich Long-toed Stint (1)
Masked Lapwing (14)		 Walkabout Wastewater Treatment Plant (Port Hedland)
19/11/2014 Malcolm Beeton Mulga Parrot (3)
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (5)
Singing Honeyeater (4)
White-fronted Honeyeater (1)
White-plumed Honeyeater (9)
Brown Honeyeater (2)		 feeding on flowering & seeding wattles, West Angelas Village (Newman)
24/10/2014 Les George Barking Owl (1) Yannarie River, SE of Exmouth (Ashburton)
23/10/2014 Les George Green Pygmy-Goose (1)
Australian Pratincole (7)		 Harding Dam (Roebourne)
22/10/2014 BirdLife WA/Rio Tinto bird surveys (Les George et al.) Little Curlew (28)
Barn Swallow (several)
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (up to 3)		 Port Hedland Race Course (Port Hedland)
19/10/2014 BirdLife WA/Rio Tinto bird surveys (Les George et al.) Great Crested Grebe (600)
Wandering Whistling Duck (49)		 Harding Dam (Roebourne)
15/10/2014 Mark Blythman Black Kite (1) Paynes Find (Yalgoo)
14/10/2014 Les George Barking Owl (2) Yannarie River, SE of Exmouth (Ashburton)
06/10/2014 Mark Blythman Black Kite (1) Paynes Find (Yalgoo)

 

Kimberley (Shires in parentheses)

Date Observers Species

Location

24/11/2014 Gary Rethus via Paul Sellers EURASIAN HOOPOE (1 photographed on motion camera) N of Wyndham (Wyndham-East Kimberley)
?late 11/2014 Beryl Ah Chee Gouldian Finch (?count) Gibb River Road, 87km from Derby (Derby-West Kimberley)
late 11/2014 Rowan Mott, Adrian Boyle et al. (via Birding-Aus) TIGER SHRIKE (1)
Arctic Warbler (1)
Arctic-type Warbler (2+)
Grey Wagtail (1)		 Browse Island (Wyndham-East Kimberley)
late 10/2014 George Swann, Wayne Merritt et al. Semipalmated Plover (1) sewage ponds (Broome)
late 10/2014 George Swann, Wayne Merritt et al. Little Ringed Plover (1) Taylor's Lagoon (Broome)
late 10/2014 George Swann, Wayne Merritt et al. Little Ringed Plover (1) Lake Eda (Broome)

 

Australian Indian Ocean Territories


Ashmore Reef

Date Observers Species

Location

late 11/2014 Rowan Mott, Adrian Boyle et al. (via Birding-Aus) RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD (1)
White-throated Needletail (1)
Japanese Sparrowhawk (1)
White-breasted Waterhen (1)
Asian Brown Flycatcher (1)
Oriental Reed-warbler (3)
Arctic Warbler (2)
Arctic-type Warbler (6+)
Pechora Pipit (1)
Grey Wagtail (3)		 Ashmore Reef
late 10/2014 George Swann, Wayne Merritt et al. Hardhead (1 dead)
Magpie-lark (2)
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2)
Arctic Warbler (5)
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (8)
Eastern (Green-headed) Yellow Wagtail (1)
Grey Wagtail (2)		 Ashmore Reef
late 10/2014 George Swann, Wayne Merritt et al. Abbott's Booby (1)
Tahiti Petrel (c. 21)
Streaked Shearwater (c. 100)
Bulwer's Petrel (c. 50)
Jouanin's Petrel (3)
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (c. 520)
Leach's Storm-Petrel (3)
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel (15)
Sacred Kingfisher (1 landed on boat c. 150km offshore)
Barn Swallow (1 landed on boat c. 200km offshore)		 at sea between Broome & Ashmore Reef

 

Christmas Island

Date Observers Species

Location

23/11/2014 Julian Miles Red-rumped Swallow (2) rubbish tip
18-22/11/2014 Steve Reynolds, Richard Baxter et al. RED COLLARED DOVE (1)
Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (2)
HOUSE SWIFT (1)
Red-rumped Swallow (2)
Barn Swallow (1)		 Christmas Island
16-18/11/2014 Julian Miles via Debbie Colbourne White-winged Black Tern (1) cove, Kampong
09-18/11/2014 Julian Miles via Debbie Colbourne RED COLLARED DOVE (1) Rocky Point Crescent, Settlement

 

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Date Observers Species

Location

22-29/11/2014 Steve Reynolds, Richard Baxter et al. Eurasian Teal (1)
Chinese Sparrowhawk (1)
Javan Pond Heron (1)
Chinese Pond Heron (1)
Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo (1)
Dollarbird (1 Asian race)
Red-throated Pipit (1)		 Cocos Islands

 

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