Western Australia Recent Bird Sightings (WABN 154)

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 154 (June 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

11/04/2015 Rod Smith via Martin Cake Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (1) Lightning Swamp (Noranda)
11/04/2015 Sue Abbotts & Xenia Dennett Australian Spotted Crake (1)
Wood Sandpiper (8+)
Curlew Sandpiper (1)
Long-toed Stint (1)		 Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
11/04/2015 John Graff Banded Stilt (2)
Wood Sandpiper (2)
Long-toed Stint (2)		 Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
07/04/2015 Craig Lester Hoary-headed Grebe (500+)
Ruddy Turnstone (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (3)
Long-toed Stint (10+)
Fairy Tern (60+)		 Lake Walyungup (Warnbro)
05/04/2015 Bill Betts Arctic Jaeger (12) Woodman Point (Munster)
03/04/2015 Jennie Stock Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (1) Lightning Swamp (Noranda)
03/04/2015 Darryl Jones Red-necked Avocet (300+)
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1 juvenile)
Peregrine Falcon (1)		 Lake Joondalup (Joondalup)
03/04/2015 Robyn Pickering Wood Sandpiper (3+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (12+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2+)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1+)		 Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
02/04/2015 John Baas Brown Skua (1) shipping channel off Woodman Point (Munster)
31/03/2015 Craig Lester Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
Long-toed Stint (8+)		 Lake Walyungup (Warnbro)
30/03/2015 Jennie Stock Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (3) Lightning Swamp (Noranda)
28/03/2015 Craig Lester Long-toed Stint (8+) Lake Walyungup (Warnbro)
26/03/2015 Dave Baker Long-toed Stint (1) Lake Walyungup (Warnbro)
24/03/2015 Robyn Pickering Painted Button-Quail (1) Woodman Point, tuart woodland (Munster)
24/03/2015 Robyn Pickering Whiskered Tern (7) Bibra Lake, SW corner (Bibra Lake)
23/03/2015 Louis Purdy Brown Quail (2)
Red-eared Firetail		 Ellis Brook (Martin)
18/03/2015 John Newnham Whiskered Tern (8) Bibra Lake, SW corner (Bibra Lake)
18/03/2015 Craig Lester Long-toed Stint (1) Lake Walyungup (Warnbro)
18/03/2015 Craig Lester Black-tailed Godwit (1) Len Howard Reserve (Erskine)
17/03/2015 Craig Lester Grey-tailed Tattler (3) Nairns (Coodanup)
13/03/2015 Peter Golos Grey Currawong (3) ALCOA revegetated mud residue ponds (Hope Valley)
09/03/2015 Wes Bancroft Brown-headed Honeyeater (2) Rocky Pool, Kalamunda NP (Piesse Brook)
08/03/2015 Craig Lester Fairy Martin (1) Nairns (Coodanup)
08/03/2015 Thea Terpstra Wood Sandpiper (2) Booragoon Lake (Booragoon)
08/03/2015 Craig Lester Pacific Golden Plover (9)
Eastern Curlew (4)
Whimbrel (2)
Great Knot (6)
Red Knot (12)		 Creery Wetlands (Dudley Park)
07/03/2015 Craig Lester Eastern Curlew (5)
Whimbrel (2)		 Creery Wetlands (Dudley Park)
05/03/2015 Mark Newman Red-necked Avocet (6)
Grey Shrike-thrush (1)
Barn Swallow (1 probable)		 ALCOA Wellard Wetlands (Baldivis)
05/03/2015 Mark Binns Freckled Duck (3, south end)
Little Egret (2)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2, north end)		 Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
05/03/2015 Mark Binns Black-tailed Native-hen (1) Yangbup Lake (Yangebup)
05/03/2015 Mark Binns Black-tailed Native-hen (1)
Banded Stilt (6)		 North Lake (North Lake)
03/03/2015 Craig Lester Sanderling (3) Pyramids Beach (Dawesville)
05/03/2015 Mark Binns Black-tailed Native-hen (1)
Baillon's Crake (2)
Australian Spotted Crake (2)
Spotless Crake (11)
Black-winged Stilt (1 leucistic)
Banded Stilt (5)
Wood Sandpiper (17)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (10)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
Long-toed Stint (9)		 North Lake (North Lake)
28/02/2015 Bill Betts Eastern Curlew (1)
Whimbrel (8)		 Samphire Cove (Halls Head)
28/02/2015 Bill Betts Banded Stilt (1,500+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (16)		 Creery Wetlands (Dudley Park)
27/02/2015 Pam & George Agar Brown Quail (10) Canning River Regional Park, south of weir (Ferndale)
27/02/2015 Craig Lester Long-toed Stint (5) Nairns (Coodanup)
23/02/2015 Mark Blythman via Allan Burbidge CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - nr rec centre
23/02/2015 Martin Cake, Robyn Pickering et al. Marsh Sandpiper (1)
Wood Sandpiper (15+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (c. 15)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
 Long-toed Stint (c. 12)		 North Lake (North Lake)
22/02/2015 John Graff Freckled Duck (165)
Little Egret (2)
Spotless Crake (1)
Silvereye (1 mimicking Australian Reed-Warbler)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
21/02/2015 Sacha Ruoss CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - 1245 nr rec centre
21/02/2015 Mark Binns Marsh Sandpiper (1)
Wood Sandpiper (20+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (c. 20)
 Long-toed Stint (12+)
 North Lake (North Lake)
21/02/2015 Kathy Samulkiewicz Freckled Duck (30)
Little Egret (1)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
21/02/2015 Mark Binns Tawny-crowned Honeyeater (2 juveniles) Piney Lakes (Winthrop)
20/02/2015 Jenny Knox & Wayne Merritt Australian Spotted Crake (2)
Marsh Sandpiper (1)
Wood Sandpiper (1)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (10)
 Long-toed Stint (3)
 Red-kneed Dotterel (8)		 North Lake (North Lake)
20/02/2015 Craig Lester Eastern Curlew (3) Creery Wetlands (Dudley Park)
19/02/2015 Peter Valentine, Plaxy Barratt & Dan Mantle CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - usual location c. 1045
19/02/2015 Pete White Freckled Duck (50+)
Little Egret (1)
Australian Spotted Crake (1)
Spotless Crake (1)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
18/02/2015 Dan Mantle, Plaxy Barratt & Ross Jones Gallinago sp. Snipe (1) North Lake (North Lake)
18/02/2015 Richard Allison & Mark Binns Baillon's Crake (1)
Australian Spotted Crake (2+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (10)
 Long-toed Stint (12+)
 Red-kneed Dotterel (c. 10)		 North Lake (North Lake)
18/02/2015 Richard Allison Banded Lapwing (10) Larkhill playing fields (Port Kennedy)
17/02/2015 Craig Lester Banded Stilt (1,800+)
Eastern Curlew (1)
Great Knot (5)
Red Knot (27)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (100+)		 Creery Wetlands (Dudley Park)
17/02/2015 Martin Cake Long-toed Stint (10+) North Lake (North Lake)
16/02/2015 Sacha Ruoss CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - 1345 between rec centre and Ariti Av
16/02/2015 Martin Cake Gallinago sp. Snipe (1) North Lake (North Lake)
16/02/2015 Nick Brown Banded Lapwing (21) Larkhill playing fields (Port Kennedy)
15/02/2015 Dan Mantle & Plaxy Barratt Gallinago sp. Snipe (1)
Long-toed Stint (15-20)		 North Lake (North Lake)
15/02/2015 David Marshall & Hanna Allen  Snipe sp. [?Gallinago sp.] (1) Lake Claremont (Claremont) - SE corner
15/02/2015 Smathi Chong, David & Barbara Henderson Australian Spotted Crake (4-5)
Spotless Crake (1)
Banded Stilt (4)
Red-necked Avocet (~100)
Long-toed Stint (5+)		 Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake)
15/02/2015 BirdLife WA Excursion (Mark Binns et al.) Australian Little Bittern (1 dead)
Long-toed Stint (1)		 Kogolup Swamp (Beeliar)
14/02/2015 Belinda Barnett & Morgan O'Connell CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (2) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - 1430-1530 between rec centre and Ariti Av; 1550 over Ocean Reef Rd
14/02/2015 Mark Blythman Rock Parrot (3; 2 banded) nr tennis courts (Rottnest Island)
13/02/2015 Richard Allison CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1)
Banded Stilt (30)		 Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - buzzard seen 0635 just south of rec centre
13/02/2015 Floyd Holmes Purple-crowned Lorikeet (5) just N of Oliver Hill Guns (Rottnest Island)
13/02/2015 Richard Allison et al. Australian Spotted Crake (25+)
Spotless Crake (1)
Gallinago sp. Snipe (1)
 Marsh Sandpiper (1)
Wood Sandpiper (10+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (12)
Red-kneed Dotterel (15)		 North Lake (North Lake)
12/02/2015 Floyd Holmes Purple-crowned Lorikeet (5) just N of Oliver Hill Guns (Rottnest Island)
12/02/2015 Steve Reynolds Long-toed Stint (1) Lake Claremont (Claremont)
12/02/2015 Craig Lester Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (80+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)		 Goegrup Lake (Barragup)
12/02/2015 Mark Binns Long-toed Stint (3) North Lake (North Lake)
11/02/2015 Ryan Phillips CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (2) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - just south of rec centre
11/02/2015 Martin Cake et al. Gallinago sp. Snipe (1)
 Marsh Sandpiper (1)
Long-toed Stint (1)		 North Lake (North Lake)
10/02/2015 Ross Jones Gallinago sp. Snipe (1) North Lake (North Lake)
09/02/2015 Martin Cake Gallinago sp. Snipe (1) North Lake (North Lake)
09/02/2015 Stewart Ford Chestnut Teal (pair) Lake Gwelup (Gwelup)
08/02/2015 Geoff Groom Australian Spotted Crake (3)
Marsh Sandpiper (1)
Wood Sandpiper (10)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (12)
Red-kneed Dotterel (12)		 North Lake (North Lake)
07/02/2015 Sacha Ruoss et al. CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (2) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - seen at least c. 1035, 1120, 1215
07/02/2015 Joe Krawiec & Abbi Macdonald Wedge-tailed Eagle (2) Central Park (Joondalup)
06/02/2015 John McMullan, Martin Cake et al. Gallinago sp. Snipe (1) North Lake (North Lake)
06/02/2015 Craig Lester Bar-tailed Godwit (10)
Great Knot (1)
Red Knot (3)
Ruff (1)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
06/02/2015 Stewart Ford Royal Spoonbill (1 overflying) Birralee Reserve (Innaloo)
05/02/2015 Stewart Ford et al. CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo)
05/02/2015 Robyn Pickering, Craig Lester et al. Gallinago sp. Snipe (1) North Lake (North Lake)
05/02/2015 Craig Lester Red Knot (3)
Ruff (1)		 Len Howard Reserve (Erskine)
04/02/2015 John Graff, Martin Cake et al. Baillon's Crake (2+)
Australian Spotted Crake (30+)
Spotless Crake (2)
Gallinago sp. Snipe (1)
Wood Sandpiper (20+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (15)
Red-kneed Dotterel (15)		 North Lake (North Lake)
03/02/2015 Wayne Merritt, Mark Binns et al. Gallinago sp. Snipe (1) North Lake (North Lake)
03/02/2015 Dan Mantle, Plaxy Barratt et al. CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - seen c. 1030
02/02/2015 Mark Binns Gallinago sp. Snipe (1) North Lake (North Lake)
01/02/2015 Dave Crossley, Bill McRoberts et al. CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo)
01/02/2015 Bill Betts Bar-tailed Godwit (11)
Great Knot (2)
Red Knot (1)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
01/02/2015 Bill Betts Terek Sandpiper (2) Soldiers Cove (Dudley Park)
31/01/2015 Ross Jones, Nathan Piesse et al. CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1+) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - usual locations
31/01/2015 Heather Thorning et al. Gallinago sp. Snipe (1) Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) - seen from new bird hide in NE
31/01/2015 Mark Binns Buff-banded Rail (2)
Baillon's Crake (4)
Australian Spotted Crake (14)
Spotless Crake (7)
Red-necked Avocet (121)
Wood Sandpiper (2)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)		 Kogolup Swamp (Beeliar)
31/01/2015 Plaxy Barratt & Dan Mantle Eastern Cattle Egret (1) Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale)
30/01/2015 Sacha Ruoss, Chris Cooper et al. CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1+) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - usual locations around midday
29/01/2015 Ross Jones, Bruce Greatwich et al. CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (2) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) - 2 birds seen travelling north 1055, single bird seen over Ocean Reef Rd at 1440, disappeared to the north-west
28/01/2015 Plaxy Barratt, Sue Abbotts et al. CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (2; now considered to be 2 males, 1 adult and 1 immature) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup/Wanneroo) 
28/01/2015 John Baas Red-necked Avocet (99) Kogolup Swamp (Beeliar)
27/01/2015 Chris Gladwin et al. CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) - last seen late morning over Neil Hawkins Park
26/01/2015 Nathan Waugh, Peter Valentine et al. CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1) Lake Joondalup (Joondalup) - last seen c. 1525 in NE region of the lake
26/01/2015 Craig Lester Banded Stilt (53)
Great Knot (7)
Red Knot (2)
Ruff (1)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
26/01/2015 Jennie Stock Black-tailed Native-hen (1)
Australian Spotted Crake (10+)		 Lake Claremont (Claremont)
25/01/2015 Darryl Jones Freckled Duck (300+) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
25/01/2015 John Anderson CRESTED HONEY BUZZARD (1) E side of Lake Joondalup, opposite Ariti Avenue (Wanneroo)
25/01/2015 Craig Lester Banded Stilt (30+)
Red-necked Avocet (250+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (250+)		 Goegrup Lake (Barragup)
25/01/2015 Valerie Hemsley Glossy Ibis (1) Blue Gum Lake (Mount Pleasant)
24/01/2015 Bill Betts Freckled Duck (196)
Eastern Osprey (1)
Little Egret (1)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
24/01/2015 Mark Binns Yellow-billed Spoonbill (44)
Buff-banded Rail (3)
Australian Spotted Crake (10+)
Spotless Crake (5+)
Black-winged Stilt (1 leucistic)
Red-necked Avocet (60)
Wood Sandpiper (3)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (13)
Pectoral Sandpiper (4)		 Kogolup Swamp (Beeliar)
24/01/2015 Craig Lester Wood Sandpiper (8)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (400+)
Curlew Sandpiper (40+)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1)		 Barragup Swamp (Furnissdale)
23/01/2015 Jennie Stock Freckled Duck (140+) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
22/01/2015 John Baas Freckled Duck (60+)
Little Egret (1)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
21/01/2015 Lucy Dadour & John Trainer Australian Bustard (1) West Rd (Bullsbrook)
20/01/2015 Mark & Lauren Newman Masked Owl (1 heard) Paganoni Swamp (Golden Bay)
20/01/2015 Bill Betts Banded Stilt (19) Point Walter (Bicton)
20/01/2015 Craig Lester Banded Stilt (50)
Wood Sandpiper (3)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (220+)		 Barragup Swamp (Furnissdale)
20/01/2015 Maris Lauva Freckled Duck (20+) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
18/01/2015 Josh Greaves Masked Lapwing (2)
Black-tailed Native-hen (1)		 Loch McNess, Yanchep NP (Yanchep)
17/01/2015 Bill Betts Black-tailed Native-hen (1)
Wood Sandpiper (3)		 Lake Claremont (Claremont)
17-18/01/2015 Samuel Lundin Banded Stilt (5,000+)
Red-necked Avocet (2)
Common Greenshank (40)
Marsh Sandpiper (2)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (50)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)
Red-necked Stint (100)
Red-capped Plover (200)		 Lake Cooloongup (Cooloongup)
17/01/2015 Clive Nealon Freckled Duck (120+) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
17/01/2015 Mark Binns Freckled Duck (100+)
Little Egret (1)		 Herdsman Lake, nr wildlife centre (Herdsman)
17/01/2015 Mark Binns & Philip Griffin Banded Stilt (c. 800)
Marsh Sandpiper (3)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (30)
Pectoral Sandpiper (8+)
Red-necked Stint (c. 300)
Long-toed Stint (2)
Red-capped Plover (c. 300)		 Lake Cooloongup (Cooloongup)
17/01/2015 Mark Binns & Philip Griffin Australian Little Bittern (1 heard)
Baillons Crake (5)
Australian Spotted Crake (1)
Spotless Crake (2)
Banded Stilt (1)		 Kogolup Swamp (Beeliar)
17/01/2015 Kath Lindann Freckled Duck (25+)
Little Egret (2)
Black-tailed Native-hen (3)		 Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
17/01/2015 Josh Greaves Red-capped Plover (50+) Lake Gnangara (Gnangara)
17/01/2015 Bob Lawson Tawny Frogmouth (2 roosting) Stilt Park (Joondalup)
16/01/2015 Clive Nealon Masked Lapwing (2)
White-breasted Robin (1)		 Yanchep NP (Yanchep)
16/01/2015 Steve Reynolds Eastern Curlew (1) Samphire Cove (Halls Head)
15/01/2015 Sandra & Ian Wallace Masked Lapwing (2 race novaehollandiae)
Black-tailed Native-hen (2)
Wood Sandpiper (1)		 Yanchep NP (Yanchep)
15/01/2015 Craig Lester Great Knot (4)
Red Knot (31)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
14/01/2015 Ross Jones Freckled Duck (30) Herdsman Lake (Herdsman)
13/01/2015 Craig Lester Bar-tailed Godwit (11)
Great Knot (6)
Red Knot (4)
Grey-tailed Tattler (1)
Curlew Sandpiper (4)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
12/01/2015 Craig Lester Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (300+) Goegrup Lake (Barragup)
11/01/2015 Bruce Greatwich, Jordan Vos & John Graff Banded Stilt (5,000+)
Common Greenshank (60+)
Marsh Sandpiper (5)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (30+)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1+)
Red-necked Stint (300+)
Red-capped Plover (300+)		 Lake Cooloongup (Cooloongup)
10/01/2015 Bill Betts Eastern Cattle Egret (1) Neaves Rd (Pinjar)
10/01/2015 John Baas Mute Swan (1)
Little Egret (1)		 Lake Monger (Glendalough)
09/01/2015 Robyn & Morgan Pickering Mute Swan (1) Lake Monger (Glendalough)
09/01/2015 Robyn & Morgan Pickering Freckled Duck (3) Herdsman Lake, nr wildlife centre (Herdsman)
09/01/2015 Craig Lester Banded Stilt (16)
Eastern Curlew (1)
Whimbrel (4)
Terek Sandpiper (2)		 Samphire Cove (Halls Head)
08/01/2015 Darryl Jones Pacific Golden Plover (1)
Great Knot (3)
Red Knot (4)
Marsh Sandpiper (2)		 Nairns (Coodanup)
08/01/2015 Robyn & Morgan Pickering Chestnut Teal (1 male) Neil Hawkins Park, Lake Joondalup (Joondalup)
08/01/2015 Robyn & Morgan Pickering, Gary Tate Eastern Cattle Egret (1) Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale)
08/01/2015 John Baas Freckled Duck (3) Herdsman Lake, nr wildlife centre (Herdsman)
05/01/2015 Mark Binns White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1) ALCOA Wellard Wetlands (Baldivis)

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

Date Observers Species

Location

02/04/2015 Bill Russell Banded Stilt (1,900) Lake Preston south at Myalup (Harvey)
01/04/2015 Bill Russell Banded Stilt (750)
Ruddy Turnstone (1)
Red-necked Stint (3,500)		 Lake Preston, just S of causeway at Preston Beach (Waroona)
23/03/2015 Keith Wilcox Malleefowl (1) Dryandra Woodland (Cuballing)
22/03/2015 Bill Betts Double-banded Plover (2) Wellstead Estuary, Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
21/03/2015 Bill Betts Wandering Albatross [sp.] (4; 1 all-brown type)
Shy Albatross (10; 1 possible steadi)
Black-browed Albatross (16)
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (6)
Flesh-footed shearwater (30+)
Little Shearwater (1)
Wilson’s Storm Petrel (15)
White-faced Storm Petrel (2)		 Bremer Canyon, off Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
20/03/2015 Bill Betts Wandering Albatross [sp.] (1)
Shy Albatross (8)
Black-browed Albatross (4)
Short-tailed Shearwater (1)
Flesh-footed Shearwater (20+)
Little Shearwater (7)
Wilson’s Storm Petrel (27)
White-faced Storm Petrel (2)
Bridled Tern (1)		 Bremer Canyon, off Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
18/03/2015 Bill Betts Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (1)
Black Honeyeater (1 male)		 Stirling Range Retreat (Gnowangerup)
18/03/2015 Bill Betts Banded Stilt (21)
Red-necked Avocet (350+)
Double-banded Plover (2)
Red-necked Stint (450+)		 Wellstead Estuary, Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
10/03/2015 Steve Reynolds Wandering Albatross [sp.] (2 - 1 likely exulans, 1 taxon undetermined)
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (2)
Shy Albatross (2)
Great-winged Petrel (6)
Flesh-footed Shearwater (common)
Little Shearwater (2)
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (4)
White-faced Storm-Petrel (1)
Australasian Gannet (4)		 Bremer Canyon, off Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
10/03/2015 Steve Reynolds Malleefowl (1) Fitzgerald River crossing, South Coast Hwy (Ravensthorpe)
10/03/2015 Peter Taylor & Martin Painter Hooded Plover (1) Red Lake (Manjimup)
10/03/2015 Peter Taylor & Martin Painter Freckled Duck (7)  Bokerup Swamp (Cranbrook)
06/03/2015 Rory Chapple Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (4) Tarcoola Beach (Geraldton-Greenough)
27/02/2015 Billy Sherman Banded Stilt (8) large dam on outskirts of Dumbleyung (Dumbleyung)
21/02/2015 Keith Lightbody via Dan Mantle Light-mantled Sooty Albatross (1) Bremer Canyon, off Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
17/02/2015 Georgina Steytler BARAU'S PETREL (1) Bremer Canyon, off Bremer Bay (Jerramungup)
17/02/2015 Bill Belson Oriental Plover (1) Point Moore (Geraldton-Greenough)
15/02/2015 Bill Russell Red-necked Stint (2000) Lake Preston (Waroona)
10/02/2015 Bill Russell Common Greenshank (41) (St.) Martin's Tank Lake (Waroona)
09/02/2015 Mark Newman & Nick Brown Spotted Harrier (1) Cheynes Beach (Albany)
08/02/2015 Mike Craig et al. Ruff (2 - 1 male, 1 female [Reeve])
Rufous Treecreeper (1)		 Boggy Bay (Murray)
08/02/2015 BirdLife WA Pelagic (John Graff et al.) Wandering Albatross [sp.] (1 - most likely gibsoni)
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (25)
Black-browed Albatross [sp] (4, TBC)
Shy Albatross (8)
Great-winged Petrel (15)
Flesh-footed Shearwater (400)
Short-tailed Shearwater (20)
Hutton's Shearwater (7)
Little Shearwater (1)
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (6)
White-faced Storm-Petrel (15)
Arctic Jaeger (8)
Long-tailed Jaeger (3 distant)
Sooty Tern (4)
Bridled Tern (3)		 off Albany (Albany)
07/02/2015 Mark Newman & Nick Brown Masked Lapwing (3) Lake Seppings (Albany)
07/02/2015 BirdLife WA Pelagic (John Graff et al.) Wandering Albatross [sp.] (1, antipodensis or amsterdamensis)
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (18)
Black-browed Albatross [sp] (2, TBC)
Shy Albatross (10)
Great-winged Petrel (6)
Flesh-footed Shearwater (300)
Short-tailed Shearwater (1)
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (9)
White-faced Storm-Petrel (20)
Arctic Jaeger (3)
Long-tailed Jaeger (6)
Sooty Tern (10)		 off Albany (Albany)
07/02/2015 Kathy Samulkiewicz Banded Stilt (25) front beach, Port Denison (Irwin)
06/02/2015 Mark Newman & Nick Brown Chestnut Teal (1 male)
Wood Sandpiper (2)
Common Sandpiper (1)		 Wagin sewage ponds (Wagin)
06/02/2015 Mark Newman & Nick Brown Emu (80+)
Banded Lapwing (8)		 Salt River Road (Cranbrook)
06/02/2015 John Baas Hooded Plover (4) Seal Creek Beach, Cape Arid NP (Esperance)
01/02/2015 Dave Secomb Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (14)
Pectoral Sandpiper (2)		 Corackin Swamp (Katanning)
31/01/2015 Dave Secomb Chestnut Teal (7)
Banded Stilt (250)
Common Sandpiper (3)
Hooded Plover (2)		 Lake Ewlyamartup (Katanning)
31/01/2015 Craig Lester Little Egret (30)
Banded Stilt (330+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (130+)		 Austin Bay (Murray)
30/01/2015 Dave Secomb Chestnut Teal (2)
Banded Stilt (4,500)
Red-necked Avocet (31)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (62)
Red-necked Stint (62)
Hooded Plover (5)
Red-kneed Dotterel (7)
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (1)		 Coyrecup Lake (Katanning)
28/01/2015 Dave Secomb Spotted Harrier (3 juvenile) Katanning (Katanning)
28/01/2015 Bill Russell Banded Stilt (c. 1000) (St.) Martin's Tank (Waroona)
26/01/2015 Josan Moss Spotless Crake (2) King River, opposite King River campground (Albany)
23/01/2015 Peter Taylor & Rose Ferrell Masked Owl (1 heard) Shannon campground (Manjimup)
23/01/2015 Bill Russell Hooded Plover (41) (St.) Martin's Tank (Waroona)
18/01/2015 Dave Secomb Wood Sandpiper (2)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (21)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Red-kneed Dotterel (7)		 Corackin Swamp (Katanning)
17/01/2015 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (400+)
Red-necked Avocet (70+)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (50+)
Curlew Sandpiper (6)
Red-necked Stint (70+)
Long-toed Stint (1)
Red-capped Plover (200+)		 Coyrecup Lake (Katanning)
17/01/2015 Steve Elson Banded Stilt (50+)
Red-necked Avocet (34)
Common Sandpiper (1)
Hooded Plover (6)
Red-kneed Dotterel (23)		 Lake Ewlyamartup (Katanning)
10/01/2015 Dave Secomb Banded Stilt (5,200)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (42)
Curlew Sandpiper (2)
Red-necked Stint (35)
Hooded Plover (5)
Red-kneed Dotterel (1)
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (1)		 Coyrecup Lake (Katanning)
10/01/2015 Steve Reynolds Masked Lapwing (2) Ocean Beach (Denmark)
10/01/2015 Steve Reynolds Brown Quail (1) river walk (Denmark)
10/01/2015 Steve Reynolds Rock Parrot (5) Lights Beach (Denmark)
08/01/2015 Steve Reynolds Masked Lapwing (2) Ocean Beach (Denmark)
08/01/2015 Darryl Jones Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (40)
Curlew Sandpiper (2)		 boat ramp off Birch Drive (Murray)
05/01/2015 Phil Lewis Inland Dotterel (1) Damboring, btwn Pithara & Balidu (Wongan Hills-Ballidu)
03/01/2015 Geoff Collis Western Bristlebird (1) Information Centre carpark, Two Peoples Bay NR (Albany)
02-04/01/2015 Kathy Samulkiewicz Banded Stilt (c. 200) Port Denison foreshore (Irwin)
01/01/2015 Ken Glasson Crested Shrike-tit (1) Porongorup NP, nr main entrance (Plantagenet)
31/12/2014 Alistair Clark Masked Lapwing (1) Denmark area (Denmark)
22/12/2014 Don Carlson Pacific Golden Plover (1)
Grey Plover (10)
Eastern Curlew (2)
Whimbrel (1)
Great Knot (8)
Red Knot (2)
Grey-tailed Tattler (1)
Red-necked Stint (60)		 Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury/Harvey)
20/12/2014 Don Carlson Greater Sand Plover (1)
Eastern Curlew (1)		 Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury/Harvey)
11/12/2014 Don Carlson Grey-tailed Tattler (3) Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury/Harvey)
04/12/2014 Don Carlson Pacific Golden Plover (1)
Grey Plover (13)
Whimbrel (1)
Bar-tailed Godwit (2)
Great Knot (5)
Curlew Sandpiper (2)
Red-necked Stint (235)		 Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury/Harvey)
03/12/2014 Don Carlson Pacific Golden Plover (1)
Grey Plover (13)
Great Knot (8)
Red Knot (4)
Curlew Sandpiper (2)		 Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury/Harvey)
06/11/2014 Don Carlson Pacific Golden Plover (1)
Grey Plover (13)
Bar-tailed Godwit (2)
Wood Sandpiper (1)
Terek Sandpiper (4)		 Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury/Harvey)
10/10/2014 Don Carlson Terek Sandpiper (1) Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury/Harvey)
03/10/2014 Don Carlson Red-necked Avocet (50)
Pacific Golden Plover (1)
Grey Plover (12)
Great Knot (3)
Red-necked Stint (50)		 Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury/Harvey)

 

Arid Zone (Shires in parentheses)

Date Observers Species

Location

17-27/03/2015 Bruce Greatwich, John Graff et al. Inland Dotterel (51+)
Rufous-crowned Emu-wren (common)
Orange Chat (common)
Spinifexbird (several)		 c. 100km SE of Wiluna (Wiluna)
25/03/2015 Bruce Greatwich & John Graff Stubble Quail (2) c. 150km SE of Wiluna (Wiluna)
15/02/2015 Bill Rutherford Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Long-toed Stint (2)		 Walkabout sewage ponds (Port Hedland)
14/02/2015 Bill Rutherford Barn Swallow (1) Old Port Hedland sewage ponds (Port Hedland)
12/02/2015 Rory Chapple Pacific [Fork-tailed] Swift (30-40) Bush Point, c. 30km south of Carnarvon (Carnarvon)
26/01/2015 Chris Shaw Little Curlew (26) Millars Road Oval, Karratha (Roebourne)

 

Kimberley (Shires in parentheses)

Date Observers Species

Location

10/02/2015 Nigel Jackett et al. EURASIAN CURLEW (1) Roebuck Bay, beach in front of Broome Bird Observatory (Broome)
17/01/2015 Plaxy Barratt & Dan Mantle Oriental Pratincole (100,000+) Roebuck Plains, Gt Northern Hwy (Broome)
16/01/2015 Plaxy Barratt & Dan Mantle Semipalmated Plover (1)
Gallinago sp. Snipe (2)
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (5)
White Wagtail (1)		 sewage ponds (Broome)

 

Australian Indian Ocean Territories


Ashmore Reef

Date Observers Species

Location





 

Christmas Island

Date Observers Species

Location

02-07/03/2015 Jan & Dave Crossley, Richard Baxter et al. Cinnamon Bittern (1)
Swinhoe's Snipe (1)		 Christmas Island

 

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Date Observers Species

Location

?06/03/2015 Mark Binns White-throated Needletail (1) Quarantine Station
16/03/2015 Mark Binns Cotton Pygmy-goose (1 female) Bechek Besar 
16/03/2015 Mark Binns Common Greenshank (5)
Ruddy Turnstone (8)		 West Island
23/02-02/03/2015 Jan & Dave Crossley, Richard Baxter et al. WESTERN OSPREY (1)
Eurasian Teal (1)
Common Redshank (1)
Western Reef Egret (7)
Watercock (4)
Pin-tailed Snipe (24+)
Chinese Pond Heron (1)
Chinese Sparrowhawk (1)
Oriental Pratincole (1)
Barn Swallow (3)		 Cocos Islands

 

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