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 164 (December 2017). 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.
Perth & Mandurah (within UBD Street Directory)
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 10/10/2017 | Plaxy Barratt & Dan Mantle | Black-backed Bittern (2, heard) | Eric Singleton Reserve (Bayswater) |
| 08/10/2017 | Dan Mantle & Play Barratt | Southern Emu-wren (1) Brown-headed Honeyeater (1) Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (2+) |
Bickley Brook (Orange Grove) |
| 05/10/2017 | Belinda Davis | Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (10) | Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 02/10/2017 | Plaxy Barratt & Dan Mantle | Black-backed Bittern (2, heard) | Eric Singleton Reserve (Bayswater) |
| 28/09/2017 | Kelly Rayner | Painted Buttonquail (2) | Bold Park (City Beach) |
| 23/09/2017 | Mark Newman | Red-capped Robin | Vernon Arms, Mandurah Rd (Baldivis) |
| 22/09/2017 | Mark Newman | Cattle Egret (12) | Mundijong Rd (Baldivis) |
| 18/09/2017 | Ray Flanagan | Rock Parrot (18) | Thomsons Bay (Rottnest Island) |
| 17/09/2017 | Matthew Pudovskis | Black-tailed Native-hen (6) | Lake Gwelup (Gwelup) |
| 13/09/2017 | Geoffrey Groom (via Facebook) | Wandering Whistling-Duck (1) | Bibra Lake - small swamp on east side of main lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 29/08/2017 | Pam Smith | Black-tailed Native-hen (1) | Herdsman Lake, S end (Herdsman) |
| 27/08/2017 | Mark Binns | Wandering Whistling-Duck (1) | Bibra Lake - small swamp on east side of main lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 26/08/2017 | Mark Newman & Nick Brown | Black-browed Albatross (1) Sooty Oystercatcher (3) |
Point Peron (Peron) |
| 26/08/2017 | Pam Smith | White-winged Triller (1) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 22/08/2017 | Mark Binns | Wandering Whistling-Duck (1) | Bibra Lake - small swamp on east side of main lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 19/08/2017 | Mark Newman | Stubble Quail (2) Brown Quail (6) |
Lake Walyungup (Warnbro) |
| 19/08/2017 | Mark Newman | Eastern Cattle Egret (24) | St Albans Rd (Baldivis) |
| 19/08/2017 | Mark Newman | Purple-crowned Lorikeet (heard) | Telephone Lane (Baldivis) |
| 15/08/2017 | Murray Thomas | Bar-tailed Godwit (1) | Pelican Point (Crawley) |
| 14/08/2017 | Jim Schultz | White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1) | Milyu NR, Swan River (South Perth) |
| 13/08/2017 | Jon Elliott | Black Kite (1) | Loftus St (Leederville) |
| early 08/2017 | Luke Wheat | Australian Spotted Crake (1) | Rottnest Island (Rottnest Island) |
| 04/08/2017 | Rob Davis | Pacific Reef Heron [Eastern Reef Egret] (1) | Ferry landing, Thomson's Bay (Rottnest Island) |
| 26/07/2017 | Wynton Maddeford | Purple-crowned Lorikeet (4) | The Vines Golf and Country Club (Ellenbrook) |
| 22/07/2017 | Peter Coyle & Lana Tinsley | Little Egret (1) | Foreshore near Burswood Casino (Burswood) |
| 21/07/2017 | Dave & Jan Crossley | Pink-eared Duck (2) | Lake Coogee (Coogee) |
| 19/07/2017 | Lana Tinsley & Peter Coyle | Magpie-lark (1) | West End (Rottnest Island) |
| 17/07/2017 | Kathy Samulkiewicz | Australian Spotted Crake (1) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 17/07/2017 | Lana Tinsley & Peter Coyle | Magpie-lark (1) | West End (Rottnest Island) |
| 13/07/2017 | Ron Dibbens via Colin Heap | Eastern Cattle Egret (28+) | W side of St Albans Rd (Baldivis) |
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 03/10/2017 | Rob Davis | Budgerigar (6) | 10km N of Wubin (Dalwallinu) |
| 02/10/2017 | Rob Davis | Budgerigar (6) | 20km NE of Buntine (Dalwallinu) |
| 30/09/2017 | Bill Russell | Purple-crowned Lorikeet (10) | Preston Beach (Waroona) |
| 26/09/2017 | Bill Russell | Cattle Egret (33+) | wet paddock nr Treendale (Harvey) |
| 18/09/2017 | Mark Binns | Freckled Duck (41) Red-kneed Dotterel (22) Wood Sandpiper (4) |
Rowles Lagoon, Credo (Coolgardie) |
| 18/09/2017 | Mark Binns | Pink-eared Duck (10) Black-tailed Native-hen (8+) |
Lake Ballard (Menzies) |
| 18/09/2017 | Bill Russell | Red-winged Fairy-wren (3) | Hamel Eco Precinct, W of railway (Waroona) |
| 14/09/2017 | Frank O’Connor | Zebra Finch (6) | Wandering (Wandering) |
| 13/09/2017 | Frank O’Connor | Little Buttonquail (2) Black Honeyeater (1 male) |
Nambung NP entrance Rd (Dandaragan) |
| 04/09/2017 | Linda Giblett | Australian Spotted Crake (1) | Hutt R, Port Gregory (Northampton) |
| 30/08/2017 | Greg Harewood & Shane Priddle | Scarlet-chested Parrot (1 male) | nr. Kondinin (private property) (Kondinin) |
| 22/08/2017 | Jenny Borger | Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo (1) | c. 10kms N of Morawa (Morawa) |
| 13/08/2017 | Bob Paterson | Red-kneed Dotterel (several) | Nambeelup (Murray) [private property] |
| 05/08/2017 | Rob, Belinda & Lachlan Davis | Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (10) | Cairn Hill (Moora) |
| 03/08/2017 | Kathy Samulkiewicz | Australian Spotted Crake (7) Black-tailed Native-hen (3) |
Irwin River mouth, Dongara (Irwin) |
| 02/08/2017 | Bill Russell | Purple-crowned Lorikeet (2) | garden, Preston Beach (Waroona) |
| 26/07/2017 | Linda Giblett | Black-tailed Native-hen (50+) | Ellendale Pool (Greenough) |
| 03/06/2017 | Donna Summers via Kathy Samulkiewicz | Australian Spotted Crake (1) | Irwin River walk, Dongara (Irwin) |
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 03/10/2017 | Kelly Rayner | Painted Buttonquail (1+) | Dirk Hartog Island (Shark Bay) |
| 02/10/2017 | Allan & Sandy Rose | Freckled Duck (2) Pink-eared Duck (13, breeding) Australian Spotted Crake (7) Black-tailed Native-hen (18) Regent Parrot (breeding) Budgerigar (179) |
8-14km N of Zanthus, Cundeelee Track (Kalgoorlie-Boulder) |
| 18-21/09/2017 | Margot Oorebeek | Masked Lapwing (3, nominate race) | Ashburton River (Ashburton) |
| 31/07/2017 | Peter Taylor | Spinifex Pigeon (1) | Rocky Pool (Carnarvon) |
| 30/07/2017 | Peter Taylor | Chestnut Teal (1) Royal Spoonbill (1) |
Carnarvon Sewage Ponds (Carnarvon) |
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 11-12/10/2017 | Mark Cavill via Facebook | GREY-HEADED LAPWING (1, photographed) | Halls Creek sewage ponds (Halls Creek) |
| 11/10/2017 | Beryl Ah Chee | Radjah Shelduck (2) Green Pygmy Goose (16) |
Munnkyarra Lagoon (Derby-West Kimberley) |
| 03/10/2017 | John Graff, Nigel Jackett et al. | Intermediate Egret (3, 1-2 probable race intermedia) | Nimilaica Wetland (Broome) |
| 19/08/2017 | George Swann | Dusky Moorhen (4 sub-adults/immatures) | Lake Kununurra (Wyndham-East Kimberley) |
| 04/08/2017 | Nigel Jackett & John Graff | Little Grassbird (3+) | Nimalarragan [Nimalaica] Wetland (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 02/08/2017 | George Swann | Ixobrychus-type Bittern (1) | Nimalarragan [Nimalaica] Wetland (Broome) [restricted access] |
| 02/08/2017 | Broome Bird Observatory (John Graff et al.) | Australasian Shoveler (3) Oriental Pratincole (1) White-browed Woodswallow (1) |
Roebuck Plains East (Broome) [private property] |
| 26/07/2017 | Broome Bird Observatory (Nigel Jackett et al.) | Oriental Pratincole (2) | Roebuck Plains East (Broome) [private property] |
| 21/07/2017 | Ray Walker | Red-capped Robin (1 male) | Port Smith (Broome) |
Ashmore Reef
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Location |
Christmas Island
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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