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The more unusual or rare sightings are highlighted in red and may be included in the WA Bird Notes Issue 167 (September 2018). 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 |
| 03/06/2018 | Jen Donegan et al. | Double-banded Plover (1) | Two Rocks beach (Two Rocks) |
| 03/06/2018 | Wynton Maddeford & Peter McEvoy | Black-tailed Native-hen (2) | Herdsman Lake nr Bishop Riley Way (Churchlands) |
| 02/06/2018 | Wynton Maddeford & Peter McEvoy | Black-tailed Native-hen (1) | The Vines Gold Course (Ellenbrook) |
| 02/06/2018 | Mark Newman | Red-necked Phalarope (1) | Golden Bay beach (Golden Bay) |
| 01/06/2018 | Martin Greenwood | Red-necked Avocet (7) | Loch McNess (Yanchep) |
| 01/06/2018 | Ken Glasson | Red-capped Robin (2+) | Gosnells Rd East (Orange Grove) |
| 01/06/2018 | Sacha Ruoss | Double-banded Plover (1) | Two Rocks beach (Two Rocks) |
| 30/05/2018 | Robyn Pickering | Spotted Harrier (1) | Bibra Lake (Bibra Lake) |
| 26/05/2018 | Helena Johnstone | Lesser Noddy (1) | Floreat Surf Lifesaving Club (Floreat) |
| 26/05/2018 | Bob Meredith via Facebook | Lesser Noddy (2+) | Coogee Beach (Coogee) |
| 26/05/2018 | Kevin Horner, Jason Abuso et al. via Facebook | Lesser Noddy (3+) | Woodman Point (Munster) |
| 25/05/2018 | Martin Greenwood | Black-tailed Native-hen (11) | Loch McNess (Yanchep) |
| 23/05/2018 | Ken Glasson | Freckled Duck (6+) | Herdsman Lake nr Wildlife Centre (Herdsman) |
| 20/05/2018 | John Bass | Cattle Egret (20+) | St Albans Rd (Baldivis) |
| 19/05/2018 | Ken Glasson | Red-capped Robin (2) | Gosnells Rd East, nr boom gate (Orange Grove) |
| 18/05/2018 | Mark Newman | Barn Owl (1) | Golden Bay beach (Golden Bay) |
| 17/05/2018 | John Delaporte | Double-banded Plover (1) | Leemans Landing (Two Rocks) |
| 16/05/2018 | Ken Glasson | Double-banded Plover (1) Sanderling (9) |
Two Rocks (Two Rocks) |
| 15/05/2018 | Mark Binns | Barn Owl (1) | Burt St (Fremantle) |
| 15/05/2018 | Ian Abbott | Western Corella (2) | Wembley Downs Golf Course (Wembley Downs) [restricted access] |
| 13/05/2018 | Ian Abbott | Western Corella (2) | Wembley Downs Golf Course (Wembley Downs) [restricted access] |
| 13/05/2018 | Martin Greenwood | Black-tailed Native-hen (5) Masked Lapwing (2) Red-capped Robin (1) |
Yanchep NP (Yanchep) |
| 12/05/2018 | Mark Binns | Frecked Duck (15) | Herdsman Lake nr Wildlife Centre (Herdsman) |
| 12/05/2018 | Lyn & John Sadleir | Barn Owl (1) | John St (Cottesloe) |
| 10/05/2018 | Dorothy Roberts via Ian Abbott | Barn Owl (1) | area btwn Oxford St and Leederville Parade (Leederville) |
| 10/05/2018 | Ken Glasson | Roseate Tern (5) | Point Peron (Peron) |
| 09/05/2018 | Martin Greenwood | Brown Falcon (1) | Marmion Ave Allara Estate (Eglinton) |
| 06/05/2018 | Mark Newman | Spotted Harrier (1) | Larkhill Training Complex (Port Kennedy) |
| 06/05/2018 | Mark Newman | Whimbrel (1) | Lake Cooloongup (Cooloongup) |
| 03/05/2018 | Rod Smith | Red-capped Robin (1) | Mindarie (Mindarie) |
| 03/05/2018 | Rod Smith | Masked Lapwing (2) | Yanchep NP (Yanchep) |
| 03/05/2018 | Bill Rutherford | White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1) | Herdsman Lake (Herdsman) |
| 03/05/2018 | Gary Tate | White-bellied Sea-Eagle (1) | Picnic Cove, Lake Joondalup (Edgewater) |
| 03/05/2018 | Gary Tate | Glossy Ibis (7) | Lake Joondalup South (Woodvale) |
| 02/05/2018 | Carol Natalotto | Barn Owl (1) | Vincent Street (Mount Lawley) |
| 30/04/2018 | Mark Stanley | Masked Lapwing (2) Wood Sandpiper (1) |
Yanchep Golf Course (Yanchep) |
| 29/04/2018 | Claire Gerrish | Red-capped Robin (1) Spotted Pardalote (1) |
Lake Monger (Glendalough) |
| 27/04/2018 | Mark Newman | Little Tern (2) | Rockingham foreshore (Rockingham) |
| 26/04/2018 | Mark Newman | Barn Swallow (1) | near Promenade Hotel Pool (Burswood) |
| 20/04/2018 | Martin Greenwood | Little Tern (2) | Two Rocks Marina (Two Rocks) |
| 20/04/2018 | Martin Greenwood | Wood Sandpiper (2) | Loch McNess, Yanchep NP (Yanchep) |
| 18/04/2018 | Robyn & Morgan Pickering | Little Tern (2) | Woodman Point (Munster) |
| 18/04/2018 | Martin Greenwood | Masked Lapwing (2) Red-kneed Dotterel (1+) |
Loch McNess, Yanchep NP (Yanchep) |
| 18/04/2018 | Bill Rutherford | Banded Stilt (8) Wood Sandpiper (1) |
Wangara wetlands, Gnangara Rd (?) |
| 17/04/2018 | Graham Little | Freckled Duck (1) | Herdsman Lake, nr wildlife centre (Herdsman) |
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 04/06/2018 | Bill Russell | Banded Stilt (450) | Lake Preston at Preston Beach (Waroona) |
| 03/06/2018 | Bill Russell | Gilbert’s Honeyeater (5) | Hamel Eco park, west of railway (Waroona) |
| 02/06/2018 | Bill Russell | Banded Stilt (202) Red-necked Avocet (87) |
Lake Pollard (Waroona) |
| 02-04/06/2018 | Phil Lewis | Ground Cuckoo-shrike (4) | Snake Soak, NE of Bencubbin (Mount Marshall) |
| 01/06/2018 | Phil Lewis | Ground Cuckoo-shrike (2) | Calingiri-Goomalling Rd (Goomalling) |
| 01/06/2018 | Mark Binns | Banded Stilt (9) | Unicup Lake (Manjimup) |
| 21/05/2018 | Kathy Samulkiewicz | Banded Stilt (13) | Front Beach, Port Denison (Irwin) |
| 15/05/2018 | Bill Russell | Banded Stilt (95) | Lake Clifton (Mandurah) |
| 13/05/2018 | Bill Russell | Red-necked Stint (350) Curlew Sandpiper (1) Greater Sand Plover (1) |
Lake Preston, Preston Beach (Waroona) |
| 07/05/2018 | Robin Campbell | Malleefowl (1) | cnr Schultz Rd & Brookton Hwy, 13km E of Corrigin (Corrigin) |
| 06/05/2018 | Dan Mantle, Plaxy Barratt et al. | Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (10) Black-browed Albatross (1) Black-browed Albatross [sp.] (1) Flesh-footed Shearwater (65) Sooty Shearwater (1) Hutton's Shearwater (12) |
Cave Point Lighthouse, Torndirrup NP (Albany) |
| 05/05/2018 | BirdLife WA Pelagic (John Graff et al.) | Wandering Albatross (1) Antipodean [Wandering] Albatross (possible ssp. antipodensis) (1) Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (15) Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (1) Black-browed Albatross (2) Shy Albatross (15) Great-winged Petrel (80) Soft-plumaged Petrel (30) Flesh-footed Shearwater (600) Sooty Shearwater (8) Short-tailed Shearwater (3) Hutton's Shearwater (6) Wilson's Storm-Petrel (12) White-faced Storm-Petrel (60) Black-bellied Storm-Petrel (6) Brown Skua (5) South Polar Skua (6+) Arctic Jaeger (1) Long-tailed Jaeger (2) |
offshore Albany (Albany) |
| 04/2018 | Robin Campbell et al. | Letter-winged Kite (1+ possible) | Bendering Rd, Salt R channel btwn Corrigin and Kondinin (Corrigin) |
| 22/04/2018 | Martin Cake, Dan Mantle et al. | Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (25) Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (1) Giant-Petrel sp. (2) Great-winged Petrel (80+) Streaked Shearwater (8) Flesh-footed Shearwater (2,000) Wedge-tailed Shearwater (1+) Sooty Shearwater (7+) Short-tailed Shearwater (1+) Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater (60+) Hutton's Shearwater (3,000) Arctic Jaeger (2) Australasian Gannet (30) |
Cape Naturaliste (Busselton) |
| 30/03/2018 | Gillian Richmond via Christine Wilder | Little Tern (1) | Elmore Lagoon/Quindalup Beach Lagoon, Dunsborough (Busselton) |
| 12/04/2016 | Steve Wiseman via Les George | Broad-billed Flycatcher (1) | Kalbarri Industrial Area (Northampton) |
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| 08-11/06/2018 | Stewart Ford, Julian Kalau, Pat Cullen, Roy Teale | ASIAN KOEL (1 imm male) | Barrow Island (Ashburton) |
| 07-17/05/2018 | Herb Wiegele | Franklin’s Gull (1, photograph) | beach nr Maggie’s campsite, Warroora Station (Carnarvon) |
| 06/05/2018 | Linda Giblett | Australian Bustard (2) | Wiluna (Wiluna) |
| 06/05/2018 | Stephen Clarke | Grey Falcon (1 immature) | Parker Point, Dampier (Roebourne) |
| 03/05/2018 | Stephen Clarke | Australian Owlet-nightjar (1) | Bulgara, Karratha Hills (Roebourne) |
| 02/05/2018 | Scott Godley via Mel Berris | Elegant Parrot (1) | Karijini NP headquarters (Ashburton) |
| 23/04/2018 | Ross & Carolyn Jones | Striated Grasswren (2 ssp. oweni/striatus) | 23km west of Sandstone (Sandstone) |
| 22/04/2018 | Ross & Carolyn Jones | Ground Cuckoo-shrike (6) | Wondinong Station (Cue) |
| 22/04/2018 | Ross & Carolyn Jones | Banded Whiteface (1) | Austin Downs Station Rd c. 500m S of turn-off (Cue) |
| 17/04/2018 | Jordan Webber | Grey Honeyeater (1) | Great Northern Hwy, 53km WNW of Newman (East Pilbara) |
| 16/04/2018 | Jordan Webber | Striated Grasswren (1 ssp. whitei) | Mount Nameless (Ashburton) |
| 13-15/04/2018 | Stephen Clarke | Bush Stone-curlew (2) | Kangaroo Hill Iron Ore Facility (Roebourne) [private property] |
| 05/04/2018 | Stephen Clarke | Beach Stone-curlew (1) | Conzic Bay, Burrup Peninsula (Roebourne) |
| Date | Observers | Species |
Location |
| c. 09/05/2018 | Alexander Watson | Letter-winged Kite (15+, photographs) | Paruku/Lake Gregory IPA (Halls Creek) |
Ashmore Reef
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Christmas Island
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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