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Native and Naturalized (67)

  1. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 600
    Date:
    Observer: Noah Fenwick
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  2. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 250
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  3. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  4. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 120
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  5. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 31
    Date:
    Observer: Janet Burton
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  6. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  7. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 150
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  8. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  9. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 70
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  10. Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  11. Little Tern Sternula albifrons
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  12. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 109
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  13. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 48
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  14. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 111
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  15. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 55
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  16. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 967
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  17. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 374
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  18. White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  19. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  20. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 110
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  21. Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  22. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  23. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 54
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  24. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 1015
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  25. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  26. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 1500
    Date:
    Observer: Adam Colley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  27. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  28. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 84
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  29. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 561
    Date:
    Observer: Fraser Gurney
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  30. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 47
    Date:
    Observer: Adam Colley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  31. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 27
    Date:
    Observer: Adam Colley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  32. Red Knot Calidris canutus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  33. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: Fraser Gurney
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  34. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Fraser Gurney
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  35. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 17
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  36. Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  37. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  38. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 800
    Date:
    Observer: Eleanor Gunby
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  39. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  40. Little Stint Calidris minuta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  41. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 200
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  42. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 2500
    Date:
    Observer: Stephen Attwood
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  43. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 200
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  44. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 1000
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  45. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  46. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  47. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  48. Redpoll Acanthis flammea
    # Count: 1000
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  49. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 1000
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  50. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 500
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  51. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  52. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  53. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  54. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  55. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  56. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  57. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  58. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 24
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  59. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  60. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  61. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  62. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  63. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  64. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  65. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Jeremiah Trimble
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  66. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  67. Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: John Allan
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit

Exotic: Provisional (1)

  1. Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Greg Mckenzie
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit

Hybrids (2)

  1. Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid) Himantopus leucocephalus x novaezelandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  2. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 118
    Date:
    Observer: Don Geddes
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit

Additional Taxa (4)

  1. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 150
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  2. large albatross sp. Diomedea sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  3. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  4. Gull-billed/Australian Tern Gelochelidon nilotica/macrotarsa
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit