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Native and Naturalized (84)

  1. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  2. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  3. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  4. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  5. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  6. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  7. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  8. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  9. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  10. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  11. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  12. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  13. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  14. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  15. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  16. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  17. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  18. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  19. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  20. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  21. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  22. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  23. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  24. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  25. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  26. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  27. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  28. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  29. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  30. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  31. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  32. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  33. Red Knot Calidris canutus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  34. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  35. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  36. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  37. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 40
    Date:
    Observer: George Watola
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  38. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: George Watola
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  39. Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: George Watola
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  40. Little Tern Sternula albifrons
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: George Watola
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  41. Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Birds NZ Wellington Region Data
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  42. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  43. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  44. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  45. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  46. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  47. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  48. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John Collins
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  49. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: John Collins
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  50. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John Collins
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  51. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: John Collins
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  52. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Dillingham
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  53. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Colin Dillingham
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  54. Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Thomsen
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  55. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Mat Gilfedder
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  56. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Mat Gilfedder
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  57. Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mat Gilfedder
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  58. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Mat Gilfedder
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  59. Redpoll Acanthis flammea
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  60. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  61. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  62. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  63. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  64. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  65. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  66. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  67. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Thomas Brooks
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  68. Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  69. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Kappes
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  70. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Thomas Bonny
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  71. Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Dale Herter
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  72. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  73. White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  74. Red-breasted Dotterel Anarhynchus obscurus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  75. Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  76. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Bell
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  77. Sanderling Calidris alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Luke Richards
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  78. Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Gailon Brehm
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  79. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kevin McDonald
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  80. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  81. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: sean clancy
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  82. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Annette Ching
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  83. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  84. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Ashley River Estuary

Exotic: Escapee (2)

  1. Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oliver Pomare
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  2. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Ashley River Estuary

Hybrids (3)

  1. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  2. South Island x Variable Oystercatcher (hybrid) Haematopus unicolor x finschi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  3. Pied x Black Stilt (hybrid) Himantopus leucocephalus x novaezelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Russell Cannings
    Location: Ashley River Estuary

Additional Taxa (11)

  1. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Stuart Nicholson
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  2. oystercatcher sp. Haematopus sp.
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Nicholas Allen
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  3. Gray-tailed/Wandering Tattler Tringa brevipes/incana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  4. Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus/pomarinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Cummins
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  5. Hutton's/Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus huttoni/gavia
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Cummins
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  6. peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Morten Lisse
    Location: Ashley River Estuary
  7. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Noah Fenwick
    Location: Ashley River Estuary