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species 1.

Rainbow Bee-eater

Count 40

Rynhard Kok

species 2.

Little Corella

Count 32

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 3.

Pied Stilt

Count 30

Sheila Rowlands

species 4.

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo

Count 28

Smathi Chong

species 5.

Banded Stilt

Count 25

John Edmond

species 6.

Rainbow Lorikeet

Count 25

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 7.

Dusky Moorhen

Count 12

Michael Sanders

species 8.

Glossy Ibis

Count 12

Wynt Maddeford

species 9.

White-cheeked Honeyeater

Count 12

Peter Howlett

species 10.

Pacific Black Duck

Count 10

Michael Sanders

species 11.

Gray Teal

Count 10

Michael Sanders

species 12.

Chestnut-breasted Munia

Count 10

John Graff

species 13.

Black-fronted Dotterel

Count 8

Michael Sanders

species 14.

Maned Duck

Count 7

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 15.

Great Crested Grebe

Count 7

Michael Sanders

species 16.

Galah

Count 6

Sheila Rowlands

species 17.

Silvereye

Count 6

Michael Sanders

species 18.

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

Count 5

Louis Masarei | Birding Southwest

species 19.

Australian Ibis

Count 5

Michael Sanders

species 20.

Straw-necked Ibis

Count 5

Wynt Maddeford

species 21.

Purple-backed Fairywren

Count 5

Samuel Gale

species 22.

Willie-wagtail

Count 5

Michael Sanders

species 23.

Welcome Swallow

Count 5

Michael Sanders

species 24.

Tree Martin

Count 5

Michael Sanders

species 25.

Australasian Grebe

Count 4

Michael Sanders

species 26.

Australasian Swamphen

Count 4

Michael Sanders

species 27.

Little Pied Cormorant

Count 4

Michael Sanders

species 28.

Western Gerygone

Count 4

Peter Howlett

species 29.

Australian Magpie

Count 4

Michael Sanders

species 30.

Magpie-lark

Count 4

Michael Sanders

species 31.

Australian Raven

Count 4

Michael Sanders

species 32.

Rock Pigeon

Count 3

Jefferson Burrow

species 33.

Laughing Dove

Count 3

Michael Sanders

species 34.

Tawny Frogmouth

Count 3

Michael Sanders

species 35.

Great Crested Tern

Count 3

Sue Plankis

species 36.

White-fronted Chat

Count 3

Bill Rutherford

species 37.

Black Swan

Count 2

Michael Sanders

species 38.

Australian Shelduck

Count 2

Julian Dunmurphy

species 39.

Australasian Shoveler

Count 2

Wynt Maddeford

species 40.

Chestnut Teal

Count 2

Jack Manera

species 41.

Blue-billed Duck

Count 2

Kaylene Taylor

species 42.

Spotted Dove

Count 2

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 43.

Pacific Swift

Count 2

Bill Rutherford

species 44.

Australian Crake

Count 2

Nathan Beerkens

species 45.

Eurasian Coot

Count 2

Michael Sanders

species 46.

Baillon's Crake

Count 2

Steve Lofthouse

species 47.

Masked Lapwing

Count 2

Joseph Russell

species 48.

Little Black Cormorant

Count 2

Michael Sanders

species 49.

Australian Pelican

Count 2

Michael Sanders

species 50.

Eastern Cattle Egret

Count 2

Wynt Maddeford

species 51.

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Count 2

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 52.

Australian Ringneck

Count 2

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 53.

Red-capped Parrot

Count 2

Jan Lile

species 54.

Purple-crowned Lorikeet

Count 2

Hayden Marriott

species 55.

Red Wattlebird

Count 2

Michael Sanders

species 56.

Brown Honeyeater

Count 2

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 57.

Gilbert's Honeyeater

Count 2

Nathan Beerkens

species 58.

Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Count 2

John Graff

species 59.

Black-faced Cuckooshrike

Count 2

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 60.

Black-faced Woodswallow

Count 2

Danny Akers

species 61.

Wandering Whistling-Duck

Count 1

Sacha Ruoss

species 62.

Freckled Duck

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 63.

Pink-eared Duck

Count 1

Michael Sanders

species 64.

Hardhead

Count 1

John Graff

species 65.

Musk Duck

Count 1

Wynt Maddeford

species 66.

Brown Quail

Count 1

Ross Brown

species 67.

Stubble Quail

Count 1

Bill Rutherford

species 68.

Hoary-headed Grebe

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 69.

Common Bronzewing

Count 1

Kaylene Taylor

species 70.

Crested Pigeon

Count 1

Alex Wang

species 71.

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo

Count 1

Samuel Gale

species 72.

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo

Count 1

John Graff

species 73.

Pallid Cuckoo

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 74.

Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Count 1

Samuel Gale

species 75.

Buff-banded Rail

Count 1

John Graff

species 76.

Black-tailed Nativehen

Count 1

John Edmond

species 77.

Spotless Crake

Count 1

Mark Stevenson

species 78.

Red-necked Avocet

Count 1

Jake Harfield

species 79.

Red-kneed Dotterel

Count 1

John Edmond

species 80.

Red-capped Plover

Count 1

Thomas Hughson

species 81.

Black-tailed Godwit

Count 1

Nick Hart

species 82.

Common Sandpiper

Count 1

Chris & Derek

species 83.

Marsh Sandpiper

Count 1

Oliver Smith

species 84.

Wood Sandpiper

Count 1

Lan Lowson

species 85.

Common Greenshank

Count 1

Lan Lowson

species 86.

Red Knot

Count 1

Nigel Jackett

species 87.

Curlew Sandpiper

Count 1

Nigel Jackett

species 88.

Long-toed Stint

Count 1

Sacha Ruoss

species 89.

Red-necked Stint

Count 1

Lan Lowson

species 90.

Pectoral Sandpiper

Count 1

Shelley Altman

species 91.

Collared Pratincole

Count 1

Peter Taylor (ex Birding SW)

species 92.

Caspian Tern

Count 1

Jan Lile

species 93.

Whiskered Tern

Count 1

Steve Lofthouse

species 94.

Common Tern

Count 1

John Graff

species 95.

Australasian Darter

Count 1

Michael Sanders

species 96.

Pied Cormorant

Count 1

Chris & Derek

species 97.

Black-backed Bittern

Count 1

Michel Turcot

species 98.

Nankeen Night Heron

Count 1

Michael Sanders

species 99.

Little Egret

Count 1

Samuel Gale

species 100.

White-faced Heron

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 101.

Striated Heron

Count 1

Nick Hart

species 102.

Pacific Heron

Count 1

Eamonn Beahan

species 103.

Great Egret

Count 1

Michael Sanders

species 104.

Plumed Egret

Count 1

Roger Bazeu

species 105.

Purple Heron

Count 1

Nick Hart

species 106.

Royal Spoonbill

Count 1

John Graff

species 107.

Osprey

Count 1

John Graff

species 108.

Black-shouldered Kite

Count 1

Sheila Rowlands

species 109.

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Count 1

John Graff

species 110.

Square-tailed Kite

Count 1

Peter C

species 111.

Little Eagle

Count 1

Wynt Maddeford

species 112.

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Count 1

Sylvain Mathieu

species 113.

Swamp Harrier

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 114.

Spotted Harrier

Count 1

Morgan Pickering

species 115.

Brown Goshawk

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 116.

Collared Sparrowhawk

Count 1

Sheila Rowlands

species 117.

Whistling Kite

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 118.

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Count 1

John Graff

species 119.

Barn Owl

Count 1

Wynt Maddeford

species 120.

Southern Boobook

Count 1

Wynt Maddeford

species 121.

Laughing Kookaburra

Count 1

WA J

species 122.

Sacred Kingfisher

Count 1

Peter Howlett

species 123.

Nankeen Kestrel

Count 1

Jefferson Burrow

species 124.

Eurasian Hobby

Count 1

Wynt Maddeford

species 125.

Australian Hobby

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 126.

Brown Falcon

Count 1

Samuel Gale

species 127.

Peregrine Falcon

Count 1

Peter Howlett

species 128.

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo

Count 1

Drew Davison

species 129.

Western Corella

Count 1

Chris Johnson

species 130.

Elegant Parrot

Count 1

Michael Craig

species 131.

Splendid Fairywren

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 132.

Western Spinebill

Count 1

Wynt Maddeford

species 133.

Western Wattlebird

Count 1

Brecht Caers

species 134.

Singing Honeyeater

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 135.

Yellow-plumed Honeyeater

Count 1

Smathi Chong

species 136.

New Holland Honeyeater

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 137.

Spotted Pardalote

Count 1

Drew Davison

species 138.

Striated Pardalote

Count 1

Wynt Maddeford

species 139.

Weebill

Count 1

WA J

species 140.

Spotted Scrubwren

Count 1

Jake Harfield

species 141.

Inland Thornbill

Count 1

sheau torng lim

species 142.

White-winged Triller

Count 1

Steve Lofthouse

species 143.

Varied Sittella

Count 1

Nigel Jackett

species 144.

Gray Shrikethrush

Count 1

Lachlan Richardson

species 145.

Western Whistler

Count 1

Roger Bazeu

species 146.

Rufous Whistler

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 147.

Gray Butcherbird

Count 1

Michael Sanders

species 148.

Gray Fantail

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 149.

Red-capped Robin

Count 1

Mary Lusk

species 150.

White-breasted Robin

Count 1

John Graff

species 151.

Australian Reed Warbler

Count 1

Calum Burgess-Wylie

species 152.

Little Grassbird

Count 1

Drew Davison

species 153.

Brown Songlark

Count 1

John Graff

species 154.

Rufous Songlark

Count 1

Plaxy Barratt

species 155.

White-backed Swallow

Count 1

Ken Glasson

species 156.

Fairy Martin

Count 1

Geoffrey Groom

species 157.

Mistletoebird

Count 1

Samuel Gale

species 158.

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Count 1

Geoffrey Groom

species 159.

Australian Pipit

Count 1

Delia Walker

species 160.

Pied Oystercatcher

Count X

Robert Edwards

species 161.

Banded Lapwing

Count X

Steve Collins

species 162.

Silver Gull

Count X

Mickey Dwyer

species 163.

Great Cormorant

Count X

Roy Mayer

species 164.

Long-billed Corella

Count X

Roy Mayer

species 165.

European Goldfinch

Count X

Claire Gerrish

Exotic: Escapee

Graylag Goose

Count 1

Richard Golden

Muscovy Duck

Count 1

Matthew Crawford

Mallard

Count 1

Meir Altman

Red Junglefowl

Count 1

Patrick MONNEY

Bush Thick-knee

Count 1

Roger Bazeu

Cockatiel

Count 1

Roger Bazeu

Zebra Finch

Count 1

Emma B

Mute Swan

Count X

Jeff Peters

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Count X

Daniel McGregor

Hybrids

Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid)

Count 5

Calum Burgess-Wylie

Additional taxa

Calidris sp.

Count 200

Joseph Russell

duck sp.

Count 30

Alfred & Hidi Lau

swallow sp.

Count 20

Samuel Gale

parrot sp.

Count 10

Shawn Loewen

cormorant sp.

Count 6

Robyn Pomeroy

grebe sp.

Count 4

Ian Standring

shorebird sp.

Count 3

Philip Karstadt

white egret sp.

Count 3

Chris Rehberg | Sydney Birding

Black-crowned/Nankeen Night Heron

Count 2

Jack Levene

fairywren sp.

Count 2

Alan Goodall

Fairy/Tree Martin

Count 2

Andy Gee

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Count 1

Peter Lowe

bronze-cuckoo sp.

Count 1

John Graff

rail/crake sp.

Count 1

Jake Harfield

tern sp.

Count 1

Holger Woyt

harrier sp.

Count 1

John Graff

Brown Goshawk/Collared Sparrowhawk

Count 1

Samuel Gale

hawk sp.

Count 1

Ross Brown

falcon sp.

Count 1

Drew Davison

diurnal raptor sp.

Count 1

Jenny Preston

black-cockatoo sp.

Count 1

Gemma Childs

pardalote sp.

Count 1

Kaylene Taylor

corella sp.

Count X

Graeme Worth

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Observer	Date	Species
Michael Sanders	16 Apr 2024	26
Smathi Chong	16 Apr 2024	1
Calum Burgess-Wylie	15 Apr 2024	39
Michael Sanders	15 Apr 2024	30
Sheila Rowlands	15 Apr 2024	23
Julian Dunmurphy	13 Apr 2024	14
Anna O’Neill	13 Apr 2024	10
WA J	13 Apr 2024	16
Wynt Maddeford	12 Apr 2024	48
Peter Howlett	12 Apr 2024	39

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Top eBirders sorted by number of observed species
Rank	eBirder	Total
1	John Graff	136
2	Geoffrey Groom	120
3	Nigel Jackett	116
4	Shelley Altman	112
5	Roger Bazeu	111
6	Claire Gerrish	106
6	Meir Altman	106
6	Drew Davison	106
9	Lan Lowson	103
10	Wynt Maddeford	99