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  1. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 174
    Date:
    Observer: Adrian Walsh
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  2. Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: David Eddington
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  3. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  4. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 55
    Date:
    Observer: Terrill Nordstrom
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  5. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Adrian Walsh
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  6. Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  7. Hardhead Aythya australis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  8. Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joy Williams
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  9. Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  10. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  11. White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Catherine Kirby
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  12. Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Joy Williams
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  13. Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  14. Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  15. Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  16. Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  17. Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Rower
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  18. Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Catherine Kirby
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  19. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Bird Observers Club Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  20. Pallid Cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Birders Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  21. Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Wood
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  22. Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  23. Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Terrill Nordstrom
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  24. Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  25. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 350
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Bird Observers Club Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  26. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Bird Observers Club Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  27. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Adrian Walsh
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  28. Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joy Williams
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  29. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  30. Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Adrian Walsh
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  31. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 80
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Birders Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  32. Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  33. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Birders Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  34. Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Birders Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  35. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  36. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: David Rower
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  37. Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: David Rower
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  38. Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  39. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Terrill Nordstrom
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  40. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  41. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Smart
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  42. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Moss
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  43. Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Smart
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  44. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Wood
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  45. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Joy Williams
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  46. Striated Heron Butorides striata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  47. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Bird Observers Club Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  48. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Joy Williams
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  49. Australian Ibis Threskiornis molucca
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: David Eddington
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  50. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  51. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Terrill Nordstrom
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  52. Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  53. Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Joy Williams
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  54. Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: David Haines
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  55. Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Birders Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  56. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  57. Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  58. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Terrill Nordstrom
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  59. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  60. Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Terrill Nordstrom
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  61. Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Rower
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  62. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  63. Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Zanda funerea
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Smart
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  64. Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Bird Observers Club Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  65. Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
    # Count: 50
    Date:
    Observer: Terrill Nordstrom
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  66. Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Adrian Walsh
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  67. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Joan Zealey
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  68. Australian King-Parrot Alisterus scapularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Catherine Kirby
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  69. Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  70. Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  71. Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Carla Jackett
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  72. Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: David Haines
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  73. Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Joy Williams
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  74. Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  75. Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Terrill Nordstrom
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  76. Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  77. Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Terrill Nordstrom
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  78. Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  79. Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Catherine Kirby
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  80. Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  81. New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  82. White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chanith Wijeratne
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  83. Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Carla Jackett
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  84. White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  85. Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  86. Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Joy Williams
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  87. Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  88. Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Adrian Walsh
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  89. Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Richard Smart
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  90. Gray Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Bird Observers Club Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  91. Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  92. Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  93. Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Bird Observers Club Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  94. Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  95. Gray Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Steve McIntosh
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  96. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 33
    Date:
    Observer: David Eddington
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  97. Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: David Haines
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  98. Willie-wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  99. Gray Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Catherine Kirby
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  100. Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Adrian Walsh
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  101. Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Bird Observers Club Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  102. Rose Robin Petroica rosea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  103. Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Birders Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  104. Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  105. Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  106. Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  107. Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  108. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Terrill Nordstrom
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  109. Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  110. Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: David Eddington
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  111. Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: David Rower
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  112. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Illawarra Bird Observers Club Inc
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  113. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  114. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  115. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  116. Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  117. Red-browed Firetail Neochmia temporalis
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  118. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Brian Deans
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  119. Australian Pipit Anthus australis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra
  120. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Steven Cooper
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra

Additional Taxa (1)

  1. cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.
    # Count: 60
    Date:
    Observer: Paul Lynch
    Location: Purrah Bay, Lake Illawarra