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  1. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 2 Seamount Tce, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5576,172.7172)
  2. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 2 Seamount Tce, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5576,172.7172)
  3. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 46
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 2 Seamount Tce, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5576,172.7172)
  4. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 2 Seamount Tce, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5576,172.7172)
  5. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 2 Seamount Tce, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5576,172.7172)
  6. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 2 Seamount Tce, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5576,172.7172)
  7. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 2 Seamount Tce, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5576,172.7172)
  8. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 2 Seamount Tce, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5576,172.7172)
  9. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 2 Seamount Tce, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5576,172.7172)
  10. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 2 Seamount Tce, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5576,172.7172)
  11. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 10
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: 2 Seamount Tce, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5576,172.7172)
  12. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  13. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  14. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  15. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 24
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  16. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  17. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  18. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  19. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  20. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  21. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  22. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  23. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  24. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa--Stockyard Scape
  25. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  26. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  27. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  28. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Brett Curry
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  29. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: 203 Gardiners Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.4707,172.5897)
  30. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: 203 Gardiners Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.4707,172.5897)
  31. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anonymous eBirder
    Location: 203 Gardiners Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.4707,172.5897)
  32. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: 59A Middleton Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5355,172.5814)
  33. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: summit rd godley head
  34. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Avon Heathcote Estuary Shag roost (along Main road)
  35. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Avon Heathcote Estuary Shag roost (along Main road)
  36. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Avon Heathcote Estuary Shag roost (along Main road)
  37. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Brooklands Spit
  38. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Brooklands Spit
  39. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Brooklands Spit
  40. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Corey Connor
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  41. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Corey Connor
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  42. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai--Windsurf Car Park
  43. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Peter Reese
    Location: Halswell--Westlake Reserve Ponds
  44. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Avon Heathcote Estuary Shag roost (along Main road)
  45. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Antony Shadbolt
    Location: Te Waoku Kahikatea Reserve -43.46435, 172.64945
  46. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Mike Lowe
    Location: Christchurch--Botanic Gardens
  47. Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Johnny Herd
    Location: Christchurch--Orana Wildlife Trust
  48. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: David Price
    Location: Godley Head
  49. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Price
    Location: Godley Head
  50. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Charles Gillingham
    Location: Birdlings Flat--beach and inshore waters
  51. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Juan Esparza
    Location: Barnett Park
  52. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Bayview Road, Charteris Bay, Canterbury, NZ (-43.64, 172.714)
  53. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Lyttelton Harbour--Allandale
  54. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, NZ (-43.846, 172.997)
  55. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, NZ (-43.846, 172.997)
  56. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Akaroa, Canterbury, NZ (-43.837, 172.985)
  57. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: 268 Kinloch Road, Okuti Valley, Canterbury, NZ (-43.797, 172.8)
  58. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Jonathan Rihan
    Location: Banks Peninsula--Okains Bay campground
  59. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Bev Alexander
    Location: Travis Wetland Nature Heritage Park, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.48452, 172.69875
  60. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 55
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  61. Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  62. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Sue Galvin
    Location: Christchurch--Roto Kohatu
  63. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Sue Galvin
    Location: Christchurch--Roto Kohatu
  64. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Christchurch--King Park
  65. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jannis Link
    Location: Godley Head Gun Placements
  66. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Halswell Quarry Park, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury (-43.5986,172.5818)
  67. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: William PERRY
    Location: Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai--northern arm
  68. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: misty peaks
  69. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: John Collins
    Location: Lake Forsyth--Catons Bay.
  70. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: John Collins
    Location: Lake Forsyth--Catons Bay.
  71. Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Vanessa Kennard
    Location: Styx Mill Conservation Reserve
  72. Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: George Roussey
    Location: Boat trips in Akaroa Harbour and just outside harbour entrance
  73. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: New Brighton Mall
  74. Brown Teal Anas chlorotis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Oscar Thomas
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  75. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Flea Bay beech forest
  76. Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Christchurch--Travis Wetland/Ōruapaeroa (general)
  77. Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: stony bay headland
  78. Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Benjamin Davis
    Location: Christchurch--New Brighton beach
  79. Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Josh Overend
    Location: 395A Lower Styx Rd, Christchurch NZ-Canterbury -43.42488, 172.68956
  80. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Auto selected -43.40791, 172.91977
  81. White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Auto selected -43.40791, 172.91977
  82. Cape Petrel Daption capense
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Auto selected -43.40791, 172.91977
  83. Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Auto selected -43.40791, 172.91977
  84. Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
    # Count: 47
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Auto selected -43.40791, 172.91977
  85. Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Auto selected -43.40791, 172.91977
  86. Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: David Peppar
    Location: Coast near Lyttelton
  87. Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dana Dopleach
    Location: Rapapa - Naval Point Return
  88. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Golet
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Ataahua Point
  89. Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: James Runkle
    Location: Boat trips in Akaroa Harbour and just outside harbour entrance
  90. Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Endicott
    Location: Canterbury Bight
  91. Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Endicott
    Location: Bank’s Peninsula - SE (43.552, 173.222) to (44.021,173.164
  92. Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Endicott
    Location: Bank’s Peninsula - SE (43.552, 173.222) to (44.021,173.164
  93. Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
    # Count: 42
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Endicott
    Location: Bank’s Peninsula - SE (43.552, 173.222) to (44.021,173.164
  94. Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Endicott
    Location: Bank’s Peninsula - NE (43.416, 173.266) to (43.465, 173.278)
  95. Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tom Endicott
    Location: Bank’s Peninsula - NE (43.416, 173.266) to (43.465, 173.278)
  96. Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Stephen Menzie
    Location: Auto selected -43.56351, 172.89161
  97. Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: MacKenzie Flight
    Location: Lake Ellesmere (Te Waihora)--Halswell Flats
  98. New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Lake Forsyth--Catons Bay.
  99. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Christian Cosgrove
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  100. Red Knot Calidris canutus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Kaitorete Spit Tip
  101. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Crossland
    Location: Kaitorete Spit Tip
  102. Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Al Guarente
    Location: NZ Cruise-Offshore from Lyttelton
  103. Gray-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Al Guarente
    Location: NZ Cruise-Offshore from Lyttelton
  104. Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Al Guarente
    Location: NZ Cruise-Offshore from Lyttelton
  105. Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Styx Mill Walkway
  106. White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Warwick Allen
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  107. Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kenny Rose
    Location: Scarborough breakwater
  108. Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  109. Little Tern Sternula albifrons
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ben Ackerley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  110. Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Doris Brown
    Location: off the coast of Christchurch
  111. White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Doris Brown
    Location: off the coast of Christchurch
  112. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Crutchley
    Location: Lake Ellesmere(Te Waihora)--'tip' of Kaitorete Spit
  113. Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Adam Colley
    Location: Christchurch--Victoria Park
  114. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Kieran Rowe
    Location: Kaituna
  115. Kea Nestor notabilis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tony Cummins
    Location: 53 Koromiko Cres, Diamond Harbour NZ-Canterbury -43.62473, 172.72064
  116. Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: J&C Wall
    Location: Flea Bay Penguin Colony
  117. Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Don Geddes
    Location: Kaitorete Spit Public access to beach 8 km from base of Spit
  118. Gray-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis
    # Count: X
    Date:
    Observer: Julie Urban
    Location: Akaroa--Stanley Park
  119. Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Don Goodale
    Location: Travis Wetland--New Pond
  120. Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anubian x
    Location: Onuku
  121. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anubian x
    Location: Onuku
  122. Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anubian x
    Location: Onuku
  123. White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anubian x
    Location: Onuku
  124. Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Anubian x
    Location: Onuku
  125. Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: BirdsNZ Canterbury
    Location: Magnet Bay, Banks Peninsula