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    Count
    Date
    Observer
    Location

Native and Naturalized (79)

  1. Gray Teal Anas gracilis
    # Count: 94
    Date:
    Observer: Janice Woon
    Location: Rough Island Bridge
  2. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
    # Count: 49
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  3. Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis
    # Count: 35
    Date:
    Observer: Jane Meiforth
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  4. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
    # Count: 18
    Date:
    Observer: Robin & Sandy Toy
    Location: 76 Little Sydney Road, Brooklyn, Tasman, NZ (-41.085, 172.971)
  5. European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  6. Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
    # Count: 14
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Farewell Spit--Visitor Centre & Triangle Flat
  7. Graylag Goose Anser anser
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Noah Fenwick
    Location: Playhouse Ponds
  8. Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: David Melville
    Location: Research Orchard Road pond
  9. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  10. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  11. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  12. Red Knot Calidris canutus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Jane Meiforth
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  13. Pipipi Mohoua novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Patrick Crowe
    Location: 768 Valley Rd, Wakefield NZ-Tasman -41.54224, 172.88376
  14. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--Motueka Quay foreshore & lagoon
  15. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  16. Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  17. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Robin & Sandy Toy
    Location: 76 Little Sydney Road, Brooklyn, Tasman, NZ (-41.085, 172.971)
  18. Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  19. Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Allan Munro
    Location: Hoddy Estuary Park
  20. New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Allan Munro
    Location: Hoddy Estuary Park
  21. California Quail Callipepla californica
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: David Melville
    Location: Dovedale
  22. Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Allan Munro
    Location: Hoddy Estuary Park
  23. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Robin & Sandy Toy
    Location: 76 Little Sydney Road, Brooklyn, Tasman, NZ (-41.085, 172.971)
  24. Black Swan Cygnus atratus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  25. Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  26. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  27. Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  28. Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  29. White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  30. Kea Nestor notabilis
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Phil Preece
    Location: 55 Milnthorpe Quay, Parapara, Tasman, NZ (-40.717, 172.683)
  31. Rifleman Acanthisitta chloris
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Robin & Sandy Toy
    Location: NZ (-41.169, 172.649)
  32. Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  33. Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  34. New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robin & Sandy Toy
    Location: 171 Little Sydney Road, Brooklyn, Tasman, NZ (-41.085, 172.96)
  35. Weka Gallirallus australis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robin & Sandy Toy
    Location: 78C Little Sydney
  36. South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  37. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  38. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  39. Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Farewell Spit--Visitor Centre & Triangle Flat
  40. Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Robin & Sandy Toy
    Location: 171 Little Sydney Road, Brooklyn, Tasman, NZ (-41.085, 172.96)
  41. Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: David Melville
    Location: Dovedale
  42. Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Puponga Farm Park--Cape Farewell
  43. Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  44. European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: David Melville
    Location: eastern end of Rabbit Is
  45. Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Rowena West
    Location: Faulkner bush
  46. Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Asbestos Cottage tracks, Tasman, NZ (-41.136, 172.66)
  47. Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: dave p
    Location: Manuka Island
  48. Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  49. Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Allan Munro
    Location: Marahau Track
  50. Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Melville
    Location: Bell Island oxidation ponds
  51. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  52. Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  53. Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jane Meiforth
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  54. Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  55. White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Maria Clement
    Location: Motueka--Motueka Quay foreshore & lagoon
  56. Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  57. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Allan Munro
    Location: Staples Street Spit
  58. Spotted Shag Phalacrocorax punctatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  59. Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Jenny Edwards
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  60. Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  61. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Ayre
    Location: Moutere Inlet, Motueka NZ-Tasman -41.13226, 173.01309
  62. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Noah Fenwick
    Location: Tic Toc Road East, Rabbit Island, Tasman, NZ (-41.28, 173.129)
  63. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Mark Ayre
    Location: Moutere Inlet, Motueka NZ-Tasman -41.13226, 173.01309
  64. Little Owl Athene noctua
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: NZ-Tasman-Wakefield-253 Pigeon Valley Road
  65. Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  66. New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Farewell Spit--Visitor Centre & Triangle Flat
  67. New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: David Price
    Location: Price's House, 5 Kehu Lane, Saint Arnaud, Tasman, NZ (-41.788, 172.89)
  68. Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--Motueka Quay foreshore & lagoon
  69. New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robin & Sandy Toy
    Location: 76 Little Sydney Road, Brooklyn, Tasman, NZ (-41.085, 172.971)
  70. Gray Gerygone Gerygone igata
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Robin & Sandy Toy
    Location: 78C Little Sydney Rd
  71. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Buller River downstream of Howard River confluence
  72. New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  73. Tomtit Petroica macrocephala
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Alexia Belavgeni
    Location: Nelson Lakes NP--Mount Robert Lookout
  74. South Island Robin Petroica australis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tim Raupach
    Location: Nelson Lakes NP--Pinchgut Track
  75. New Zealand Fernbird Poodytes punctatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Allan Munro
    Location: Marahau Track
  76. Dunnock Prunella modularis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Abel Tasman Great Walk--Marahau to Apple Tree Bay
  77. New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Puponga Farm Park--Cape Farewell
  78. Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--cemetery estuary
  79. Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Samantha Ray
    Location: Howard Valley Road, Howard, Tasman, NZ (-41.73, 172.695)

Exotic: Provisional (1)

  1. Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Brobin
    Location: Motueka--Motueka Quay foreshore & lagoon

Exotic: Escapee (1)

  1. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Wharariki Beach

Hybrids (1)

  1. Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Abel Tasman Great Walk--Marahau to Apple Tree Bay

Additional Taxa (7)

  1. passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Turton
    Location: 165 Lee Valley Road, Wairoa Valley, Tasman, NZ (-41.409, 173.146)
  2. Silver/Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae/bulleri
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Naomi Middleton
    Location: 40 Parapara Beach Rd, Collingwood NZ-Tasman -40.72995, 172.69128
  3. Turdus sp. Turdus sp.
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Chris Turton
    Location: 425 Tadmor-Bushend Road, Tapawera, Tasman, NZ (-41.417, 172.726)
  4. Gull-billed/Australian Tern Gelochelidon nilotica/macrotarsa
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Annette Cunningham
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  5. tern sp. Sterninae sp.
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Rob Jones
    Location: Motueka Sandspit
  6. duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Stefan Passlick
    Location: Wharariki Beach
  7. bird sp. Aves sp.
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Dan Burgin
    Location: NZ-Tasman-Belgrove-164–174 Pretty Bridge Valley Road