I was there in late July/early August 2007
from memory waders were not there in great numbers (but then it was probably a bit early)
> My list of birds seen on the Peninsular is given below. In addition to > these one of the highlights of the trip was a covey of King Quails crossing > the road about 20 meters in front of the car with daddy leading. This was > on the access road in Arnhem Land. > > Orange-footed Scrubfowl > > Wandering Whistling Duck > > Radjah Shelduck > > Green Pygmy-goose > > Australasian Grebe > > Australian White Ibis > > Great Egret > > Little Egret > > Pacific Reef Heron > > Great Frigatebird > > Lesser Frigatebird > > Little Pied Cormorant > > Australasian Darter > > Eastern Osprey > > Whistling Kite > > Brahminy Kite > > White-bellied Sea-Eagle > > Brown Goshawk > > Collared Sparrowhawk > > Brown Falcon > > Brolga > > Pied Oystercatcher > > Masked Lapwing > > Lesser Sand Plover > > Greater Sand Plover > > Comb-crested Jacana > > Grey-tailed Tattler > > Common Sandpiper > > Silver Gull > > Greater Crested Tern > > Lesser Crested Tern > > Pacific Emerald Dove > > Peaceful Dove > > Bar-shouldered Dove > > Rose-crowned Fruit Dove > > Red-tailed Black Cockatoo > > Sulphur-crested Cockatoo > > Red-collared Lorikeet > > Varied Lorikeet > > Red-winged Parrot > > Pheasant Coucal > > Little Bronze Cuckoo > > Blue-winged Kookaburra > > Forest Kingfisher > > Collared Kingfisher > > Rainbow Bee-eater > > Great Bowerbird > > White-gaped Honeyeater > > Blue-faced Honeyeater > > White-throated Honeyeater > > Brown Honeyeater > > Rufous-banded Honeyeater > > Striated Pardalote > > Grey-crowned Babbler > > White-breasted Woodswallow > > Black-faced Cuckooshrike > > White-bellied Cuckooshrike > > Varied Triller > > Australasian Figbird > > Green Oriole > > Spangled Drongo > > Northern Fantail > > Magpie-lark > > Leaden Flycatcher > > Shining Flycatcher > > Torresian Crow > > Lemon-bellied Flyrobin > > Tree Martin > > Long-tailed Finch > ===============================
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