The wetlands I sampled along the southern half of the Bridsville Track 3 weeks ago contained large numbers of Avocet, Pied Stilt, some Red-kneed Dotterals all of which appeared to be breeding. Also one or two Greenshank, a single Sharpie and one wet piece of gibber plain had about 25 Banded Lapwing. I don’t imagine any of these ephemeral wetlands having any such species in a normal season, so when one considers how few wetlands that are sampled by the track, the numbers of waders enjoying the unusual out-back conditions could be enormous. Hence the likly dearth of waders.
If you need to feed the your bins or scopes with waders, try Lake McLarty near Mandurah south of Perth. An unuually dry seaon in the south west is making this a good place for waders earlier than usual. I saw a Pectoral Sandpiper amongst the 100s of Sharpies there last Sunday
Mark Stanley ===============================
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