Happy New Year! Quite a few birders saw these birds yesterday. The shelduck was about a two km walk towards the south east corner of the lake while the godwit was at the north end, a couple of hundred metres west of the access point. Other birds of interest were Little, Fairy and White-winged Black Terns, Red Knots, Grey and Golden Plovers, Curlew Sandpipers, loads of Sharp-tailed Sandpipers and Red-necked Stints as well as three species of godwit. Others saw Hooded and Lesser Sand Plovers. A great way to start the new year. Happy birding. — John Reidy 02 9871 4836
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All both around today (2 January) as well. Shelduck down in the SE corner near, but not with, the swans. The Godwit also in its more usual place in the NE corner but it had been elsewhere as I saw it fly in from the south end of the lake at about 10am (after a group of birders, incl me, had spent about 45 minutes sifting through the birds that were at the normal spot, decided on the one that was the Hudsonian, only to have it raise its wings and show that it wasn’t). No sign of the Hooded Plovers today, but pretty much everything else from John’s note was there, plus a Great Knot. When I arrived at approx 8:30am, there was a 400+ flock of White-throated Needletails circling above the lake edge/car park in a feeding column. This (or another) big group appeared again at about 10am. A great start to a birding year – thanks to all for keeping the ‘gen flowing. Cheers Tom Wilson Sent: Saturday, January 2, 2016 8:04 AM Happy New Year! Quite a few birders saw these birds yesterday. The shelduck was about a two km walk towards the south east corner of the lake while the godwit was at the north end, a couple of hundred metres west of the access point. Other birds of interest were Little, Fairy and White-winged Black Terns, Red Knots, Grey and Golden Plovers, Curlew Sandpipers, loads of Sharp-tailed Sandpipers and Red-necked Stints as well as three species of godwit. Others saw Hooded and Lesser Sand Plovers. A great way to start the new year. Happy birding. — John Reidy 02 9871 4836
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