Hi all I thought I’d have a quick look into Pitt Town Lagoon on the morning of 23 December 2014 as I was en route to elsewhere. Highlights were a pair of Freckled Duck seen in the NW corner of the lagoon. There were also 1 Australasian Shoveler, 10 Pink-eared Duck, 1 Glossy Ibis and a pair (adult; juv) of White-belied Sea Eagles doing some spectacular chasing. Juv was loafing on one of the trees on the islands and the adult came and chased it about three times – parent with lazy teenager perhaps (or Juv bird just in the wrong place)? The lagoon is very full and it is soggy right up to the fence on the east (Pitt Town) side – the waders are present but in an inaccessible spot in the very far NW corner (I only saw them when flushed by something) in what looks like a flooded paddock (and possible outside the official boundary of the nature reserve). I reckon if I could have accessed the NW corner from the west (Pitt Rown Bottoms Rd) side, I could have seen them, but the likely site looks like private property. I tried the model aircraft field, but access from that was blocked by bucket loads of reeds and a drainage creek (and the gate on the other side of the creek had a sturdy padlock). Is there anyway to access that very NW tip of the lagoon when the water is very full? I also at least 12 more Glossy Ibis seen in wet paddocks around Pitt Town Bottoms Rd. Cheers Tom Wilson
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Hi Tom the only access to that section is by walking around the lagoon from the hide not easy when the lagoon is full. Had NP CUT THE REED BED IN FONT OF THE BIRD HIDE? —–Original Message—– Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 10:35 AM Hi all I thought I’d have a quick look into Pitt Town Lagoon on the morning of 23 December 2014 as I was en route to elsewhere. Highlights were a pair of Freckled Duck seen in the NW corner of the lagoon. There were also 1 Australasian Shoveler, 10 Pink-eared Duck, 1 Glossy Ibis and a pair (adult; juv) of White-belied Sea Eagles doing some spectacular chasing. Juv was loafing on one of the trees on the islands and the adult came and chased it about three times – parent with lazy teenager perhaps (or Juv bird just in the wrong place)? The lagoon is very full and it is soggy right up to the fence on the east (Pitt Town) side – the waders are present but in an inaccessible spot in the very far NW corner (I only saw them when flushed by something) in what looks like a flooded paddock (and possible outside the official boundary of the nature reserve). I reckon if I could have accessed the NW corner from the west (Pitt Rown Bottoms Rd) side, I could have seen them, but the likely site looks like private property. I tried the model aircraft field, but access from that was blocked by bucket loads of reeds and a drainage creek (and the gate on the other side of the creek had a sturdy padlock). Is there anyway to access that very NW tip of the lagoon when the water is very full? I also at least 12 more Glossy Ibis seen in wet paddocks around Pitt Town Bottoms Rd. Cheers Tom Wilson
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