G’day everyone,
I’ve had quite a few requests about its location overnight as I imagine it’ll be as photographed as the Black Noddy was last year.
It was seen at Long Reef. I saw the bird amongst the loose rocks yesterday afternoon on the right hand side that the Grey-tailed Tattlers seem to favour.
Please be cautious of the other shorebirds using the reef in that area too as they’ve tended to favour that part of the reef when other people are walking about on the reef.
I’ve included a map of the reef to show where to look. http://bit.ly/fZeNqs
Low tide would be best. I have spotted it on previous occasions at the roost at high tide, but it tends to favour the very back part of the roost making it hard to see.
I’ll be at the reef again from 6pm for the next few nights. If anyone wants a hand finding it, just email me and we’ll make arrangements to meet at the reef.
I’ld love to hear how you get on at finding it or not, so can you notify here if you see it if that’s OK with the admins?
Regards,
Mark
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Hi all Given I suspect there may be a few people waiting for the weekend before being able to try for the Wandering Tattler at Sydney’s Long Reef, the bird was still there at low tide 8am Thursday 10 Feb. Note that it was initially seen on the north side of the reef flat, next to the recently arrived but very much worse for wear boat. As the tide advanced (and I retreated), the bird then crossed back to its more favoured location in the jumbled rocks on the south side of the reef flat. There were at least 5 other Grey Tailed Tattlers on the reef too, plus plenty of Golden Plover, Red Necked Stint, Sooty Oystercatchers and the usual assortment of Crested Terns, Silver Gulls & Cormorants. Cheers Tom Wilson
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Hi all,
Ian (No 1 son) and I went late this afternoon to see the Wandering Tattler at Long Reef. It stuck to the rocks at the end of the point often running back and forth as waves broke and then receded. A very grey bird, silent, and quite different in habit from the Grey-Tailed I observed down on the southern side of the flat rock platform some 150m away. The WT caught and eat a small fish at one point.
Lovely end to the day. Thanks Mark.
Cheers,
Graham Buchan
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