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Eremaea Birdlines
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Interesting and unusual bird observations
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Birdline
South Australia
Birdline South Australia is a site for the reporting of rare or unusual birds outside their normal range, unusually high or low numbers, early or late arrivals or departures for migrant species and interesting behaviour or unusual habitat usage.
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Recent Sightings
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Reports published in the past 30 hours.
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April 2025
| Fri 11 | | Blue-winged Parrot
10 kms south of Bowmans |
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| 5 Blue-winged Parrots among about 15 Elegant Parrots in a mallee scrub. The earliest I’ve seen BWPs in this area. |
| Paul Taylor 12/4 #272436 |
| Tue 8 | | Kelp Gull
Point Danger (near Port MacDonnell), SE. |
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| A large flock of at least 110 Kelp Gulls roosting on the beach. |
| Paul Taylor 10/4 #272432 |
| | White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Chain of ponds |
| Observed immature sea eagle in chain of ponds area |
| Gary Williams 8/4 #272430 |
| | Black Kite
Southern Region Waste Resource (SRWRA Landfill) Rubbish Dump |
| Pair of birds passing overhead and soaring at a high altitude over the Southern Region Waste Resource (SRWRA Landfill) Rubbish Dump facility (McLaren Vale/Seaford; formerly known as the Pedler Creek Dump) for exactly 20 minutes before heading further out west across the road. Characteristic dark raptor with a forked tail and long wings. Highly unheard of or known to be sighted in the Onkaparinga area with only 5 eBird records for the region. eBird checklist |
| Sam Colgan 8/4 #272429 |
| Outside normal range |
| Early arrival; late departure |
| Interesting behaviour |
| Threatened |
| Hard to see |
| Unusual habitat |
| Uncommon in area |
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| Rare |
| Endangered |
| Vagrant |
| Irruption |
| Unusual numbers |
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