| Tue 23 | | Tree Martin
Holley Basin, Lake Gordon |
| Heavily degraded and depauperate landscape with 50y old drowned forest now exposed as lake level 27m below full, providing tree hollows. Insects in suffucient abundance. Much fire damage also, from lightning strikes 3y ago. |
| Richard Ashby 24/2 #259776 |
| Mon 22 | | Brown Falcon
Saundridge Road, Cressy |
| 4 Brown Falcon flying together, one of which landed upon a dedicated bird perch atop TasNetworks HV powerline tranformer pole. This relatively new section of powerline has multiple perches installed. |
| Bill Scott-Young 22/2 #259754 |
| Sat 20 |  | Terek Sandpiper
Tamar Island Wetlands |
| Single bird at end of board walk - dead tree branch north of the pontoon. |
| Tony Dawe 22/2 #259749 |
| Fri 19 | | Black-fronted Dotterel
Tamar Island Wetlands |
| A few small groups, but then one group of 11, and one group of 16, all not far from the bird-hide. |
| John and Shirley Tongue 19/2 #259738 |
| Thu 18 | | Peregrine Falcon
Margate |
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| Tony Dawe 24/2 #259773 |
| Wed 17 | | Grey Goshawk (white morph)
Margate |
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| Tony Dawe 17/2 #259735 |
| | Rainbow Lorikeet
Sisters Beach |
| Small flock heard in my garden early this morning. According to Birdata and my own observations, this remains the current western boundary of the species. Birds heard here also in 2016 presumeably a splinter group from the flock resident in Wynyard 20 km to the east. |
| Richard Ashby 17/2 #259728 |
| Mon 15 | | Grey Goshawk
Evandale |
| Perched on a power pole above three trees that host hundreds of roosting starlings. Remained for 1-2 minutes - so have clear photos. Have not seen this species near our home previously. |
| Peter Fowler 15/2 #259717 |
| Sun 14 | | Collared Sparrowhawk
Jennyfield Rd., Bridgenorth |
| Single male bird seen over paddock and flew into nearby bush (late afternoon). |
| Geoff Bromfield 15/2 #259718 |
| Fri 12 | | Royal Spoonbill
Smithton Sewage Ponds |
| Single bird roosting with pelican, shelduck, cormorants. Sp. here off and on since 2017. |
| Richard Ashby 12/2 #259700 |
| Thu 11 | | Cattle Egret
Frankford |
| Seven birds roosting in trees. Early-ish. |
| Erica Ashby 24/2 #259775 |
| Wed 10 | | Australian Owlet-nightjar
Smithton |
| Bird flushed off main road at 0600 in headlamps. |
| Richard Ashby 11/2 #259691 |
| Sun 7 | | Royal Spoonbill
Tamar Island Wetlands |
| 3 birds feeding on South Lagoon were later seen at the second bridge (p.m.). Also at the South Lagoon was a single Great Egret. |
| Geoff Bromfield 8/2 #259676 |
| | Wedge-tailed Eagle
Cambridge |
| Pair soaring in thermals Cambridge side of Mt Rumney. Late morning. |
| Suzanne Hedgecott 7/2 #259670 |
| | Great Crested Grebe
Orielton Lagoon |
| Single bird feeding late morning (11.15 ish) on Orielton Lagoon, near the causeway. |
| Suzanne Hedgecott 7/2 #259669 |
| Thu 4 | | Grey Goshawk - white morph
Sulphur Creek |
| I have heard the goshawk call occasionally on the hill behind our house over the last few days but couldn't see it. Today I saw it flying through the trees heading east. |
| Frank Wilson 4/2 #259661 |
| Wed 3 | | Wedge-tailed Eagle
Junction of Long Plains Rd/Bridgnorth Rd |
| 3 birds circling together over the road (1300 hrs). |
| Geoff Bromfield 4/2 #259660 |
| Tue 2 | | Black-fronted Dotterel
Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary |
| There was a pair of dotterels with two chicks on the exposed mud at the southern end of the lagoon. The chicks were in near adult plumage but still about half size. They were staying close to the parents and weren't able to fly yet. The birds appear to have bred at the lagoon.
Around the bird hide there were at least another three dotterels with one bird repeatedly returning to sit in the same spot on the mud as though it was sitting on an egg. eBird checklist |
| Ian Lundy 3/2 #259654 |
| Mon 1 | | Azure Kingfisher
York Street Reserve, Wynyard |
| Species resident here but my first sighting for over two years despite monthly visits. eBird checklist |
| Richard Ashby 1/2 #259651 |