Altogether 1200 checklists were submitted from Palm Beach to Seaforth and all points in between and a total of 31, 399 birds were sighted by those participating. The species list, possibly incomplete, as derived from these lists, runs below.
The counts submitted are up on 2019, and as local Bird Walks and Talks seem to book out within days of being listed, residents watching out for our local birds seems to be on the rise. We have seen usually inland birds turn up in the area after last Summers' fires but not too many of the annual seasonal visitors, apart from cuckoos, have been spotted as yet. The Shearwaters are known to have been under stress for a few years now - hopefully reports of them being sighted in Victoria and Tasmania come to hand soon, but none of the usual visitors to Careel Bay, Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis, Whimbrel N. phaeopus and Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica, appear on this years' lists either.
Eastern Curlew at Careel Bay foreshore in October 2011 - A J Guesdon photo
Hopefully the extent of species still listed this Bird Count gives some good cheer to residents who have again this week sent in instances of birds being chased and mauled by dogs in our area - please; if you are taking your dog alongside the lagoon, keep it on a leash. As most highly bird populated areas along the peninsula are Wildlife Preservation Areas, or even when taking your dog to the dog park via Careel Creek track behind the high school, if you keep it on a leash rather than letting go in the creek where birds live, next years' count may show a return of what's missing but was once here. Ditto our beaches and estuarine foreshores. A little less selfishness will lead to a lot more birds. Bear in mind your dog already has a home and where and when you find birds, you are in theirs.
The 2020 statistics:
2108: Palm Beach, Whale Beach, Great Mackerel Beach, Currawong Beach, Coasters Retreat
Checklists submitted 39
Species sighted 63
Birds Sighted 793
2107: Avalon Beach, Bilgola, Careel Bay, Clareville, Paradise Beach, Taylors Point
Checklists submitted 140
Species sighted 69
Birds Sighted 3,528
2106: Newport
Checklists submitted 83
Species sighted 40
Birds Sighted 2,296
2105: Church Point, Elvina Bay, Lovett Bay and Scotland Island
Checklists submitted 27
Species sighted 29
Birds Sighted 500
2104: Bayview
Checklists submitted 37
Species sighted 73
Birds Sighted 898
2103: Mona Vale
Checklists submitted 105
Species sighted 57
Birds Sighted 2,743
2102: Warriewood
Checklists submitted 39
Species sighted 59
Birds Sighted 1,298
2101: Elanora Heights, Ingleside, Narrabeen, Narrabeen Peninsula and North Narrabeen
Checklists submitted 112
Species sighted 89
Birds Sighted 2,483
2100: Brookvale, Allambie Heights, Beacon Hill, Oxford Falls, North Manly
Checklists submitted 120
Species sighted 84
Birds Sighted 3,448
2099: Cromer, Dee Why, Narraweena, North Curl Curl, Wingala
Checklists submitted 150
Species sighted 64
Birds Sighted 2,905
2097: Collaroy, Collaroy Beach, Collaroy Plateau West, Long Reef and Wheeler Heights (Collaroy Plateau was designated as a separate suburb in 1977 with a postcode of 2098, but was reassigned as a locality within Collaroy in 1984)
Checklists submitted 56
Species sighted 73
Birds Sighted 1,609
2096: Curl Curl, Harbord and Queenscliff
Checklists submitted 63
Species sighted 43
Birds Sighted 1,032
2095: Manly and Manly East
Checklists submitted 109
Species Sighted 60
Birds Sighted 3, 338
2094: Fairlight
Checklists submitted 10
Species sighted 20
Birds Sighted 160
2093: Balgowlah, Balgowlah Heights, Clontarf, Manly Vale and North Balgowlah
Checklists submitted 77
Species sighted 81
Birds Sighted 3,736
2092: Seaforth
Checklists submitted 33
Species sighted 43
Birds Sighted 632
Species List
Australasian Darter, Anhinga novaehollandiae
Australasian Figbird, Sphecotheres vieilloti
Australian Brush-turkey, Alectura lathami
Australian King-Parrot, Alisterus scapularis
Australian Magpie, Cracticus tibicen
Australian Owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus
Australian Pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus
Australian Pied Oystercatcher, Haematopus longirostris
Australian Raven, Corvus coronoides
Australian White Ibis, Threskiornis molucca
Australian Wood Duck, Chenonetta jubata
Azure Kingfisher, Ceyx azurea
Banded Lapwing, Vanellus tricolor
Bar-shouldered Dove, Geopelia humeralis
Barking Owl, Ninox connivens
Barn Swallow, Hirundo rustica
Bell Miner, Manorina melanophrys
Black Currawong, Strepera fuliginosa
Black Duck-Mallard hybrid,
Black Swan, Cygnus atratus
Black-faced Cormorant, Phalacrocorax fuscescens
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Coracina novaehollandiae
Brown Gerygone, Gerygone mouki
Brown Goshawk, Accipiter fasciatus
Brown Honeyeater, Lichmera indistincta
Brown Thornbill, Acanthiza pusilla
Brown-headed Honeyeater, Melithreptus brevirostris
Buff-banded Rail, Hypotaenidia philippensis
Channel-billed Cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae
Common Bronzewing, Phaps chalcoptera
Common Myna, Acridotheres tristis
Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
Crested Pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes
Crimson Rosella, Platycercus elegans
Diamond Dove, Geopelia cuneata
Dollarbird, Eurystomus orientalis
Double-banded Plover, Charadrius bicinctus
Dusky Moorhen, Gallinula tenebrosa
Dusky Woodswallow, Artamus cyanopterus
Eastern Koel, Eudynamys scolopacea
Eastern Rosella, Platycercus eximius
Eastern Whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus
Eastern Yellow Robin, Eopsaltria australis
Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra
Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Cacomantis flabelliformis
Fork-tailed Swift, Apus pacificus
Freckled Duck, Stictonetta naevosa
Galah, Eolophus roseicapillus
Glossy Black-Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus lathami
Golden Whistler, Pachycephala pectoralis
Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
Great Egret, Ardea alba
Grey Butcherbird, Cracticus torquatus
Grey Currawong, Strepera versicolor
Grey Fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa
Grey Plover, Pluvialis squatarola
House Sparrow, Passer domesticus
Laughing Kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae
Leaden Flycatcher, Myiagra rubecula
Little Black Cormorant, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Little Corella, Cacatua sanguinea
Little Eagle, Hieraaetus morphnoides
Little Pied Cormorant, Microcarbo melanoleucos
Little Raven, Corvus mellori
Little Tern, Sternula albifrons
Little Wattlebird, Anthochaera chrysoptera
Magpie-lark, Grallina cyanoleuca
Masked Lapwing, Vanellus miles
Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata
Musk Lorikeet, Glossopsitta concinna
Nankeen Kestrel, Falco cenchroides
New Holland Honeyeater, Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
Noisy Friarbird, Philemon corniculatus
Noisy Miner, Manorina melanocephala
Northern Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
Osprey, Pandion cristatus
Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa
Pacific Gull, Larus pacificus
Pied Butcherbird, Cracticus nigrogularis
Pied Cormorant, Phalacrocorax varius
Pied Currawong, Strepera graculina
Powerful Owl, Ninox strenua
Purple Swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio
Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus moluccanus
Red Goshawk, Erythrotriorchis radiatus
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus banksii
Red-winged Parrot, Aprosmictus erythropterus
Red Wattlebird, Anthochaera carunculata
Rock Dove, Columba livia
Royal Spoonbill, Platalea regia
Rufous Fantail, Rhipidura rufifrons
Rufous Whistler, Pachycephala rufiventris
Sacred Kingfisher, Todiramphus sanctus
Scarlet Honeyeater, Myzomela sanguinolenta
Silvereye, Zosterops lateralis
Silver Gull, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscata
Southern Boobook, Ninox boobook
Spotted Dove, Streptopelia chinensis
Spotted Pardalote, Pardalotus punctatus
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita
Superb Fairy-wren, Malurus cyaneus
Superb Lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae
Swift Parrot, Lathamus discolor
Tawny Frogmouth, Podargus strigoides
Variegated Fairy-wren, Malurus lamberti
Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila audax
Welcome Swallow, Hirundo neoxena
Whistling Kite, Haliastur sphenurus
White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Haliaeetus leucogaster
White-browed Scrubwren, Sericornis frontalis
White-faced Heron, Egretta novaehollandiae
White-throated Gerygone, Gerygone olivacea
Willie Wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys
Yellow Wattlebird, Anthochaera paradoxa
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Zanda funereus
Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia guttata
