Sightings
These are the most recent sightings sent to us by members and the public.
(over 5,244 Observations recorded at 24th April 2025)
If you would like to log a sighting of any flora or fauna in the Toodyay or adjacent areas please click the link provided.
Please enter your name for for us to verify your sighting,and contact details at the end of your notes, as we may
need to get more details from you.
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The following information would be useful, if at all possible.
1) time of day?
2) weather conditions?
3) landscape eg: road verge, scrubland, breakaway country, high or low in a tree, etc, ?
4) what the creature was doing at the time of the sighting?
5) approximate size?
6) gender (if possible)?
7) colouration?
8) photographed?
9) any other interesting observation/s at the time of sighting?
10) for plants, the surrounding growth, number of plants and their general condition, is it a wetland?
Please try and limit the number of characters you enter to 100. A photograph will be a great advantage
in identification of those hard to categorise animals or plants
| # | Date | Location | Species | Notes |
| 21 | 04-03-2025 | Stirlingia Drive, Majestic Heights | Goshawk, Brown (Accipiter fasciatus) | On sensor camera. A number of images and a video. |
| 22 | 04-03-2025 | Stirlingia Drive, Majestic Heights | Wagtail, Willie (Rhipidura leucophrys) | Uncommon visitor, bathing in a bird bath |
| 23 | 02-03-2025 | Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills | Spinebill, Western (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus) | 9am Male bird seen at the birdbath |
| 24 | 02-03-2025 | Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills | Robin, Scarlet; Robin Red-breast; (Petroica multicolor) | 11 am Male and female bird in and around the birdbath |
| 25 | 02-03-2025 | Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills | Parrot, Red-capped (Purpureicephalus spurius) | Seen and heard on and off all day. |
| 26 | 02-03-2025 | Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills | Magpie, Australian (Gymnorhina tibicen) | 5.30pm Three birds seen, male, female and juvenile drinking from birdbath. |
| 27 | 02-03-2025 | Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills | Micro Bat | 6.45pm 2 bats seen flying and feeding around the house |
| 28 | 01-03-2025 | Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills | Bee-eater, Rainbow (Merops ornatus) | About 5.30pm Seen flying high and feeding. |
| 29 | 01-03-2025 | Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills | Honeyeater, Brown-headed (Melithreptus brevirostris) | About 5.30pm 2 birds on the bird bath |
| 30 | 01-03-2025 | Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills | Honeyeater, White-cheeked (Phylidonyris niger) | About 5.30pm At least 3 birds in and around birdbath. |
| 31 | 01-03-2025 | Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills | Bronzewing, Common (Phaps chalcoptera) | 5.30pm Several birds feeding on the ground, and in and out of the birdbath. |
| 32 | 27-02-2025 | Nardie (Millards) Pool | Cormorant, Little Pied (Microcarbo melanoleucos) | Three birds sighted |
| 33 | 25-02-2025 | Francis Street, West Toodyay | Falcon, Peregrine (Falco peregrinus) | In fowl run. Managed to get out itself without taking any fowl, although two are missing (possibly hiding) |
| 34 | 24-02-2025 | Stirlingia Drive, Majestic Heights | Robin, Western Yellow (Eopsaltria griseogularis) | Just below the big carpark bird bath. |
| 35 | 24-02-2025 | Stirlingia Drive, Majestic Heights | Butcherbird, Grey (Cracticus torquatus) | Heard its distinctive call up behind our house in the morning. Not unusual to have Pied and Grey Butcherbirds in the same area although they are aggressive towards each other. |
| 36 | 24-02-2025 | Stirlingia Drive, Majestic Heights | Black Cockatoo, White-tailed (Carnaby's) | Early morning, flying east |
| 37 | 24-02-2025 | Stirlingia Drive, Majestic Heights | Boobook, Southern (Ninox boobook) | At 5.18am, on sensor camera, bathing. |
| 38 | 23-02-2025 | Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills | Bronzewing, Common (Phaps chalcoptera) | 5pm ish Several birds on the lawn feeding and drinking from the low bird bath. |
| 39 | 23-02-2025 | Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills | Robin, Scarlet; Robin Red-breast; (Petroica multicolor) | 5pm ish Male bird in the birdbath. |
| 40 | 22-02-2025 | Stirlingia Drive, Majestic Heights | Echidna, Short-beaked (Tachyglossus aculeatus) | At 12.35am. Photographed on sensor camera. |
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