Sightings
These are the most recent sightings sent to us by members and the public.
(over 5,090 Observations recorded at 25th September 2024)
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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?
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# | Date | Location | Species | Notes |
4901 | 11-06-1991 | York townsite | Corella, Little | Flock of about 200 around York. Not seen in such large numbers previously. By Chris Miles |
4902 | 18-05-1991 | Woodendale Farm, Woodendale Road | Duck, Mountain | Resident pair have returned. By Ray Paynter |
4903 | 18-05-1991 | Woodendale Farm, Woodendale Road | Possum, Common brushtail | Two sighted on farm boundary. By Ray Paynter |
4904 | 18-05-1991 | Glen Avon, Toodyay-Northam Road | Avocet, Red-necked | One sighted. By Jim Masters |
4905 | 17-05-1991 | Woodendale Farm, Woodendale Road | Plover, Banded | Could be nesting. By Ray Paynter |
4906 | 17-05-1991 | Arinya Farm, South Dowerin | Duck, Pink-eared | Eight ducks on lake. First sighting on property. By Craig Boase. |
4907 | 16-05-1991 | Woodendale Farm, Woodendale Road | Pipit, Australian | Sighted. Could be nesting. By Ray Paynter |
4908 | 13-05-1991 | Glen Avon, Toodyay-Northam Road | Avocet, Red-necked | Glen Avon Dam. Two sighted, first sighting in four years. By Jim Masters. |
4909 | 28-04-1991 | Wongamine Nature Reserve | Gould's Snake | Darling Range Branch and TNC Excursion. First recording for reserve. |
4910 | 28-04-1991 | Wongamine Nature Reserve | Gecko, Barking | Darling Range and TNC Excursion. First recording in club records. |
4911 | 28-04-1991 | Wongamine Nature Reserve | Gecko, Clawless | Joint excursion with Darling Range branch and TNC. First recording for club. |
4912 | 28-04-1991 | Woodendale Farm, Woodendale Road | Butcherbird, Pied | 12 birds sighted eating grain? By Ray Paynter |
4913 | 24-04-1991 | Picnic Hill Road, West Toodyay | Lapwing, Banded | Seven sighted. By Ross McDougall |
4914 | 20-04-1991 | Arinya Farm, South Dowerin | Owl, Southern Boobook | One bird being hassled by other birds during the day around the homestead. By Robert Boase |
4915 | 17-04-1991 | Seabrook, via Northam | Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked | Mortlock View homestead. Two birds still around the homestead. By Lindsay Milhinch |
4916 | 13-04-1991 | Toodyay Tip, Railway Road | Cuckoo, Pallid | First sighting this year. Max Howard |
4917 | 12-04-1991 | Glen Avon, Toodyay-Northam Road | Cuckoo, Fan-tailed (Cacomantis flabelliformis) | Sighted on the Avon River bank. By Jim Masters |
4918 | 12-04-1991 | Woodendale Farm, Woodendale Road | Babbler, White-browed | First sighting for 12 months. Ray Paynter |
4919 | 11-04-1991 | Seabrook, via Northam | Cuckoo, Pallid | First sighting for year. Lindsay Milhinch |
4920 | 10-04-1991 | Mt Anderson Street, Toodyay | Owl, Southern Boobook | Heard calling by Dorine Morrow |
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