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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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?
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in identification of those hard to categorise animals or plants
| # | Date | Location | Species | Notes |
| 4921 | 08-04-1991 | Toodyay West Road, West Toodyay | Owl, Southern Boobook | 05:45 One bird flew across the road outside Cobradah Nursery and perched in a tree. By Max Howard |
| 4922 | 02-04-1991 | Seabrook, via Northam | Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked | Mortlock View homestead. Two birds. Reported by Lindsay Milhinch. |
| 4923 | 01-04-1991 | Picnic Hill Road, West Toodyay | Eagle, Wedge-tailed | Two birds soaring above Picnic Hill area. By Ross McDougall |
| 4924 | 01-04-1991 | Picnic Hill Road, West Toodyay | Kestrel, Australian | Single bird. Ross McDougall |
| 4925 | 01-04-1991 | Northam Town Weir | Swan, Mute | Numbers on the decline |
| 4926 | 01-04-1991 | Picnic Hill Road, West Toodyay | Butcherbird, Pied | Three birds. By Ross McDougall |
| 4927 | 01-04-1991 | Pelham Street, Toodyay | Mistletoebird | One bird in back yard. Rare occurrence. By Sam Cook |
| 4928 | 01-04-1991 | Pelham Street, Toodyay | Robin, Red-capped | One bird. By Sam Cook |
| 4929 | 01-04-1991 | Toodyay-Goomalling Road | Miner, Yellow-throated | 3km from town. Eight to twelve birds sighted. By Alex Reid (reported to David Pitcher) |
| 4930 | 29-03-1991 | Mortlock River, Seabrook | Spoonbill,Yellow-billed | Two birds sighted near bridge. By Lindsay Milhinch |
| 4931 | 29-03-1991 | Mortlock River, Seabrook | Egret, Great | Two birds sighted near bridge. By Lindsay Milhinch |
| 4932 | 28-03-1991 | Seabrook, via Northam | Nightjar, Spotted | Seen around the homestead shed and main water trough. By Lindsay Milhinch |
| 4933 | 27-03-1991 | Toodyay West Road, West Toodyay | Owl, Barn | Toodyay West Road, over Toodyay Brook. Two sightings of a single bird. By Max Howard |
| 4934 | 26-03-1991 | Picnic Hill Road, West Toodyay | Falcon, Brown | Light phase. By Ross McDougall |
| 4935 | 20-03-1991 | Sandspring Road, Julimar | Cuckoo, Pallid | Heard calling. By Maxine Walker |
| 4936 | 19-03-1991 | Clarke's Lakes, Mumberkine | Sandpiper | Single bird sighted. By Jim Masters |
| 4937 | 15-03-1991 | Glen Avon, Toodyay-Northam Road | Rat, Western Swamp | One sighted in paperbarks on Avon River pool. Not sighted very often. By Jim Masters |
| 4938 | 14-03-1991 | Goomalling | Duck, Mountain | Flock of about 200 birds. By Fred Boase |
| 4939 | 14-03-1991 | Clarke's Lakes, Mumberkine | Crake, Spotted | Two sighted while on RAOU duck count. By Jim Masters |
| 4940 | 13-03-1991 | York townsite | Fairy-wren, Splendid | Three in brown plumage. By Chris Miles |
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