wrote:
>
> The 1986 "Birds of Port Phillip Bay" categorises Common
> Sandpipers as regular at Swan Bay, Greenwich Bay and Fishermens
> Bend (since much developed but not far from Ian Temby's
> sighting). I understand that in the 1990s they have been
> "regular" at the eastern sewage treatment plant as well as
> Werribee.
>
> On our patch they occur in the Beaumaris area with a maximum
> count of 4 (1980 and, possibly, 1995) and records in every year
> since 1993. Extreme latest date 24/4 and extreme earliest date
> 28/8 (the Atlas of Victorian Birds has no August record). Scarce
> some years.
>
> Certainly not common but it brings back happy memories. It was
> the first small wader I ever identified (at Regents Park in
> central London,England) - it is a regular passage migrant in
> London. I also saw it bobbing around breeding spots in Wales,
> near my parents' retirement home.
>
> Michael Norris
I have quite often seen Common Sandpipers on the stone retaining walls
of dams and reservoirs. Lysterfield Lake always seemed to have a couple
in summer and I'm sure I've seen them at other similar sites. The stony
surface seems to be what they like.
Anthea Fleming
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