There are 181 Whiskered Terns records in the COG database and they occur in all but two years (1985, 2002) since 1980 (34 years). When restricted to ACT records, the picture is less regular with records in 18 of the last 34 years (see table). October is the month with the largest number of records in both the ACT and the COG AOI with September the next highest. All of the COG AOI records fall in the months shown in the ACT table below.
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Table 1
State | ACT | | | | | | | | | | Whiskered Tern | | | | | | | | | | | Number of sheets | Month | | | | | | | | | | Year ending 30 June | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Jun | Grand Total | | 1982 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | | 1987 | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | | 1989 | | 4 | | 2 | | | | | 6 | | 1991 | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | 1993 | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | 1994 | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | 1995 | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | 1997 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | 1999 | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 2003 | 6 | 14 | | | | | 1 | | 21 | | 2004 | 11 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | 15 | | 2005 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 5 | | 2006 | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | 2007 | 4 | 5 | | | 1 | | | | 10 | | 2008 | | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | | 2009 | 4 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | | | | 9 | | 2010 | 7 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 9 | | 2013 | 3 | | | | | | | | 3 | | Grand Total | 37 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 94 | |
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