More reports of Pectoral and Curlew Sandpiper from Kellys Swamp today (see http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSightings.aspx?Birdline=11) prompted me to look at when these two species and the Wood Sandpiper have been recorded in the same year. Below is a summary of the records from the COG database. It shows that the three species have never been recorded in the same year in the ACT and only in one year (1995) in the rest of the COG area of interest. The records for 2013 are incomplete.
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Number of records | Species | | |
State/Year ending 30 June | Curlew Sandpiper | Pectoral Sandpiper | Wood Sandpiper |
ACT | 6 | 25 | 11 |
1975 | 1 | | |
1993 | | | 1 |
1994 | | | 9 |
1995 | | | 1 |
2003 | | 25 | |
2005 | 3 | | |
2010 | 2 | | |
NSW | 138 | 35 | 3 |
1981 | 1 | | |
1982 | 3 | | |
1983 | 13 | | |
1984 | 7 | | |
1985 | 8 | | |
1986 | 9 | | |
1987 | 4 | | |
1988 | 11 | | |
1989 | 5 | 5 | |
1990 | 2 | | |
1991 | 7 | | 1 |
1992 | 8 | 3 | |
1993 | 6 | 3 | |
1994 | 13 | 4 | |
1995 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
1996 | 9 | 5 | |
1997 | 2 | 2 | |
1998 | 8 | 3 | |
1999 | 2 | | |
2000 | 2 | | |
2006 | 3 | 2 | |
2007 | 1 | 1 | |
2009 | 1 | | |
2013 | | 4 | 1 |
Grand Total | 144 | 60 | 14 |
