Woodland survey of lower eastern slopes of Mt Ainslie

[Michael Lenz <>]

Michael Lenz carried out the survey on 23 June. It was a cool morning with light to moderate wind and some cloud cover. Trees carried abundant foliage, but the ground cover was very poor at most sites. Bird activity, especially of small birds at the 9 sites and between sites was very low. No mixed feeding flocks were encountered.  Species numbers: 19 at sites and a further 11 elsewhere. No honeyeaters apart from Noisy Miners were found. The most widespread species were Spotted Pardalote (7 sites), Noisy Miner and Crimson Rosella (both at 6 sites) and Weebill (4 sites and several times between sites). Of note: 1 Misteltoebird (moved between 2 sites), and outside sites: 9 Flame Robins and 22 Yellow-rumped Thornbills.

Michael Lenz