Woodland Survey – Tuggeranong Hill – Spring 2024
Lia Battisson surveyed Tuggeranong Hill on Sunday 29 September. The morning started out still and mild for the most part, but the wind came up towards the end of the morning. The most active site was site 2, with eleven species, including an occupied
White-winged Chough’s nest. There were very few honeyeaters about, with just two
Red Wattlebirds, a maximum of three Yellow-faced Honeyeaters in three sites and one Eastern Spinebill heard between sites. The highlight of the morning was seeing a female
Mistletoebird on site 5 and a male on the way to site 6. In all, 32 species were observed, 25 on sub-sites and a further 7 between sites. These numbers are about average for Tuggeranong Hill in Spring, but well below the total of 44 species
observed in 2023.
