Hi Colin,
No, definitely on high tide. I was blown away by the number of Lessers in
the flock. I had been focusing on waders and decided to check the terns and
realised the Lessers far outnumbered the regular Crested Terns. Peak of
tide was about 1.99m, which is quite high for the area. I'm sure the Red
Knot are passing through - I usually try and check about this time of year
as this is when they are most easily seen. No sand plovers yet, which I
guess is not unusual this early.
Regards,
Chris
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Colin R <> wrote:
> Hi Chris
>
> Just out of curiosity - were you there at low or high tide? I only ask
> becasue in my experience, the Lesser Crested Terns seemed to be there at
> low, rather than high, tide and that might explain why there were 15, a
> higher number than I remember hearing of before - I usually visit at
> high, naturally, to get the best of the waders. Good to hear of the Red
> Knots - last season we only saw the odd one or two. I wonder if they are
> passing thru on their way south?
>
> Colin
>
>
> On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:10 +1000, "Chris Sanderson"
> <> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I managed to get to the coast for some wader watching earlier in the
> > week,
> > with significant sightings being 6 Red Knots and at least 15 Lesser
> > Crested
> > Terns at Manly. Smallish numbers of waders of quite a few species have
> > returned, and as a treat there were still 3 Double-banded Plovers in full
> > breeding regalia that will surely leave any day now. The biggest
> > surprise
> > of the day for me was there were no migratory shorebirds at the Wynnum
> > wader
> > hide at the peak of the tide, despite it being quite a high one. I've
> > never
> > seen a complete lack of birds there before. Had easy views of Collared
> > Kingfisher and Mangrove Gerygone along the boardwalk near the Wynnum
> > hide.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Chris
> >
> > Wader/Tern species seen on the day were:
> > 3 Red-capped Plover (one doing broken wing display)
> > 3 Double-banded Plover
> > 15 Red-necked Stint
> > 2 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
> > 1 Curlew Sandpiper
> > ~20 Grey-tailed Tattler
> > 6 Red Knot
> > ~15 Great Knot
> > ~200 Bar-tailed Godwit
> > 8 Whimbrel
> > ~30 Eastern Curlew
> > ~20 Pied Oystercatcher
> > 5 Black-winged Stilt
> > 6 Crested Tern
> > 15 Lesser Crested Tern
> > ~20 Gull-billed Tern
> > 10 Caspian Tern
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