The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period
Monday, December 5, 2016 to Sunday, December 11, 2016:
Area: SA
Date: Monday, December 5, 2016
Location: Thompson Beach Dublin
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) (100+) Birds were feeding in a flooded
Saltpan and Samphire at the Northern end of the beach.
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (1) Birds were feeding also in the
Saltpan and Samphire.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Tuesday, December 6, 2016
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Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Location: Bold Hill Beach Port Wakefield
Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) (15) Birds were feeding in shallow
water at the high tide mark. Shouthern end of beach
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) (500) Large flock were feeding with 12
Curlew and 6 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper at the Southern end of the Beach
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (13) Several spots along the beach
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) (4) Birds were feeding along the shoreline
on the high tide.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Tuesday, December 6, 2016
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Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Location: Port Clinton Yorke Peninsula
Grey-tailed Tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes) (3) On rocks on high tide
Reported by: Winston Syson on Wednesday, December 7, 2016
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Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Location: Mac's Beach Yorke Peninsula
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) (320) Large flock were feeding in shallow water on
the high tide.
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) (9) Roosting on the high tide mark.
Reported by: Winston Syson on Wednesday, December 7, 2016
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Date: Saturday, December 10, 2016
Location: Aldinga WashPool swamp.
Cape Barren Goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) (16) Nice sized flock of Cape
Barren Geese loafing on the swamp
There were multitudes of many species of waterfowl spread right across the
swamp. I only had a crappy set of 7X32 binoculars which are always in the car
so a call back is strongly recommended.
Reported by: Anthony John Bainbridge on Sunday, December 11, 2016
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