EstuaryWatch Data Portal

Birds present at site.

Silver gulls

Greater cormorants

Lesser crested terns

Swallows

Rock Pigeons

Corellas

Silver gulls, crested terns, sooty oystercatches, large black cormorants, black faced cormorants, rock pigeons.

Silver gulls, Crested terns, Rock pigeon.

Sooty oyster catchers 2, Black faced cormorants, pacific black ducks, Silver gulls.

Eleanor Cowell and James Cowell Samplers

Black faced cormorants, Pacific/Kelp gulls.

Other Samplers; Eleanor Cowell, James Cowell and Jarred Obst.

Egret, Seagulls, Cormorants, White faced heron.

World Migratory Bird Day.

Black faced cormorants, Little pied cormorants, Silver gulls, Lesser crested terns (several), Sulphur crested cockatoo.

Silver Gull, Lesser crested tern, Black faced cormorant.

Silver Gulls, Lesser crested tern, Black faced cormorants.

Silver Gulls, Juvenile Pacific Gull, Black Faced Cormorants.

Pied oyster catchers 2, Crested terns(lesser), Kelp gull, Silver gulls, Black faced cormorants.

Black faced cormorants, Pied oyster catchers, Silver gulls, Kelp gulls.

Kelp gulls, Silver gulls, Rock pigeons, Black faced cormorants.

Great images and good to see the mouth remaining open after a barrage of recent swells.  Great bird observations too, Thanks Jarred.

Black faced cormorants, Little pied cormorants, Silver gulls, Chestnut teal.

Great work on the recent observations.  Interesting to note that streamflows are still being maintained (just!) after basically five months of very little to no rain.  Luckily we haven't had a lot of swells of late, and sand/sediment at the mouth subsequently remains quite low (shown by the bridge footings still well exposed in images 3 & 4).  Big seas will however arrive at some stage, and if this happens prior to rainfall and streamflows, the mouth could naturally close.  Will be a good one to keep an eye on!  Looks like the weather turned it on too!  Thanks Jarred.

Lesser crested tern, Silver gull, Juvenile pacific gull, Sooty oyster catcher, Pacific black ducks, Black faced cormorant.

Silver gulls, Black faced cormorants, Greater cormorants, Pacific black ducks, Shelducks.

Black faced cormorants, Silver gulls.

Sooty oyster catchers, Black faced cormorants, Kelp gulls, Chestnut teal ducks, Silver gulls.

Pied Oystercatchers, Pacific Black Ducks, Kelp Gull, Teal Ducks, Lesser Crested Terns, Little Pied Cormorant, Silver Gulls, Black Faced Pied Cormorant, Mudlark.

Fantastic bird observations!!  J.Obst

Kelp gulls (2), Lesser crested terns (many), Sooty oystercatchers (3), Silver Gulls (many), Shelduck (2), Lesser black cormorant (6/7), Pied cormorants (2). 

crested terns and silver gulls many, 

pied cormorant, kelp or pacific gull.

Birds observed: Crested Terns, Silver Gulls, Kelp Gulls, Black faced Cormorants.

Birds.

Silver gull, greater cormorant, black-faced cormorant, pacific/kelp gull, pacific black duck.

Pair pied oyster catchers, Silver gulls many,inc juveniles, Pacific black duck 1, Pied cormorants several, Lesser tern 2, Pacific or Kelp gull 1.

Heavy rain fell in past week in catchment, 85+ mm.

Strong flows at mouth leaving little room on beach for birdlif.

Silver gulls, Terns numerous

Pacific gulls several

AHD board unreadable

Terns, Gulls.

8 chestnut teal

3 sooty oystercatchers

2 kelp gulls

2 great cormorants

20 black faced cormorant

lesser crested terns, silver gulls.

Tom Sheahan part of monitoring team.

Birds observed: Silver Gulls-many,

Sooty Oystercatcher-1,

Lesser crested terns-a few,

Kelp gull-1

Pied Cormorant and Greater Cormorant.

Water height board unreadable - needs to be cleaned.

Birds observed:

- Pair of Sooty Oyster Catcher

- Pair of Pied

- 1 Kelp Gull

- 1 Great Cormorant

Tom Sheehan part of this monitoring session.

Note: AHD readings from breakwater AHD.

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

Birds observed:Crested terns, silver gulls (incl. immatures), pied cormorants (black faced?), rock pigeons and starlings.

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

Birds observed: Silver gulls, great cormorant, kelp gulls, sooty oystercatchers, pied cormorants (8), chestnut teals (pair) and pacific black ducks (pair).

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

Tom Sheehan, Eleanor Cowell and James Cowell part of monitoring team.

Birds noticed at estuary. Pacific Gulls 2 adults 1 juvenile, 1 Great Cormorant, Small flock Corellas, 1 Caspian Tern, Silver Gulls several and several Rock Pigeons.

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

New Recruit Tom Sheehan took part in this todays monitoring sessions.

Water level board unreadable, needs cleaning.

Water level Gauge at Stanley St Bridge still unreadable.

Wind direction not  noted as it was still

Water level reading board unreadable, needs to be cleaned.

Commenced this month's observations an hour earlier than usual due to forecasted extreme hot weather.

Water height board unreadable, needs to be cleaned.

Water level board unreadable, needs to be cleaned

Water level height board not readable, needs to be cleaned.

Water level indicator unreadable, requires cleaning

Large sanded area with small sea through to islands. Could not read water level - level indicator board requires cleaning.

Water levels not readable

Our group was accompanied by 10 students and a teacher of the Diploma of Conservation and Land Management from SWTAFE. 

Water level unreadable

Water level to low to read water level indicator (unreadable due to build up of algae, needs cleaning).

water level height really unreadable, but below the concrete pilons

2 sooty oyster catchers

small pink face flowering on Middle Island

Erica Smith joined monitoring session.

AHD gauge unreadable.

Smelly dead animal.

Couldn't take water level reading as below gauge

Birdlife: Chestnut teals, gulls, pigeons.

AHD gauge unreadable.

Water at mouth very brown

AHD gauge difficult to read.

Estuary well inundated with river water.

Pied Oyster catchers

New group members Luke Albury. Mary-Jo Hanly

• 1 pied oyster catcher, a flock of seagulls and 2 pelicans.
• broader lens on camera than what was in the guide.
• obvious build up of sand at the photopoint site.