EstuaryWatch Data Portal

clear beach, 2 swans

Red capped plovers (many), 

2 Pacific gulls, Flock Ibis, Swallows

Little Pied Cormorant.

Red capped plovers, Swan, Double banded plovers, Pacific gull, Pied oyster catchers.

Silver gulls, Immature Pacific gull, Great Cormorant.

greater cormorant

Bird and other Observations: Hooded Plovers fenced off areas. 

3 Horse floats in car park.

Tom Sheehan called into site on way home after work on Friday the 9th October and took photos i will endeavour to load. No monitoring took place on Saturday. Photo point site unavailable.

Pelican (1)

Cormorants black and pied (several)

Hooded plovers (lots)

Swans

Tom Sheehan co-monitor.

Hooded Plovers, Swans.

Signs of sea inundation.

Estuary opened recently artificialy.

Beach closed for hooded plover protection, no berm measurements taken.

pacific gull (juv)

swans...many

Tom Sheahan part of monitoring group.

No Berm measurements due to nesting birds exclusion zone.

Birds observed: Hooded plovers

Swans-6

Unable to access area to measure berm due to extent of river and berm - area fenced off to protect bird nesting areas.

Tom Sheehan part of this monitoring session.

Note: AHD readings taken at breakwater.

Note 2: Photo of "notice of closure" of track to photo point.

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

Birds observed:65 chestnut teal, swan, silver gulls and hooded plovers (10-15)

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

Birds observed: Great Cormorant, silver gulls and pied oyster catcher.

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

High tide sea water flows into river estuary.

Natural opening during August-bank erosion.

River level cut off from photo point.

Good swell.

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

Birds observed. Hooded Plovers several, Pacific Gulls 2 adults 1 juvenile, Unidentified shorebirds in largish flock, Red Capped Plovers, Red Kneed Dotterels.