St Helens BONE twitchathon

Attached is the birding list from both teams in the first ever St Helens BONE twitchathon. A combined total of 57 species was seen in 2 hours which is impressive. The highlight was a migratory shorebird, a single Grey-tailed Tattler at Beer Barrel Beach! It is still there so worth getting out there to have a look. 

Best birding wishes,
 
Liz

Scientific Name IOC English Name Total TEAM  1     57  LIZ  DES 37 Cygnus atratus Black Swan 1 x x 41 Tadorna tadornoides Australian Shelduck 1 x x 48 Anas superciliosa Pacific Black Duck 1 x x 52 Anas castanea Chestnut Teal 1 x   56 Aythya australis Hardhead 1 x x 58 Biziura lobata Musk Duck 1 x x 164 Poliocephalus poliocephalus Hoary-headed Grebe 1 x   202 Ardea alba Great Egret 1 x x 205 Egretta novaehollandiae White-faced Heron 1 x x 210 Pelecanus conspicillatus Australian Pelican 1 x x 224 Microcarbo melanoleucos Little Pied Cormorant 1 x x 226 Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Little Black Cormorant 1 x   228 Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant 1 x x 246 Haliaeetus leucogaster White-bellied Sea Eagle 1   x 247 Circus approximans Swamp Harrier 1 x   289 Tribonyx mortierii Tasmanian Nativehen 1 x   290 Fulica atra Eurasian Coot 1 x x 310 Haematopus longirostris Pied Oystercatcher 1 x x 319 Vanellus miles Masked Lapwing 1 x x 335 Thinornis rubricollis Hooded Plover 1 x   352 Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit 1 x   361 Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank 1   x 366 Tringa brevipes Grey-tailed Tattler 1 x   370 Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone 1 x   374 Calidris ruficollis Red-necked Stint 1 x   400 Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae Silver Gull 1 x x 404 Larus pacificus Pacific Gull 1 x   409 Hydroprogne caspia Caspian Tern 1   x 443 Phaps chalcoptera Common Bronzewing 1 x   471 Calyptorhynchus funereus Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo 1 x x 493 Platycercus caledonicus Green Rosella 1 x   586 Dacelo novaeguineae Laughing Kookaburra 1   x 634 Malurus cyaneus Superb Fairywren 1 x x 665 Lichenostomus flavicollis Yellow-throated Honeyeater 1 x x 691 Melithreptus affinis Black-headed Honeyeater 1   x 699 Anthochaera chrysoptera Little Wattlebird 1 x x 702 Anthochaera paradoxa Yellow Wattlebird 1 x x 708 Phylidonyris novaehollandiae New Holland Honeyeater 1 x x 734 Pardalotus punctatus Spotted Pardalote 1   x 737 Pardalotus striatus Striated Pardalote 1 x x 767 Acanthiza pusilla Brown Thornbill 1 x x 802 Cracticus torquatus Grey Butcherbird 1 x x 814 Artamus cyanopterus Dusky Woodswallow 1 x x 818 Coracina novaehollandiae Black-faced Cuckooshrike 1 x x 838 Colluricincla harmonica Grey Shrikethrush 1 x x 853 Rhipidura albiscapa Grey Fantail 1 x x 877 Corvus tasmanicus Forest Raven 1 x   913 Alauda arvensis Eurasian Skylark 1 x   919 Hirundo neoxena Welcome Swallow 1 x x 923 Petrochelidon nigricans Tree Martin 1   x 945 Zosterops lateralis Silvereye 1 x x 953 Sturnus vulgaris Common Starling 1 x   957 Turdus merula Common Blackbird 1 x x 974 Passer domesticus House Sparrow 1 x x 1004 Anthus australis Australian Pipit 1 x   1009 Chloris chloris European Greenfinch 1   x 1010 Carduelis carduelis European Goldfinch 1 x x   TEAM TOTALS     49 40