WILD THINGS
As you look over Ashfield Flats, there is a great opportunity to see and listen to a whole range of birds.
Locals, Geoff and Jan Addison have come up with a list of almost 100 bird species that have been seen on Ashfield Flats and Photographer, Alan Brumley has photographed a great number of them.
Keep scrolling down if you want to see Geoff and Jan’s list with picture of the birds. All Photos are by Alan Brumley unless otherwise stated.
If you see a bird and are not sure what it is, try looking through the photos below.
Alternatively, for more information, try the link to the Bird finder site which is part of BirdLife Australia
https://birdlife.org.au/all-about-birds/australias-birds/find-a-bird
If you would like to listen to the sounds of the dawn chorus on Ashfield Flats or the Frog Chorus, have a listen to the files below. Press Play and select the "Listen in Browser" button to listen.
To learn more about the frogs, why not try the Australian Museum Frog ID app go to https://www.frogid.net.au/
Birds seen on Ashfield flats:
28 Parrot - photo Mick Oliver
Australasian Hobby - photo A Brumley
Australasian Darter - photo L Bromell
Australasian Shoveler - photo Alan Brumley
Australian Shelduck - photo Alan Brumley
Australian Wood Duck- photo Alan Brumley
Barn Owl
Black-faced cuckoo-shrike - photo Alan Brumley
Black Fronted Dotterel - photo David Parker
Black-shouldered Kite - photo Alan Brumley
Black Swan - photo Alan Brumley
Black-winged Stilts - photo Alan Brumley
Blue Billed Duck
Boobook Owl - photo Alan Brumley
Brown Goshawk - photo Alan Brumley
Brown honeyeater - photo Alan Brumley
Brown Songlark
Buff-banded Rail - photo Alan Brumley
Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo - photo Alan Brumley
Caspian Tern - Photo provided by Neville Horner
Chestnut Teal - photo Alan Brumley
Common Bronzewing
Common Sandpiper
Coot - Photo provided by Neville Horner
Crested Pigeon 2
Crested Tern - photo Alan Brumley
Golden Whistler
Great Crested Grebes - photo Alan Brumley
Great Egret- photo Alan Brumley
Grey Butcherbird - photo Alan Brumley
Grey Fantail - photo Alan Brumley
Grey Teal
Horsfield's Cuckoo - photo Alan Brumley
Inland Thornbill - Photo provided by Neville Horner
Kestrel
Kookaburra - photo Alan Brumley
Large Black Cormorant
Large Pied Cormorant
Laughing Turtle Dove - photo Chris Tate
Little Black cormorant - photo Alan Brumley
Little Corellas - photo Laurence Sanders
Little Egret
Little Grassbird - photo Alan Brumley
Little Grebe - photo Alan Brumley
Little Pied Cormorant - photo Alan Brumley
Magpie Lark - photo Lucy Bromell
Magpie - photo Alan Brumley
Mallard
Maned Duck - photo Alan Brumley
Mistletoe Bird - photo Alan Brumley
Moorhen
Musk Duck
Nankeen Heron - photo Alan Brumley
New Holland Honeyeater - photo Alan Brumley
Osprey - photo Alan Brumley
Pacific Black Duck - photo Alan Brumley
Pallid Cuckoo - photo Alan Brumley
Pelican - photo Alan Brumley
Pink and Grey Galah - photo Alan Brumley
Pink Eared Duck - photo provided by Neville Horner
Pipit
Purple-backed Fairywren - photo Alan Brumley
Rainbow Bee-eater - photo Alan Brumley
Rainbow Lorikeet - photo Lindsay Preece
Red Capped Parrot 1 - photo Alan Brumley
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo - photo Alan Brumley
Red Wattlebird - photo Alan Brumley
Reed Warbler
Rufous Songlark
Rufous Whistler - Male - photo Alan Brumley
Rufous Whistler - Female - photo Alan Brumley
Sacred Ibis - photo Alan Brumley
Sacred Kingfisher - photo Alan Brumley
Sea Eagle
Silvereye - photo Alan Brumley
Silver Gull - Photo Vrunda Sekhar
Singing Honeyeater - photo Alan Brumley
Sparrow Hawk
Splendid Fairy-wren - photo Alan Brumley
Splendid Wrens, male and female - photo Alan Brumley
Spoonbill - photo Alan Brumley
Spotless Crake
Spotted Crake
Spotted Dove - photo Alan Brumley
Spotted Pardalote - photo Alan Brumley
Straw-necked Ibis - Photo provided by Neville Horner
Striated Pardalote - photo Alan Brumley
Swamp Harrier
Swamp Hen - photo Alan Brumley
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
Tree Martin
Weebill - Photo provided by Neville Horner
Welcome Swallow - photo L Bromell
Western Gerygone - photo Alan Brumley
Western Warbler
Western Wattlebird - photo Alan Brumley
Whistling Kite - photo Alan Brumley
White Cheeked Honeyeater- photo Alan Brumley
White-faced Heron - photo Alan Brumley
White-fronted Chat
White-necked Heron - photo Alan Brumley
White-winged Triller - photo Alan Brumley
Willie Wagtail - photo Alan Brumley
Yellow-rumped Thornbill - photo Alan Brumley
Yellow-billed Spoonbill - photo Alan Brumley
