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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
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Australasian Hobby - photo A Brumley
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Australasian Darter - photo L Bromell
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Australasian Shoveler - photo Alan Brumley
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Australian Shelduck - photo Alan Brumley
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Australian Wood Duck- photo Alan Brumley
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Barn Owl
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Black-faced cuckoo-shrike - photo Alan Brumley
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Black Fronted Dotterel - photo David Parker
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Black-shouldered Kite - photo Alan Brumley
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Black Swan - photo Alan Brumley
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Black-winged Stilts - photo Alan Brumley
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Blue Billed Duck
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Boobook Owl - photo Alan Brumley
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Brown Goshawk - photo Alan Brumley
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Brown honeyeater - photo Alan Brumley
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Brown Songlark
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Buff-banded Rail - photo Alan Brumley
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Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo - photo Alan Brumley
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Caspian Tern - Photo provided by Neville Horner
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Chestnut Teal - photo Alan Brumley
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Common Bronzewing
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Common Sandpiper
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Coot - Photo provided by Neville Horner
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Crested Pigeon 2
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Crested Tern - photo Alan Brumley
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Golden Whistler
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Great Crested Grebes - photo Alan Brumley
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Great Egret- photo Alan Brumley
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Grey Butcherbird - photo Alan Brumley
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Grey Fantail - photo Alan Brumley
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Grey Teal
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Horsfield's Cuckoo - photo Alan Brumley
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Inland Thornbill - Photo provided by Neville Horner
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Kestrel
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Kookaburra - photo Alan Brumley
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Large Black Cormorant
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Large Pied Cormorant
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Laughing Turtle Dove - photo Chris Tate
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Little Black cormorant - photo Alan Brumley
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Little Corellas - photo Laurence Sanders
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Little Egret
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Little Grassbird - photo Alan Brumley
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Little Grebe - photo Alan Brumley
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Little Pied Cormorant - photo Alan Brumley
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Magpie Lark - photo Lucy Bromell
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Magpie - photo Alan Brumley
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Mallard
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Maned Duck - photo Alan Brumley
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Mistletoe Bird - photo Alan Brumley
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Moorhen
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Musk Duck
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Nankeen Heron - photo Alan Brumley
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New Holland Honeyeater - photo Alan Brumley
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Osprey - photo Alan Brumley
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Pacific Black Duck - photo Alan Brumley
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Pallid Cuckoo - photo Alan Brumley
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Pelican - photo Alan Brumley
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Pink and Grey Galah - photo Alan Brumley
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Pink Eared Duck - photo provided by Neville Horner
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Pipit
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Purple-backed Fairywren - photo Alan Brumley
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Rainbow Bee-eater - photo Alan Brumley
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Rainbow Lorikeet - photo Lindsay Preece
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Red Capped Parrot 1 - photo Alan Brumley
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Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo - photo Alan Brumley
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Red Wattlebird - photo Alan Brumley
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Reed Warbler
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Rufous Songlark
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Rufous Whistler - Male - photo Alan Brumley
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Rufous Whistler - Female - photo Alan Brumley
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Sacred Ibis - photo Alan Brumley
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Sacred Kingfisher - photo Alan Brumley
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Sea Eagle
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Silvereye - photo Alan Brumley
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Silver Gull - Photo Vrunda Sekhar
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Singing Honeyeater - photo Alan Brumley
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Sparrow Hawk
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Splendid Fairy-wren - photo Alan Brumley
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Splendid Wrens, male and female - photo Alan Brumley
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Spoonbill - photo Alan Brumley
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Spotless Crake
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Spotted Crake
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Spotted Dove - photo Alan Brumley
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Spotted Pardalote - photo Alan Brumley
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Straw-necked Ibis - Photo provided by Neville Horner
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Striated Pardalote - photo Alan Brumley
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Swamp Harrier
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Swamp Hen - photo Alan Brumley
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Tawny-crowned Honeyeater
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Tree Martin
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Weebill - Photo provided by Neville Horner
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Welcome Swallow - photo L Bromell
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Western Gerygone - photo Alan Brumley
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Western Warbler
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Western Wattlebird - photo Alan Brumley
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Whistling Kite - photo Alan Brumley
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White Cheeked Honeyeater- photo Alan Brumley
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White-faced Heron - photo Alan Brumley
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White-fronted Chat
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White-necked Heron - photo Alan Brumley
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White-winged Triller - photo Alan Brumley
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Willie Wagtail - photo Alan Brumley
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Yellow-rumped Thornbill - photo Alan Brumley
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Yellow-billed Spoonbill - photo Alan Brumley
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