Some birds of Long Reef Point NSW

Long Reef Point near Dee Why, Sydney

A few days ago my wife and I spent a little while at Long Reef Point at Dee Why, a suburb of Sydney. This spot is known for its sea-birds, but at this time of the year only a few resident species can usually be found. Most of the waders have long since flown to warmer climes in the northern hemisphere.

The only water birds I was able to identify with my binoculars and the zoom on my camera were as follows:

Little Pied Cormorant
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Silver Gull
Crested Tern
Sooty Oystercatcher (see photo below)
Australian Pelican
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

That’s not a great list by anyone’s estimation, but about the best I could do in the short time I had. Other birds seen in the vicinity, including the adjacent golf course, were:

Willie Wagtail
Common Myna (see yesterday’s post)
Variegated Fairy-wren (see post from 2 days ago)
Australian Raven
Welcome Swallow
Masked Lapwing
Spotted Turtledove
Noisy Miner
Rainbow Lorikeet
Red Wattlebird
Little Wattlebird
Grey Butcherbird

Again – not a great list but about what I expected for this time of the year, and for the weather conditions which were dull and overcast.

Next time we visit family in the summer months I must take out time from looking after the grandchildren and visit this spot again.

Long Reef Point near Dee Why, Sydney

Sooty Oystercatchers, Long Reef Point near Dee Why, Sydney