Moondyne Festival


Sightings

These are the most recent sightings sent to us by members and the public.
If you would like to log a sighting of any flora or fauna in the Toodyay area, please click the link provided. Please enter your name for for us to verify your sighting,and contact details at the end of your notes, as we may need to get more details from you.
You do not have to be a member.
The following information would be useful, if at all possible.
1) time of day?
2) weather conditions?
3) landscape eg: road verge, scrubland, breakaway country, high or low in a tree, etc, ?
4) what the creature was doing at the time of the sighting?
5) approximate size?
6) gender (if possible)?
7) colouration?
8) photographed?
9) any other interesting observation/s at the time of sighting?
10) for plants, the surrounding growth, number of plants and their general condition, is it a wetland?

Please try and limit the number of characters you enter to 100. A photograph will be a great advantage in identification of those hard to categorise animals or plants

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# Date Location Species Notes
1 02-09-2003 Dudley Chitty Reserve York Gum; Yandee or Doatta (Eucalyptus loxophleba ssp. loxophleba) Woodland Watch Site WW-63
2 02-09-2003 Dudley Chitty Reserve Yellow Buttons (Podolepis lessonii) Woodland Watch Site WW-63
3 15-08-2018 Wilkerson Road, West Toodyay Yellow autumn lily Tricoryne eliator
4 02-09-2003 Dudley Chitty Reserve Yam; Warrine/Warrain (Dioscorea hastifolia) Woodland Watch Site WW-63
5 18-08-2005 Bindoon-Dewars Pool Road Woylie; Brush-tailed Bettong By Jacquie Lucas
6 27-01-2007 Julimar Annex Woylie (Brush-tailed Bettong) Bush fire more than likely wiped out re-located population
7 31-03-2009 Adenanthos Road, Majestic Heights Woodswallow, Masked Corner Stirlingia Drive. 7.30am - eight birds huddled together in dead branches of a mainly dead jarrah tree; by Desrae Clarke
8 18-08-2015 Glen Avon, Northam Road Woodswallow, Dusky 18 birds feeding after rain
9 17-06-2001 Stirlingia Drive, Majestic Heights Woodswallow, Dusky Flying around house W&D Clarke
10 08-11-2003 Church Gully Road, Nunile Woodswallow, Dusky Three birds sitting together on burnt York gum - open farmland WC
11 09-07-1991 Sandspring Road, Julimar Woodswallow, Dusky Clustering on Marri. By Maxine Walker.
12 27-10-2019 Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills Woodswallow, Dusky Drinking from bird bath at Sharon's
13 27-11-2019 Stirlingia Drive, Majestic Heights Woodswallow, Dusky Pair, have been around the house for a number of days. Seen in a tree near our entrance
14 13-02-2006 Woodland Heights, Toodyay Woodswallow, Dusky Midday - flock of approx. 25 birds flying about then settling in a large old wandoo; by Desraé Clarke
15 20-06-2009 Wilkerson Road, West Toodyay Woodswallow, Dusky Two birds; by Lee Francis
16 19-07-2003 Dudley Chitty Reserve Woodswallow, Dusky Survey with Frank O'Connor
17 16-05-2022 Julimar Forest Woodswallow, Dusky 9-11AM Frequent sightings either flying or preening in branches photo taken
18 27-01-2023 Wandoo Circle, Vernon Hills Woodswallow, Dusky 2 birds seen in the tree above the bird bath. about 4.30 pm Both also drank from the bird bath. Very skittish.
19 21-03-2001 Lunn's Landing, Coondle Woodswallow, Dusky Kim Bendtsen
20 14-07-2000 Sessilis Road, Majestic Waters Woodswallow, Dusky By Mitchell Kelly

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