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. You must 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. Please try and limit the number of characters you enter to 100. A photograph will be a great advantage in identification those hard to identify creatures

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# Date Location Species Notes
1981 03-03-1990 Toodyay-Northam-York areas Various birds RAOU Duck Count - numbers down on previous years due to heavy summer rains. 31 species sighted. By Jim Masters
1982 28-02-1990 Avon River, Between Goomalling & Bolgart Bridges Coot, Eurasian Possibly pushed down by the floods. D Morrow
1983 27-02-1990 Toodyay-Northam Road Spoonbill,Yellow-billed Greatly increased numbers sighted between Northam and Toodyay. Ray Paynter
1984 26-02-1990 Toodyay townsite Stimson's Python Observed in garden (reported as Childrens Python). By Lyn Johnson
1985 22-02-1990 Julimar Road Wallaby, Brush-tailed Sighting numbers increased along the road. Marg Larner
1986 28-01-1990 Ellendale Farm, Folewood Road, Toodyay Sheep, Domestic 108mm rain fell in 24 hours. 110 sheep perished on the property, from the cold!
1987 17-01-1990 West Toodyay Pigeon, Crested Nesting pair with one young in dense hakea bush around omestead. Cyclonic depression end of January killed chick. By Max Howard.
1988 03-12-1989 Stirlingia Drive, Toodyay Black Cockatoo, White-tailed (Carnaby's)
1989 03-12-1989 Stirlingia Drive, Toodyay Whistler, Golden Diary record
1990 03-12-1989 Stirlingia Drive, Toodyay Kingfisher, Sacred Diary records
1991 03-12-1989 Stirlingia Drive, Toodyay Fairy-Wren, Splendid Diary record
1992 03-12-1989 Stirlingia Drive, Toodyay Eagle, Wedge-tailed Two birds. Diary record
1993 29-11-1989 Bindoon Springs Conospermum triplinervilin (Smokebush) In flower. By Ray Paynter.
1994 24-11-1989 Stirlingia Drive, Toodyay Snake sp. Skeleton found up in a tree. Diary record
1995 19-11-1989 Toodyay townsite Honeyeater, Brown Nest built in cane lantern on back verandah. Doreen Morrow.
1996 18-11-1989 Toodyay-Northam Road Event Aurora Australis - Very good sightings. Chris Miles, Jenny Ballard, Ruth & Lindsay Milhinch. Also good sighting Toodyay-Goomalling Road, Beryl and Fred Boase. Very good sighting at Glen Avon between 2115-2200 hrs. Best since the 1940s. Jim Masters.
1997 15-11-1989 Bindoon Springs Banksia menziesii Spectacular flowering. By Ry Paynter.
1998 21-10-1989 Julimar Springs Swamphen, Purple Birds nesting. By David Pitcher
1999 30-09-1989 York townsite Corella, Little Large flocks observed over lengthy period. By Chris Miles. (Seen only periodically at Seabrook - Lindsay Milhinch)
2000 15-07-1989 Northam Golf Course Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked Sighted by Jim Masters

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