Sighting Records at the Urrbrae Wetland
We have been collecting sighting records since October 2009. For each field trip we record whether a species is seen or not. The records are collated into the month the field trip occurred. The brighter the red, the greater the percentage of time that species was observed. The number written is the average number of birds in the species observed, if the bird was observed. An asterisk (*) represents observations of breeding: bird constructing a nest, sitting on a nest, or juvenile birds. A bird is recorded as seen if it is in the compound of the Urrbrae Wetland or flying over the Urrbrae Wetland.
Colour Key
| Percentage chance of seeing species | 0% | 10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 50% | 60% | 70% | 80% | 90% | 100% |
| Colour representing chance |
Sighting Record Key
A black square represents no records for that month. A number in the square represents the number of field trips for that month.
Statistics from Urrbrae Wetland between 2008-11-06 and 2019-11-06
Sighting Records by Month
| 305 fieldtrips, 63 birds | Breeding | 34 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 35 | 17 |
| Months | 23 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Australasian Grebe | * | *3 | *3 | *5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | *3 | *2 | *4 |
| Australian Magpie | * | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | *3 | *4 | *3 | 2 | *3 |
| Australian Pelican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Australian Spotted Crake | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Australian White Ibis | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Australian Wood Duck | * | 17 | 20 | 24 | *34 | 31 | 30 | 12 | *13 | *23 | *33 | *32 | *21 |
| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Black-tailed Native-hen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Blue-billed Duck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brown Goshawk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chestnut Teal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clamorous Reed-warbler | * | *2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | *2 | *2 | *2 |
| Cockatiel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Common Blackbird | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Common Starling | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Crested Pigeon | * | *4 | *4 | *4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | *3 | *5 | 4 |
| Crimson Rosella | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dusky Moorhen | * | 3 | 4 | *3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | *5 | *4 | *4 | *4 | *4 |
| Eastern Rosella | * | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | *3 | *2 | *3 | 3 |
| Eastern Spinebill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eurasian Coot | * | *5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | *5 | *6 | *6 | *6 |
| Galah | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Grey Currawong | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Grey Teal | * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | *4 | *4 | *5 |
| Hardhead | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Laughing Kookaburra | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | *1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Little Black Cormorant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Little Corella | 6 | 9 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 37 | 5 | |
| Little Grassbird | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Little Lorikeet | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Little Pied Cormorant | * | *3 | *2 | *2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | *2 | *1 | *1 | *2 | *2 |
| Little Raven | * | 2 | 2 | 3 | *3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Little Wattlebird | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Long-billed Corella | 3 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |
| Magpie-lark | * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | *3 | *3 | *3 | *3 |
| Mallard Hybrid | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Masked Lapwing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Musk Lorikeet | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Nankeen Night Heron | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| New Holland Honeyeater | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Noisy Miner | * | 8 | *8 | *11 | *12 | 11 | *11 | 9 | *9 | *9 | *10 | *10 | *10 |
| Pacific Black Duck | * | 11 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 12 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 6 | *14 | *23 |
| Pacific Black Duck Mallard Hybrid | * | *28 | 26 | 30 | 28 | *27 | *20 | 13 | *10 | *12 | *12 | *23 | *28 |
| Pink-eared Duck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Purple Swamphen | * | *3 | *2 | *3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | *3 | *2 | *3 | *3 | *3 |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | * | 10 | 8 | 13 | *12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | *9 | *7 | 10 |
| Red Wattlebird | * | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | *2 | *2 |
| Red-rumped Parrot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rock Dove | 6 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Silver Gull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Spotted Turtle-dove | * | *5 | *4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | *5 |
| Striated Pardalote | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tawny Frogmouth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tree Martin | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Welcome Swallow | * | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | *5 | *7 | *4 |
| White-faced Heron | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| White-necked Heron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| White-plumed Honeyeater | * | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | *3 | *3 |
| Willie Wagtail | * | *2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | *2 | *2 | *3 |
| Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Months | 23 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |