Survey Point | Broome Bird Observatory WA |
Latitude | -17.9753600 (17° 58′ 31″ S) |
Longitude | 122.3444100 (122° 20′ 40″ E) |
From the Broome Rd take the Crab Creek Rd and turn left at the end and follow it until you come to the signpost. The observatory is in good bushland by the bay. A short walk from the office leads to a platform at a small point for a high tide roost, along the beach are other roosting spots. In the observatory is a bird hide that is active mainly at dawn and dusk.
Camp rating 6 There is a fee to camp here.
Surveys done 5
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- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 1 (20.00%)
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 1 (20.00%)
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 3 (60.00%)
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 4 (80.00%)
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides 1 (20.00%)
- Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris 1 (20.00%)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris 4 (80.00%)
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 2 (40.00%)
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 3 (60.00%)
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 2 (40.00%)
- Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus 4 (80.00%)
- Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 3 (60.00%)
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 5 (100.00%)
- Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis 1 (20.00%)
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 5 (100.00%)
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 2 (40.00%)
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1 (20.00%)
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris 3 (60.00%)
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 2 (40.00%)
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 2 (40.00%)
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus 1 (20.00%)
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 2 (40.00%)
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 2 (40.00%)
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes 2 (40.00%)
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 3 (60.00%)
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 4 (80.00%)
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons 3 (60.00%)
- Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 1 (20.00%)
- Australian Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa 3 (60.00%)
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 3 (60.00%)
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 2 (40.00%)
- Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 2 (40.00%)
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 3 (60.00%)
- Striated Heron Butorides striata 1 (20.00%)
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1 (20.00%)
- Great Egret Ardea alba 3 (60.00%)
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 2 (40.00%)
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta 2 (40.00%)
- Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra 4 (80.00%)
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus 3 (60.00%)
- Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius 1 (20.00%)
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus 2 (40.00%)
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides 1 (20.00%)
- Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 3 (60.00%)
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 2 (40.00%)
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 4 (80.00%)
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus 4 (80.00%)
- Black Kite Milvus migrans 2 (40.00%)
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 1 (20.00%)
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 1 (20.00%)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 2 (40.00%)
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 1 (20.00%)
- Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 2 (40.00%)
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 3 (60.00%)
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 1 (20.00%)
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 5 (100.00%)
- Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 1 (20.00%)
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea 1 (20.00%)
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 2 (40.00%)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 3 (60.00%)
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 2 (40.00%)
- Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 2 (40.00%)
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus 2 (40.00%)
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 3 (60.00%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 1 (20.00%)
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru 3 (60.00%)
- Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis 2 (40.00%)
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 3 (60.00%)
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 2 (40.00%)
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 4 (80.00%)
- Yellow White-eye Zosterops luteus 1 (20.00%)


