Australia · New South Wales
Hunter Wetlands National Park – Ash Island
234 species and 34,734 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January, with up to 149 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
Chestnut TealAnas castanea
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
Great EgretArdea alba
Australian RavenCorvus coronoides
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
Magpie-larkGrallina cyanoleuca
Royal SpoonbillPlatalea regia
Black SwanCygnus atratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hunter Wetlands Centre4 km201 species
- Hunter Wetlands National Park – Stockton Sandspit9 km191 species
- The Weir Road, Teralba14 km198 species
- Boys Walk36 km181 species
- Central Coast Wetlands - Pioneer Dairy57 km230 species
All 234 species recorded here
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
- Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
- White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Musk Duck Biziura lobata
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
- Australian Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella
- Australian Painted-snipe Rostratula australis
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
- Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Painted Buttonquail Turnix varius
- Green Catbird Ailuroedus crassirostris
- Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus
- Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
- Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- Black-tailed Nativehen Tribonyx ventralis
- Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rose Robin Petroica rosea
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela
- Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
- White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
- Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Eastern Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
- Black-backed Bittern Botaurus dubius
- Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus
- Little Buttonquail Turnix velox
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hunter Wetlands National Park – Ash Island?
September–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 149 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hunter Wetlands National Park – Ash Island?
234 species, from 34,734 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hunter Wetlands National Park – Ash Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Australian White Ibis, Masked Lapwing, Superb Fairywren, Australasian Swamphen and White-faced Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.