Australia · New South Wales
Hunter Wetlands National Park – Stockton Sandspit
191 species and 52,845 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–March, with up to 101 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Rock DoveColumba livia
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus
Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
Brown HoneyeaterLichmera indistincta
Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
Red-necked AvocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiaeSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hunter Wetlands Centre9 km201 species
- Hunter Wetlands National Park – Ash Island9 km234 species
- The Weir Road, Teralba17 km198 species
- Boys Walk39 km181 species
- Central Coast Wetlands - Pioneer Dairy57 km230 species
All 191 species recorded here
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
- Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Double-barred Finch Stizoptera bichenovii
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Zanda funerea
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
- Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
- Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris
- Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata
- Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
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 – Stockton Sandspit?
September–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 101 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hunter Wetlands National Park – Stockton Sandspit?
191 species, from 52,845 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hunter Wetlands National Park – Stockton Sandspit in November?
The most recorded in November: Bar-tailed Godwit, Rock Dove, White-faced Heron, Silver Gull and Masked Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.