Site Report: Wollongong Lagoon

Great Crested-Tern (Thalasseus bergii)

Yellow Thornbill (Acanthiza nana)

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Gray Teal (Anas gracilis)

Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata) - Female

Small nature area on the north end of Wollongong. Restoration of plant life is in progress.

2012-11-23: I was in a hotel near here in preparation for my pelagic trip, so I had a walk around the lagoon.

Kingdom: Animals (28 records)

Phylum: Chordates (28 records)

Class: Birds (28 records)

Order: Anseriformes (5 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Gray Teal (Anas gracilis)
- Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
- Hardhead (Aythya australis)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Order: Parrots (2 records)
- Family: Cockatoos
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)

Order: Pelicans (5 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
- Pied Cormorant (Phalacrocorax varius)
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Herons
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Family: Pelicans
- Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)

Order: Perching Birds (12 records)
- Family: Australian Robins
- Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
- Family: Fairywrens and Allies
- Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus)
- Family: Fantails
- Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Yellow Thornbill (Acanthiza nana)
- Family: White-eyes
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
- Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)