I visited this site for the first time on 27/02/16 and returned on the 5/03/16 for another look. Local birder Steve McBride often posts interesting sightings from here so I originally went down to look for any interesting terns, noddies or sulids. Although I had nothing unusual here that morning there was a nice array of birds including several Sooty Oystercatchers, Wandering Tattlers, Sanderling, Ruddy Turnstones and Red-necked Stints plus many Little and Common Terns.

During the following week Steve reported a Red-necked Phalarope which flew in near dusk and was present for a couple of hours the following morning. It repeated this routine on the Friday and at dawn on Saturday a number of Brisbane birders arrived to search for this great find. It was eventually found and enjoyed by all present and even a surfer made his way over to see what the fuss was and Andy quickly asked him if he would like to view the bird in question. To me this is probably the best way to gain tolerance and help educate non-birders that we are not some weird mob rather than (as I’ve seen done) people taking an aggressive attitude straight off the bat when they see people disturbing birds due to ignorance. If people are unaware of the consequences of their actions in these instances

, its best to explain it to them first and then most people are reasonable and will try and change their habits. No-one takes well to being put on the back foot especially when they are unaware of what they have done.

Also on the morning along with numerous waders including Greater Sand-plover, a dark Reef Egret was present, a Common Noddy was observed by some early on and a number of Wedge-tailed Shearwaters were arcing offshore