Aussie Backyard Bird Count Results

The results are in: Hunters Hill observers recorded more than 2700 individual birds during Bird Week.

A snapshot of the activities of local birdwatchers has been compiled from activities during BirdLife Australia’s Aussie Backyard Bird Count.

The count ran from 19 to 25 October 2020.

Each October, people count how many birds they see within 20-minutes in their backyard, local park, or any other area.

This provides a snapshot at the same time each year, allowing organisations to look at trends in bird communities, and enabling community members to make an important contribution to citizen science from their own backyards, local parks, or favourite outdoor spaces.

The results of the 2020 Aussie Backyard Bird Count for the Municipality of Hunters Hill show that:

• 57 observers participated in the bird count, submitting a total of 112 checklists.
• Observers recorded a total of 2741 individual birds during Bird Week.
• 60 bird species were recorded (see table below).

Table: Total count of all 60 bird species observed within the Council of the Municipality of Hunters Hill boundaries during the 2020 Aussie Backyard Bird Count.

*Introduced species; RA = Rare; NT = Near Threatened; VU = Vulnerable; En = Endangered, CE = Critically Endangered (based on IUCN listings; BirdLife Australia, 2019).

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