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Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment Community Wildlife Survey 

Page Updated: July 23, 2008

Laughing Kookaburra

White Faced Heron

Brushtailed possum

Long-necked Turtle


1. Please tick the animals that you have seen in and around your backyard or in other parts of the Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment during June-Sept 2008.

Waders / Other Waterbirds
Australian Pelican  Pied Cormorant  Great Cormorant  Little Pied Cormorant
White-faced Heron  Black Swan  Pacific Black Duck  Chestnut Teal
Maned (Wood) Duck  Dusky Moorhen  Purple Swamphen  Masked Lapwing
Silver Gull
Plovers
Spotted Turtle-dove  Peaceful Dove  Crested Pigeon
Eagles/Kites/Falcons
Black-shouldered Kite  Brown Goshawk  White-bellied Sea-eagle
Parrots And Cockatoos
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo  Sulphur Crested Cockatoo  Rainbow Lorikeet
Crimson Rosella  Eastern Rosella
Owls/Frogmouths/Cuckoos
Barking Owl  Powerful Owl  Tawny Frogmouth  Azure Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra  Sacred Kingfisher  Common Koel  Pheasant Coucal
Songbirds
Dollarbird  Welcome Swallow  Fairy Martin  Black-faced Cukoo-shrike
Eastern Yellow Robin  Golden Whistler  Rufous Whistler  Rufous Fantail
Grey Fantail  Willie Wagtail  Eastern Whipbird   Superb Fairy Wren
Variegated Fairy-wren  White-browed Scrubwren  Brown Thornbill  Striated Thornbill
Little Wattlebird  Noisy Miner  Yellow-faced Honeyeater  White-naped Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater  White-cheeked Honeyeater  Eastern Spinebill
Spotted Pardalote  Silvereye  House Sparrow  Red-browned Firetail
Olive-backed Oriole  Spangled Drongo  Australian Magpie Lark  Grey Butcherbird
Australian Magpie  Pied Currawong Australian Raven (Crow)
Others

Reptiles, amphibians, mammals, feral animals - Click here to help with identification of animals.

Turtles
Eastern Long-necked Turtle
Lizards
Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko  Bearded Dragon  Blue Tongued Lizard
Eastern Water Dragon  Skink
Others
Snakes
Red-bellied Black Snake  Eastern Brown Snake  Green Tree Snake
Yellow Faced Whip Snake  Diamond Python
Others
Frogs
Red-crowned Toadlet  Common Eastern Froglet  Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog
Giant Burrowing Frog  Green & Golden Bell Frog  Striped Marsh Frog
Others
Mammals
Brown Antechinus  Long Nosed Bandicoot  Bush Rat  Swamp Wallaby Brush-tailed Possum
Ring-tailed Possum  Grey-headed Flying Fox Echidna  Feather Tail Glider
Others
Feral Animals
Fox  Feral Cat  Rabbit  Common Indian Mynah  Mallard Duck  Muscovy Duck
Others


2. Indicate to what degree you think the following are threats to wildlife living in urban areas.
Threat Level Low
1		 2 3 4 High
5
Cars and traffic
Foxes
Domestic dogs
Shortage of food and habitat
Development of new housing areas
Domestic cats
Feral cats
Bushfires
Water pollution
Weeds invading bushland
Clearing involving loss of vegetation
Any threats that we have missed? Please specify.


3. Warringah and Pittwater Councils implement a number of actions that help protect native
animals and bushland. Please indicate the priority that you think Councils should give to each of
the following:

  Low
1		 2 3 4 High
5

Wildlife Protection Areas - these areas protect wildlife by restricting domestic animal activity within them e.g. cats prohibited

Programs encouraging and enforcing responsible domestic pet ownership
Feral animal control programs

Bushcare groups
Providing safe road crossings for animals

Liaising with Traffic Committees for the reduction of traffic speed limits on roads where there is high fauna mortality
Enforcing tree preservation orders

Restoring natural areas
Any initiatives that we have missed?
Please specify.

4. Local residents can do a number of things in and around their homes to help native wildlife.
Please indicate the priority local residents should give to each.

  Low
1		 2 3 4 High
5

Keeping cats inside at night

Ensuring dogs are not off the lead at any time
in bushland areas

Planting native trees, shrubs and grasses to
attract native birds and animals into your backyard

Avoiding feeding native birds as this can spread
disease in bird populations
Maintain backyard weed control

Creating habitat in your garden by making
hiding holes and sunning spots for lizards, for eg.
with stones, bricks or logs

Disposing of garden prunings and weeds properly
Any simple actions we have missed?
Please specify.


5. What suburb do you live in? *

6. Approimately how long have you lived in the Narrabeen Lagoon catchment area.
Less than 2 years  2-5 years  6-10 years  More than 10 years

7. Would you like to help?
If you would like to help or would like more information, please provide your contact details.

Name
Address
Suburb
Postcode
Phone
Email
Fields marked * are mandatory

Thank you for taking the time to fill in this survey. Personal information provided to Council is subject to the Privacy and Personal Information Act 1998. Survey data will remain confidential. If provided, name and contact details will be used only for the purposes of providing the information or service requested, and will not be connected to the survey data.

Warringah and Pittwater Councils would like to thank and acknowledge Wyong Shire Council and Gosford City Councils for ideas and use of their Community Wildlife Survey document.