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                             Table 3: Survey results - all species (October 2005-October 2019)
     Common name                        EPBC              Observation         Seasonal          Last            Recent       Count
                                        Status            frequency 19        frequency 20      observed        peak 21      trend
     Resident Tern
     Caspian Tern                       Secure            106                 15                 Sep-19         25            Stable
     Greater Crested Tern               Secure            151                 15                 Sep-19         1,307         Declining
     Australian Tern                    Secure            95                  15                 Sep-19         27            Stable
     Whiskered Tern                     Secure            4                   3                  Oct-14         -             -
     Migratory Tern
     Arctic Tern                        Secure            1                   1                 Jun-10          -             -
     Common Tern                        Secure            82                  15                May-19          1,818         Declining
     Little Tern (Indo-Pacific)         Endangered        65                  14                May-19           181          Declining
     White-winged Tern                  Secure            43                  15                May-19           51           Declining
     Resident Shorebirds
     Australian Pratincole              Secure            1                   1                  Sep-13         -             -
     Banded Lapwing                     Secure            1                   1                  Mar-09         -             -
     Beach Stone-curlew                 Secure            69                  14                 Sep-19         2             Stable
     Pied Stilt                         Secure            17                  11                 Sep-19         3             Stable
     Hooded Dotterel                    Vulnerable        3                   1                  Aug-10         -             -
     Masked Lapwing                     Secure            34                  14                 May-19         1             Stable
     Australian Pied Oystercatcher      Secure            114                 15                 Sep-19         2             Declining
     Red-capped Plover                  Secure            151                 14                 Sep-19         45            Increasing
     Red-necked Avocet 22               Secure            1                   1                  May-18         1             -

     Migratory Shorebirds
     Bar-tailed Godwit (Nunivak)        Vulnerable        139                 15                 Sep-19         43            Declining
     Broad-Billed Sandpiper             Secure            1                   1                  Dec-18         1             -
     Common Greenshank                  Secure            61                  14                 Dec-18         1             Declining
     Curlew Sandpiper                   Critically End.   27                  13                 Nov-17         1             Declining
     Double-Banded Plover               Secure            60                  13                 Aug-19         22            Declining
     Far Eastern Curlew                 Critically End.   71                  13                 Oct-17         1             Declining
     Great Knot                         Critically End.   11                  7                  Oct-17         2             -
     Greater Sand Plover                Vulnerable        11                  15                 Sep-19         1             Stable
     Grey-tailed Tattler                Secure            67                  15                 Sep-19         1             Declining
     Lesser Sand Plover                 Endangered        60                  8                  May-19         2             -
     Pacific Golden Plover              Secure            136                 15                 Sep-19         52            Stable
     Red Knot (Siberian)                Endangered        6                   5                  Dec-18         1             -
     Red-necked Stint                   Secure            93                  15                 Feb-19         10            Declining
     Ruddy Turnstone                    Secure            16                  12                 Dec-18         3             -
     Sanderling                         Secure            3                   2                  Dec-18         1             -
     Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper             Secure            35                  14                 Mar-19         2             Declining
     Terek Sandpiper                    Secure            6                   4                  Dec-18         1             -
     Whimbrel (Eurasian)                Secure            139                 15                 Sep-19         37            Stable

     Gulls
     Silver Gull                        Secure            151                 15                 Sep-19         96            Declining

     Wading Birds
     Australian White Ibis              Secure            58                  8                  Sep-19         10           Stable
     Black-necked Stork                 Secure            4                   2                  Mar-11         -            -
     Great Egret                        Secure            32                  8                  Sep-19         2            Stable
     Little Egret                       Secure            68 23               8                  Sep-19         3            Stable
     Striated Heron                     Secure            33                  11                 Mar-19         1            Declining
     White-Faced Heron                  Secure            113                 14                 Sep-19         3            Declining

     Water Birds
     Australasian Darter                Secure            14                  7                 Sep-19          1             Stable
     Australian Pelican                 Secure            134                 15                Sep-19          46            Stable
     Black Swan                         Secure            1                   1                 Oct-06          -             -
     Chestnut Teal                      Secure            1                   1                 May-11          -             -
     Great Cormorant                    Secure            20                  9                 Sep-19          3             Stable
     Little Black Cormorant             Secure            115                 15                Sep-19          112           Declining
     Little Pied Cormorant              Secure            21                  9                 Jun-19          2             Stable
     Pacific Black Duck                 Secure            61                  13                Mar-19          8             Stable
     Australian Pied Cormorant          Secure            142                 15                Sep-19          29            Declining
     Seabirds
     Australasian Gannet                Secure            1                   1                  Jun-19         -             -
     Great Frigate bird                 Secure            2                   1                  Feb-10         -             -


19
   Number of high tide surveys each species was observed (total = 151 surveys conducted).
20
   Number of years each species observed (total = 15 years)
21
   Maximum number of that species observed in any daylight high tide or evening survey (terns) over last 24 months.
22
   At the commencement of the survey in 2005, the Red-Necked Avocet was incorporated into the survey database within the sub-group of wading
birds per then accepted practice. The single sighting of the Red-Necked Avocet is hence included in the wading bird sub-group for this analysis.
23
   Data for the Little Egret, Great Egret and Australia White Ibis only available from 2012 due to change in survey collection methods

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