Gables Point Rocks Hervey Bay ( 249 counts)
Common name Frequency % Abundance High count
Great Crested Tern 87.6 25.6 285
Silver Gull 53.8 2.2 25
Ruddy Turnstone 51.4 3.4 18
Siberian Sand-Plover 49.4 64.7 919
Pied Cormorant 45.8 3.2 53
Red-necked Stint 44.6 102.9 950
Gray-tailed Tattler 43.4 1.3 12
Pied Oystercatcher 40.2 0.8 12
Caspian Tern 37.3 1.3 14
Greater Sand-Plover 36.9 11.0 185
Little Tern 34.9 12.1 316
Eurasian Whimbrel 31.7 0.7 9
Pacific Golden-Plover 29.3 3.4 72
Sooty Oystercatcher 26.9 0.8 15
Lesser Crested Tern 21.7 0.8 15
Curlew Sandpiper 20.1 0.9 28
Osprey 18.9 0.3 4
Beach Thick-knee 17.3 0.3 5
Wandering Tattler 12.4 0.3 8
Australasian Darter 9.6 0.1 4
Bar-tailed Godwit 7.6 1.3 77
Little Pied Cormorant 7.6 0.3 21
Far Eastern Curlew 7.2 0.1 6
Little Black Cormorant 7.2 0.6 114
Australian Tern 3.6 0.1 7
Tringa sp. 3.2 0.1 4
White-faced Heron 3.2 0.0 3
Australian Pelican 2.8 0.1 4
Striated Heron 2.8 0.0 1
Little Egret 2.0 0.0 6
Terek Sandpiper 2.0 0.1 6
Black-naped Tern 1.6 1.3 316
Brahminy Kite 1.6 0.0 1
Common Tern 1.6 0.1 29
Masked Lapwing 1.6 0.0 2
Australasian Gannet 1.2 0.2 32
Great Egret 1.2 0.0 1
Pacific Reef-Heron 1.2 0.0 1
Australian Ibis 0.8 0.0 2
Great Knot 0.8 0.0 1
Black Noddy 0.4 0.0 1
Chestnut Teal 0.4 0.1 15
Medium Egret 0.4 0.0 1
Red Knot 0.4 0.0 1
Red-capped Plover 0.4 0.7 166
Sanderling 0.4 0.0 1
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 0.4 0.0 2