Zoochat Big Year 2025

Dr. Wolverine said:
Mammals:

1. Japanese Macaque

Birds:

1. Japanese Tit
2. Varied Tit
3. Long Tailed Tit
2. Eurasian Nuthatch
3. Japanese Woodpecker
4. Great Spotted Woodpecker
5. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
6. Red Flanked Bluetail
7. Japanese Wagtail
8. Eurasian Wren
9. Pale Thrush
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Mammals

1. Japanese Macaque

Birds:

1. Japanese Tit
2. Varied Tit
3. Long Tailed Tit
2. Eurasian Nuthatch
3. Japanese Woodpecker
4. Great Spotted Woodpecker
5. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
6. Red Flanked Bluetail
7. Japanese Wagtail
8. Eurasian Wren
9. Pale Thrush
10. Willow Tit
11. White Wagtail
12. Brown Dipper
 

Mammals:

1/2/25

1. White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)


Birds:

1/1/25

1. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
2. American Crow (Odocoileus virginianus)
3. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
4. Dark-Eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)


Total:

Mammals: 1
Birds: 4
 
I spent the day traveling around Helsinki trying to find as many rare birds that had been previously sighted. Thankfully I was able to easily find all my target species, with a few that I wasn't even looking for being picked up as well.

Mammals

2. European red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris

Birds

40. Gray heron, Ardea cinerea
41. Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
42. Great egret, Ardea alba
43. Gray wagtail, Motacilla cinerea
44. Coal tit, Periparus ater
45. Eurasian nuthatch, Sitta europaea
 
My last day on Anglesey was spent travelling around the island to various birding locations. We also got lucky with a particular mammal that the island hosts and the mainland does not. The species seen:

Penrhos Coastal Park:
70) Brent Goose Branta bernicla
71) Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus

2) European Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris
RSPB South Stack:
72) Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
73) Common Raven Corvus corax
74) European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
Between South Stack & Cemlyn Bay:
75) Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
76) Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
77) Great black-backed Gull Larus marinus
78) Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Cemlyn Bay:
79) Little Egret Egretta garzetta
80) Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
81) Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
82) Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
83) Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Red Wharf Bay:
84) Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Spinnies Aberogwen:
85) Coal Tit Periparus ater
 
birdsandbats said:
As is tradition for me, I did a Big Day on January 1st. I didn't get to do one last year, since I was in Costa Rica - but my incidental non-Big Day birding that day still beat out my total today by a lot. This isn't even my top total in a Wisconsin New Year's Big Day, as the snow storm made visibility difficult. Still always fun to start out the year, though!

Birds
1. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
2. American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
3. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
4. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
5. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
6. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
7. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
8. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
9. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
10. Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
11. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
12. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
13. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
14. Redhead Aythya americana
15. Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
16. American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
17. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
18. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
19. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
20. Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
21. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
22. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
23. Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus
24. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
25. Rock Pigeon Columbia livia
26. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
27. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
28. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
29. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
30. Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
31. Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
32. American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
33. Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
34. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
35. House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
36. Common Raven Corvus corax
37. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
38. Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
39. Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
40. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
41. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
42. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis

Mammals
1. White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
2. Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
3. American Mink Neogale vison
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Birds
43. White Wagtail Motacilla alba
44. Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
45. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
46. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
 
Hello. Still spending my days inside. Hopefully a visit to Parque Marapendi and Parque Natural Municipal Bosque da Barra will give me many more taxa tomorrow.

11. (Pitangus sulphuratus) - Great kiskadee
 
Dr. Wolverine said:
Mammals

1. Japanese Macaque

Birds:

1. Japanese Tit
2. Varied Tit
3. Long Tailed Tit
2. Eurasian Nuthatch
3. Japanese Woodpecker
4. Great Spotted Woodpecker
5. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
6. Red Flanked Bluetail
7. Japanese Wagtail
8. Eurasian Wren
9. Pale Thrush
10. Willow Tit
11. White Wagtail
12. Brown Dipper
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The Japanese tit has recently been lumped into the cinereous tit (Parus cinereus).
 
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Ituri said:
Took a drive into the Flint Hills in the afternoon where I got a mammal that I've never seen in Kansas before!

MAMMALS:
2 American Badger - Taxidea taxus

BIRDS:
20 Rock Pigeon - Columba livia
21 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis
22 Rough-legged Hawk - Buteo lagopus
23 Northern Harrier - Circus hudsonius
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24 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
25 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
26 Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
27 Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
28 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
29 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
30 Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
31 Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
32 Common Loon - Gavia immer
33 Double-crested Cormorant - Nannopterum auritum
 
Happy New Year everyone. First post of the year for me. It was awfully quiet pelagic birding on my way back to Brisbane. However, the very calm water brought in a large pod of new dolphins and the big white tropicbirds were a constant at least. Red-footed Booby was a lovely surprise. A few species were quickly picked up around the Port of Brisbane as I got back to Brisbane yesterday and then I went to Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve today to search for showy Spotless Crakes without success but did see a reasonable range of species. It’s always good to get all three Brisbane fairywrens in a day and I enjoyed some choice dragonflies like Australian Tigers. I hope to get into the rainforest, out west and out to the mudflats soon to bulk up the list.

Mammals:
01) Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata

Birds:
01) Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi
02) Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
03) Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
04) Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
05) Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
06) Red-footed Booby Sula sula
07) Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
08) Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
09) Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
10) Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
11) Black Swan Cygnus atratus
12) Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
13) Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
14) Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
15) Feral Pigeon Columba livia
16) Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
17) Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
18) Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
19)Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
20) Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
21) Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
22) Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
23) Striated Heron Butorides striata
24) Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
25) Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
26) Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
27) Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
28) Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta
29) Magpie-Lark Grallina cyanoleuca
30) Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
31) Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
32) Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis
33) Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
34) Black-shouldered Lapwing Vanellus (miles) novaehollandiae
35) Torresian Crow Corvus orru
36) Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
37) Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
38) Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
39) Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
40) Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
41) White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
42) Australian Brush-turkey Alectura lathami
43) Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
44) Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
45) Little Egret Egretta garzetta
46) Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
47) Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
48) Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
49) Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
50) Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti
51) Lewin’s Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
52) Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
53) Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
54) Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
55) Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
56) Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
57) Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
58) Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
59) Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
60) Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus
61) Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
62) Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
63) Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
64) Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
65) House Sparrow Passer domesticus
66) Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea

Herptiles:
01)Garden Skink Lampropholis delicata
02) Dark Bar-sided Skink Concinnia martini
03) Eastern Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii

Inverts:
01)Clanger Psaltoda claripennis
02)Grey Wall Jumping Spider Menemerus bivittatus
03)Swamp Tiger Danaus affinis
04)Cabbage White Pieris rapae
05)Dome-Web Spider Cyrtophora moluccensis
06)Humped Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila plumipes
07)Wide-brand Grass-Dart Suniana sunias
08)Silver Orb Spider Leucauge dromedaria
09)Common Grass-Blue Zizina labradus
10)Sumpigaster fasciatus [bristle fly]
11)Black Soldier Fly Hermetia illucens
12)Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans
13)Varied Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina
14) Bathroom Moth Fly Clogmia albipunctata
15) Celtis Leaf Beetle Menippus cynicus
16) Orchard Swallowtail Papilio aegeus
17) Black-headed Skimmer Crocothemis nigrifrons
18) European Honeybee Apis mellifera
19) Lemon Migrant Catopsilia pomona
20) Common Crow Euploea core
21) Scarlet Jezebel Delias argenthona
22) Yellow-striped Flutterer Rhyothemis phyllis
23) Blue Skimmer Orthetrum caledonicum
24) Palemouth Brachydiplax denticauda
25) Australian Tiger Ictinogomphus australis
26) Variable Ladybird Coelophora inaequalis
27) Slender Skimmer Orthetrum sabina
 
Osedax said:
Reptiles
1. Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)
2. Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama leseurii)
3. Common Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis guichenoti)
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Reptiles
4. Common Blue-tongue (Tiliqua scincoides)

Also, I have misidentified the Lampropholis skinks I have been seeing. All the ones I have seen this year so far should be L. delicata (Delicate Garden Sunskink) rather than L. guichenoti (Common Garden Sunskink).
 
First post for me this year and first time starting the big year from 1st Jan so looking forward to seeing what I come across as well as reading all the great lists! I only list birds I have managed to get a decent photo of. It was a fortunate start on a few days out with some of my favourite small birds and great views of flying cranes.

Whipsnade offered a familiar bird and nice views of a Kestrel

1. Robin, Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2025
2. Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2025

A bit of garden snapping yielded

3. House Sparrow, Passer domesticus 01/01/2025
4. Starling, Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2025

RSPB Frampton was the first bird focused day of the year, the Stonechats in particular were super showy for the camera

5. Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, 02/01/2025
6. Greylag Goose, Anser anser 02/01/2025
7. Brent Goose, Branta bernicla 02/01/2025
8. Stonechat, Saxicola rubicola 02/01/2025
9. Magpie, Pica pica 02/01/2025
10. Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2025
11. Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus 02/01/2025
12. Widgeon, Anas penelope 02/01/2025
13. Little Egret, Egretta garzetta 02/01/2025
14. Curlew, Numenius arquata 02/01/2025
15. Canada Goose, Branta canadensis 02/01/2025
16. Teal, Anas crecca 02/01/2025

Slimbridge on a chilly but very bright day yielded some great views including Coal tit, Crane and a Kingfisher. Might be some other small waders from this one, need to take a closer look at the pictures. There was also a non counting but wild Black Swan, one of a couple of vagrant birds seen regualrly around the reserve, this time annmoying two mute swans who 'own' one of the smaller water areas. Nice pictures as was super close but not one for the number overall.

17. Long tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus 03/01/2025
18. Great tit, Parus major 03/01/2025
19. Blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus 03/01/2025
20. Coal tit, Periparus ater 03/01/2025
21. Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis 03/01/2025
22. Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba 03/01/2025
23. Jackdaw, Coloeus monedula 03/01/2025
24. Bewick swan, Cygnus columbianus bewickii 03/01/2025
25. Pintail, Anas acuta 03/01/2025
26. Shelduck, Tadorna tadorna 03/01/2025
27. Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula 03/01/2025
28. Mute swan, Cygnus olor 03/01/2025
29. Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos 03/01/2025
30. Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra 03/01/2025
31. Redshank, Tringa totanus 03/01/2025
32. Carrion Crow, Corvus corone 03/01/2025
33. Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs 03/01/2025
34. Dunnock, Prunella modularis 03/01/2025
35. Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis 03/01/2025
36. Common Crane, Grus grus 03/01/2025
37. Herring gull, Larus argentatus 03/01/2025
38. Song Thrush, Turdus philomelos 03/01/2025
39. Blackbird, Turdus merula 03/01/2025
40. Woodpigeon, Columba palumbus 03/01/2025
41. Feral pigeon, Columba livia 03/01/2025

And a first mammal

1. Grey Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
 
So far my nicest wildlife observation this year was a group of several (7 to 10, saw them from a train so didn't get an exact number), including one melanistic individual. I've seen a fair number of roe deer before, but this was my first melanistic one.

Mammals

1) Western roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
2) House mouse (Mus musculus)

Birds

1) Carrion crow (Corvus corone)
2) Western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
3) Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
4) European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
5) Grey heron (Ardea cinerea)
6) Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
7) House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
8) Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)
9) Feral pigeon (Columba livia domestica)
10) Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
11) Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
12) Eurasian kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
13) Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
14) Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
15) Western greylag goose (Anser anser anser)
 
DesertRhino150 said:
As it happens, I didn't get out today. However, I still nearly doubled my bird list just by watching from my bedroom window:

8. Stock dove, Columba oenas
9. European robin, Erithacus rubecula
10. Eurasian blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus
11. Western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula
12. Common buzzard, Buteo buteo
13. Pied wagtail, Motacilla alba
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Yesterday was really not all that great for birds, seeing as I only added a single additional species to my year list:

14. Coal tit, Periparus ater

However, my visit to Colchester Zoo today doubled the number of bird species I have seen this year. The first three were seen at home just before setting out, numbers eighteen through to twenty-two were on seen on the way to the zoo, the next five were on the zoo grounds and the last one was seen on the way home afterwards:

15. Carrion crow, Corvus corone
16. Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
17. House sparrow, Passer domesticus
18. Feral pigeon, Columba livia
19. European herring gull, Larus argentatus
20. Rook, Corvus frugilegus
21. Common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus
22. European starling, Sturnus vulgaris
23. Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
24. Common gull, Larus canus
25. Dunnock, Prunella modularis
26. Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
27. Great tit, Parus major
28. Eurasian skylark, Alauda arvensis
 
birdsandbats said:
Birds
43. White Wagtail Motacilla alba
44. Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
45. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
46. Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
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First lifer of the year, in the form of a twitch I did today:

Birds
47. Brown Creeper Certhia americana
48. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
49. Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
 
First full birding day with a nice mix of local classics like dipper and Willow Tit, and a few surprises like Whooper Swans at Ogston. The biggest part of the below (28-50) were from Carsington Water, where the regular winter treat of a wintering Great Northern Diver was joined by the additional and much less regular winter treat of a wintering Red-throated Diver. A few other stops in Derbyshire and some incidental birding fill out the rest - and a specific drive up to Big Moor to prevent Eastern Grey Squirrel being Mammal One more-or-less out of spite was entirely successful. :D

Mammals:
1. Red Deer - Cervus elaphus

Birds:
19. Feral Pigeon - Columba livia
20. European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
21. Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus
22. European Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus
23. Common Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
24. European Nuthatch - Sitta europaea
25. Dunnock - Prunella modularis
26. European Greenfinch - Chloris chloris
27. Common Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus
28. Barnacle Goose - Branta leucopsis
29. European Pochard - Aythya ferina
30. Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis
31. Great Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo
32. Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus
33. European Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula
34. Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus
35. Willow Tit - Poecile montanus
36. Great Tit - Parus major
37. Eurasian Wigeon - Mareca penelope
38. Gadwall - Mareca strepera
39. Redwing - Turdus iliacus
40. Pied (White) Wagtail - Motacilla alba
41. Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus
42. Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
43. Red-throated Diver - Gavia stellata
44. Great Northern Diver - Gavia immer
45. Greater Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus
46. Common Redshank - Tringa totanus
47. Common Teal - Anas crecca
48. Eurasian Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
49. Coal Tit - Periparus ater
50. Northern Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus
51. Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo
52. White-throated Dipper - Cinclus cinclus
53. Goldcrest - Regulus regulus
54. Greylag Goose - Anser anser
55. Whooper Swan - Cygnus cygnus
56. Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
57. European Stonechat - Saxicola rubicola
58. European Herring Gull - Larus argentatus

:)
 
Ituri said:
24 Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
25 Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
26 Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
27 Greater Scaup - Aythya marila
28 Lesser Scaup - Aythya affinis
29 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola
30 Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
31 Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis
32 Common Loon - Gavia immer
33 Double-crested Cormorant - Nannopterum auritum
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Picked up a couple more running errands today.

34 Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris
35 Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
 
MOG2012 said:
Oh yeah, I meant an American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus, I must have recorded it down wrong
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BIRDS
3. Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

After a couple days of only seeing squirrels and the sparrows, I finally saw some rock pigeons in my area today. There are definitely a lot of animals I could've saw but I wasn't as alert as I wanted to be.
 
Hello. As expected, my visit to Parque Marapendi and Bosque da Barra were filled with wildlife (albeit I visited the latter at around 11 in the morning).

BIRDS

12. (Vanellus chilensis) - Southern lapwing
13. (Ardea alba) - Great white egret
14. (Nannopterum brasilianum) - Neotropical cormorant
15. (Egretta thula) - Snowy egret
16. (Ardea cocoi) - Cocoi heron
17. (Fregata magnificens) - Magnificent frigatebird
18. (Chloroceryle americana) - Green kingfisher
19. (Fluvicola nengeta) - Masked water tyrant
20. (Sicalis flaveola) - Saffron finch
21. (Aramides cajaneus) - Gray-cowled wood rail
22. (Dendrocygna viduata) - White-faced whistling duck
24. (Penelope superciliaris) - Rusty-margined guan

REPTILES

25. (Salvator merianae) - Argentine black-and-white tegu
26. (Caiman latirostris) - Broad-snouted caiman!!!

I also heard a roadside hawk plus various birds I could not really identify.
 
Osedax said:
Reptiles
4. Common Blue-tongue (Tiliqua scincoides)

Also, I have misidentified the Lampropholis skinks I have been seeing. All the ones I have seen this year so far should be L. delicata (Delicate Garden Sunskink) rather than L. guichenoti (Common Garden Sunskink).
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Saw this one in the moat of the tree kangaroo exhibit at Taronga today.

Reptiles
5. Eastern Snake-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
 
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