We arrived in Newcastle yesterday afternoon, ahead of a tropical cyclone which brought strong winds, torrential rain and spectacular thunderstorms. Fortunately the storm had moved through overnight and we awoke to a dry and warm morning – ready for our Stockton beach bird survey. After a leisurely pub lunch we spent the afternoon doing a spot of bush birding. We closed our trip list this evening on 155. With the weather next week forecast to be unpredictable at best our three day adventure to Broughton Island has unfortunately already been cancelled. We’re working on Plan B. Tomorrow is the monthly wader survey – hopefully add a couple more species.