Tadorna tadornoides
Australian Shelduck at Laggan, NSW
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| Tadorna tadornoides | MichaelBedingfield | 20 Nov 2025 | |
| Tadorna tadornoides | Jodo | 19 Nov 2025 |
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5 comments
20 Nov 2025
Thanks Jodie. If you have more pictures to show they would be welcome.
20 Nov 2025
Try contacting Wires: For all wildlife rescues call 1300 094 737 ... See:- https://www.wires.org.au/wires-southerntablelands
30 Nov 2025
Hi Micheal sorry to reply very slowly, just busy working.
I do not want anything to do with wires, too much red tape and other issues I have personally faced.
But appreciate the thought about their rescue work...
They have all been released with the help of a private conservationist at his beautiful wetlands near Gunning.
We can only hope they have a chance to survive there and breed into the future.
Thankyou & appreciate this amazing website
Jodie
I do not want anything to do with wires, too much red tape and other issues I have personally faced.
But appreciate the thought about their rescue work...
They have all been released with the help of a private conservationist at his beautiful wetlands near Gunning.
We can only hope they have a chance to survive there and breed into the future.
Thankyou & appreciate this amazing website
Jodie
1 Dec 2025
Ok Jodie, hope the new location works well for the ducklings. We are happy to see anything of interest on your property.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.469686-34.366340
- Places Laggan, NSW
Sighting information
- 30 Abundance
- 14 Nov 2023 05:23 PM Recorded on
- Jodo Recorded by
- Yes Nesting site
Collections
- Jodo NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Tadorna tadornoides Pinned Waterfowl (Ducks, Geese, Swans) Water birds Birds
Species information
- Tadorna tadornoides Scientific name
- Australian Shelduck Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1141m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Tadorna (Casarca) tadornoides
Seasonal activity
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