Fairy Dell Flora Reserve Fairy Dell Flora Reserve is a nature conservation reserve of that may be special significance to the local area of Bruthen. At 80ha in size, it protects an important area of warm temperate rain- seen at forest and is a lovely spot to visit. Facilities onsite include Drop/pit toilets, Picnic tables, Barbeques and a walking track.

The vegetation is dominated by Lily Pilly and forms a unique forest in combination with climbers, vines and ferns. As you Fairy Dell Flora Reserve enter the rainforest, you’ll notice a marked drop in the tem- perature, particularly on a hot day. This moist microclimate of the rainforest helps prevent wildfires and conserves the diversity of unique plant . On the web at The reserve can be reached by taking the Great Alpine Road www.birdlife.org.au/locations/ out of Bairnsdale towards Bruthen. Turn left at Deep Creek b ir d lif e -e a s t -g ip p s la n d Road and follow the signs through the forests.

Postal Address Box 825 Bairnsdale, Victoria, 3875

Em a il [email protected]

Rose Robin. Chris Healey

See also East Gippsland Birding Guide Bruthen http://www.birdlife.org.au/locations/birdlife-east- Birding Guides are available for Bairnsdale, Lindenow, gippsland/publications-eg Mitchell River National Park, Paynesville, Nicholson, Metung, Lakes Entrance, Lake Tyers, Bruthen, Buchan, Nowa Nowa, Marlo, Omeo and Mallacoota.

Bird List Brochures are available for Buchan Caves, Fairy Dell, Oneonta, Lake Tyers & Fishermans Landing, Nyerimilang, Omeo, The Den of Nargun, Gippsland Lakes, Macleod Morass, and Cann River. Marlo and Mallacoota have 2 brochures each, (1. Waterbirds and 2. Bush birds) Updated Jan 2018

Species Species Species

Common Bronzewing White-throated Treecreeper Cicadabird

Topknot Pigeon Red-browed Treecreeper Crested Shrike Tit

Wonga Pigeon Satin Bowerbird Olive Whistler

White-throated Needletail Superb Fairy-wren Golden Whistler

Square-tailed Kite White-browed Scrubwren Rufous Whistler

Whistling Kite Large-billed Scrubwren Grey-Shrike-thrush

Brown Goshawk Brown Gerygone Olive-backed Oriole

Wedge-tailed Eagle White-throated Gerygone Dusky Woodswallow

Australian Hobby Striated Thornbill Grey Butcherbird

Peregrine Falcon Yellow Thornbill Australian Magpie

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Yellow-rumped Thornbill

Gang Gang Cockatoo Buff-rumped Thornbill Grey Currawong

Galah Brown Thornbill Willy Wagtail

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Spotted Rufous Fantail

Rainbow Lorikeet Striated Pardalote Grey Fantail

Musk Lorikeet Eastern Spinebill

Little Lorikeet Lewin's Leaden Flycatcher

Australian King Parrot Yellow-faced Honeyeater Satin Flycatcher

Crimson Rosella White-eared Honeyeater Black-faced Monarch

Eastern Rosella Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Magpie Lark

Horsfield's Bronze- Little Wattlebird White-winged Chough

Shining Bronze-cuckoo Bell Miner Jacky Winter

Pallid Cuckoo Red Wattlebird

Fan-tailed Cuckoo Scarlet Honeyeater Rose Robin

Brush Cuckoo Crescent Honeyeater Eastern Yellow Robin

Powerful Owl New Holland Honeyeater Silvereye

Southern Boobook Brown-headed Honeyeater Welcome

Laughing Kookaburra White-naped Honeyeater Bassian Thrush

Sacred Kingfisher Eastern Whipbird Common Blackbird

Superb Lyrebird Varied Sitella Mistletoebird

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Red-browed Finch

White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Beautiful Firetail