The Bellingen Birders HOW TO GET HERE This brochure has been produced in cooperation with Bellingen connects the ocean beaches and the rainforest Birders.This is a sociable and informal group which has a monthly of Coffs Coast with the Great outing (usually on the third Sunday of the month). Dividing Range, Armidale and For details phone Richard Jordan (02) 6655 9456 or Mandy the New England Tableland. Find Wright (02) 6655 7172. They are happy to answer any of your yourself in ’s best semi- tropical climate, midway between birding questions such as the best spots to find particular species. and Brisbane on the sun For those with 4WD vehicles you might like to search for the local soaked Coffs Coast. population of the endangered Rufous Scrub-bird. CAR Birders are kindly asked to report to Richard or Mandy any Drive the coastal route (Pacific unusual sightings, especially of birds shown with an asterix (*) ) from Brisbane or BELLINGEN • DORRIGO Sydney or travel the New England Birds in the list or which are not listed at all. Written records can be Highway to Armidale and explore & SURROUNDS submitted to: PO Box 449 Bellingen NSW 2454 or the chain of superb national parks [email protected] bordering Waterfall Way en route. Combine an inland and coastal circuit from Sydney or Brisbane to enjoy this dramatic landscape and altitude change. AIR Fly direct to Coffs Coast Airport (20 mins from Waterfall Way) from Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne. TRAIN Countrylink trains daily – stop at Urunga by appointment. BUS Sydney-Brisbane buses stop at Urunga. BYBUS runs buses alongWaterfall Way on Mon, Wed and Fri. Go to www.bybus.com.au

Visitor Information Centres Pacific Highway, Urunga Phone: 02 6655 5711 More to explore… Coffs Coast Pick up one of our other Guides to help you explore our beautiful Cnr Pacific Hwy & McLean St area further:Walking – Bellingen & surrounds, ArtsTrail – Urunga Phone: 02 6648 4990 Bellingen and Dorrigo, Scenic Drives – Driving the BellingerValley, Waterfall Way Centre Waterfalls – On the Waterfall Way. Hyde Street, Bellingen Phone: 02 6655 1522 waterfallway Dorrigo Rainforest Centre Dome Road, Dorrigo Phone: 02 6657 2309 Dorrigo Hickory Street, Dorrigo dorrigo  bellingen  urunga Phone: 02 6657 2486

Printed March 2011. Electronic version available online @ www.waterfallway.com Graphic design & layout by [email protected] www.waterfallway.com Birds inBELLINGEN • DORRIGO & SURROUNDS NORTH BANK ROAD TO BELLINGEN AND POINT LOOKOUT This is the best route for the birder from the Pacific Highway to Take the Waterfall Way climbing up the Between Dorrigo and Armidale you should stop at Ebor Falls.This Bellingen. Take the Bellingen turn from the highway then follow coastal escarpment towards Dorrigo is drier country and you will find some birds that do not occur the route shown on the map to the start of North Bank Road. There plateau. Turn right 2 kms before town to closer to the coast, such as Red-browed Treecreeper and White- are several wetlands both sides of the road – worth a stop. Look Dorrigo Rainforest Centre. From here the eared Honeyeater. The lower picnic area is often the best for especially for Brolga and Black-necked short walk to The Glade is one of the best birding. GREY GOSHAWK Stork (Jabiru), and Chestnut-breasted short rainforest bird walks in NSW. You may Further on take the left turn to Mannikin in areas of roadside long grass. see, amongst other species, Pale-yellow Robin, Green Catbird, Point Lookout (it also goes to the Once in Bellingen look for Square-tailed Paradise Riflebird, Grey Goshawk and Noisy Pitta. There are Trout Hatchery).Though mostly Kite cruising low overhead.Turn into Dowle longer walks as well. Excellent maps of the tracks and advice are unsealed it is usually fine for 2WD Street (see detailed map) there is a grassy available at the Rainforest Centre, which is operated by the National and leads to a spectacular viewpoint BLACK-NECKED STORK area on the left, just before the Christian Parks and Wildlife Service of NSW. looking over the forested ranges to SUPERB LYREBIRD Life Church. You will be amongst a colony If you have time for a long forest drive and have a car with reasonable the coast. In summer look for Flame Robin, whilst in the cold months of Grey-Headed Flying-foxes (often with clearance ask at the Rainforest Centre about the‘loop’ road in Nymboi the male Superb Lyrebirds are at the peak of their displays.They are a few Black Flying-foxes). Check out the Binderay National tame enough for you to approach quite closely. Listen for the melodic information display then walk into the forest Park, via Platypus Flat, ‘flute’ call, which is special to the area, as well as a wide range of on Bellingen Island to look for rainforest Cascade and Megan. mimicry of other birds. birds. You might findWompoo Fruit- You can be assured of If you are driving on to Armidale look for TSR (Travelling Stock Dove, Barred Cuckoo-shrike and Regent a good bird list. Reserve) signs on gates.You can enter here and the birding can be Bowerbird when the fig trees are fruiting. excellent as the habitat will be relatively undisturbed. WOMPOO FRUIT-DOVE

www.waterfallway.com Birds inBELLINGEN • DORRIGO & SURROUNDS DETAIL OF NORTH BELLINGEN SHOWING NORTH BANK ROAD, EMU, MOUND- Ibis, Straw-necked PIGEONS, DOVES CUCKOOS BUILDERS, QUAIL Spoonbill, Royal Dove, Rock Cuckoo, Pallid DOWLE STREET AND BELLINGEN ISLAND Emu* Spoonbill,Yellow-billed Pigeon,White-headed Cuckoo, Brush Brush-turkey, Australian Stork, Black-necked* Turtle-Dove, Spotted Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Quail, Brown* Cuckoo-Dove, Brown Bronze-Cuckoo,H/field's Quail, King* Dove, Emerald* Bronze-Cuckoo,Shining SWAN, GEESE, DUCKS, Bronzewing, Common* Koel, Common GREBES Pigeon, Crested Cuckoo, Channel-billed Dove, Peaceful Coucal, Pheasant Whistling-Duck,Plumed* Dove, Bar-shouldered Whistling-Duck,Wander* PURPLE SWAMPHEN NIGHTBIRDS Duck, Musk* Owl, Powerful* Duck, Freckled* BUTTON-QUAILS Boobook, Southern Black, Swan Button-quail, Little* Owl, Sooty* Wood Duck, Australian Button-quail, Painted* Owl, Masked* Mallard WADERS Owl, Barn Duck, Pacific Black PACIFIC BAZA Snipe, Latham’s* Frogmouth, Tawny Shoveler, Australasian Godwit, Black-tailed* Nightjar,White-throated* BIRDS OF PREY Owlet-nightjar,Australian Teal, Grey Godwit, Bar-tailed B-SHOULDERED DOVE Teal, Chestnut Osprey, Eastern Whimbrel CRIMSON ROSELLA SWIFTS, KINGFISHERS Duck, Pink-eared* Baza, Pacific* Curlew, Eastern Needletail,Wh.-throated Kite, Black-shouldered Pigeon, Wonga Hardhead Sandpiper, Marsh* Fruit-Dove, Wompoo Lorikeet, Musk Swift, Fork-tailed* Grebe, Australasian Kite, Square-tailed Greenshank, Common Lorikeet, Little* Kingfisher, Azure Kite, Whistling Fruit-Dove,Rose-crown* Grebe, Hoary-headed Sandpiper, Common Pigeon, Topknot King-Parrot, Australian Kookaburra, Laughing Grebe, Great Crested* Kite, Brahminy Tattler, Grey-tailed Rosella, Crimson Kingfisher, Forest* Sea-Eagle,White-bellied SEABIRDS Tattler, Wandering* Rosella, Eastern Kingfisher, Sacred Harrier, Spotted* Turnstone, Ruddy* Parrot, Swift* Bee-eater, Rainbow Shearwater, Wedge- Harrier, Swamp tailed Knot, Red* Dollarbird DETAIL OF NEW ENGLAND NATIONAL PARK SHOWING POINT Gannet, Australasian Sanderling* Goshawk, Brown Stint, Red-necked * LOOKOUT, WRIGHT'S LOOKOUT AND STYX RIVER STATE FOREST CORMORANTS, Goshawk, Grey Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed* PELICAN Sparrowhawk, Collared Jacana, Comb-crested* Darter Eagle, Wedge-tailed Stone-curlew, Beach* Cormorant, Little Pied Eagle, Little Oystercatcher, Pied GLOSSYBK-COCKATOO Cormorant, Pied Falcon, Brown Oystercatcher, Sooty Cormorant, Little Black Hobby, Australian Stilt, Black-winged COCKATOOS, PARROTS Cormorant, Great Falcon, Peregrine Plover, Pacific Golden Black-Cockatoo, Glossy* Pelican, Australian Kestrel, Nankeen Plover, Red-capped Black-Cockatoo,Y/tailed HERONS, IBIS, Plover, Double-banded* Galah SPOONBILLS Plover, Lesser Sand* Corella, Long-billed Heron, White-faced Plover, Greater Sand* Corella, Little FAN-TAILED CUCKOO Egret, Little WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE Dotterel, Black-fronted Cockatoo, Sulphur-crest Egret, Eastern Reef* BROLGA, CRAKES, Dotterel, Red-kneed* Lorikeet, Rainbow Heron, White-necked RAILS Lapwing, Masked Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted Egret, Great Brolga* GULLS, TERNS, Egret, Intermediate Rail, Buff-banded NODDIES Egret, Cattle Rail, Lewin’s* Gull, Silver Heron, Striated Crake, Baillon’s* Tern, Gull-billed Night Heron, Nankeen Crake, Aust. Spotted* Tern, Caspian Bittern, Little* Crake, Spotless* Tern, Crested Bittern, Black* Swamphen, Purple Tern, Common Ibis, Glossy* Moorhen, Dusky Tern, Little Ibis, Australian White Coot, Eurasian Tern, Whiskered* AUST. KING-PARROT EASTERN ROSELLA

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Honeyeater, Brown MISTLETOEBIRD Honeyeater,Wh.-cheek Mistletoebird Honeyeater,New Holland SWALLOWS, MARTINS Spinebill, Eastern Swallow, Welcome Honeyeater, Scarlet Martin, Tree Martin, Fairy

GOLDEN WHISTLER VARIED TRILLER GREY FANTAIL QUAIL-THRUSHES MAGPIE, & ALLIES Willie Wagtail BUTCHERBIRDS Quail-thrush, Spotted* Drongo, Spangled VAR. FAIRY-WREN Butcherbird, Grey TAWNY FROGMOUTH Sittella, Varied CUCKOO-SHRIKES, Butcherbird, Pied SCRUBWRENS, ALLIES WHISTLERS & ORIOLES PITTAS, LYREBIRDS, Magpie, Australian Scrubwren, Y/throated SHRIKE-THRUSH Cuckoo-shrike, Bl.-faced TREECREEPERS Currawong, Pied Scrubwren,White-brow Shrike-tit, Crested Cuckoo-shrike, Barred* Pitta, Noisy* RED WATTLEBIRD Riflebird, Paradise Scrubwren, Large-billed Whistler, Golden Cuckoo-shrike,W/bellied Lyrebird, Superb Warbler, Speckled* Whistler, Rufous Cicadabird Scrub-bird, Rufous* Weebill Shrike-thrush, Little* Triller, White-winged Treecreeper,Wh.-throat SATIN BOWERBIRD Gerygone, Brown Shrike-thrush, Grey Triller, Varied Treecreeper, Red-brow Gerygone, Mangrove Oriole, Olive-backed SPARROWS, FINCHES Treecreeper, Brown Gerygone,White-throat Figbird Sparrow, House Finch, Double-barred AZURE KINGFISHER Thornbill, Brown WOODSWALLOWS Finch, Red-browed Thornbill, Buff-rumped Woodswallow,W/breast Firetail, Diamond* Thombill,Yellow-rumped EASTERN SPINEBILL Woodswallow, Dusky Thombill, Yellow Mannikin,Chestnut-br.* Thombill, Striated CHATS, ROBINS PIED BUTCHERBIRD Goldfinch, European Jacky Winter Robin, Scarlet RUFOUS WHISTLER RAVENS, CROWS, Robin, Flame* MUD-NESTERS SILVEREYE Robin, Rose MAGPIE LARK, Raven, Australian* Robin, Hooded* FLYCATCHERS Raven, Forest WARBLERS,THRUSHES SACRED KINGFISHER WT–TREECREEPER Robin, Pale-yellow Monarch, Black-faced Crow, Torresian Reed-Warbler, Aust. BROWN THORNBILL Robin, Eastern Yellow Monarch, Spectacled Chough,White-winged Grassbird, Tawny* Monarch,White-eared* AUST. WRENS, WELCOME SWALLOW BOWERBIRDS, PIPITS Grassbird, Little* HONEYEATERS Flycatcher, Leaden PARDALOTES Catbird, Green Cisticola, Golden- Wattlebird, Red Flycatcher, Satin* Fairy-wren, Superb Bowerbird, Regent MISTLETOEBIRD headed Wattlebird, Little Flycatcher, Restless Fairy-wren, Variegated Bowerbird, Satin Silvereye Honeyeater, Striped Magpie-lark Fairy-wren, Red-backed Pipit, Australasian Thrush, Bassian Friarbird, Noisy Fantail, Rufous Pardalote, Spotted Thrush, Russet-tailed Friarbird, Little Fantail, Grey Pardalote, Striated Honeyeater, Regent* MYNA, STARLING Honeyeater, Blue-faced Starling, Common Myna, Common Miner, Bell ROSE ROBIN Miner, Noisy Honeyeater, Lewin’s BABBLERS,WHIPBIRDS Photographs in this Honeyeater, Y/faced Logrunner publication are all Honeyeater,White-eared Babbler, Grey-crowned* courtesy of Terry Honeyeater, Fuscous Whipbird, Eastern and Anne Evans, Honeyeater,Black-chinn* and special thanks Honeyeater, Brown-hd are due to them. L. KOOKABURRA SUBERB FAIRY-WREN Honeyeater,White-naped BLACK-FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE GREY BUTCHERBIRD

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