Birds of the Tweed Valley
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Chestnut-breasted and Grassbird Little Prepared by BirdLife Northern Rivers Rivers Northern BirdLife by Prepared Flycatcher, Golden-headed Cisticola, Australian Reed-Warbler, Reed-Warbler, Australian Cisticola, Golden-headed Flycatcher, Triller, White-breasted Woodswallow, Willie Wagtail, Restless Restless Wagtail, Willie Woodswallow, White-breasted Triller, Eastern Rosella, Noisy Friarbird, Cicadabird, White-winged White-winged Cicadabird, Friarbird, Noisy Rosella, Eastern Snipe, Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted Black-Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed Snipe, Black-fronted Dotterel, Comb-crested Jacana, Latham’s Latham’s Jacana, Comb-crested Dotterel, Black-fronted (02) 6672 1340 or (07) 5536 6737 5536 (07) or 1340 6672 (02) White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Purple Swamphen, Eurasian Coot, Coot, Eurasian Swamphen, Purple Sea-Eagle, White-bellied Visitor Information Centres: Centres: Information Visitor Great Cormorant, Intermediate Egret, Black-shouldered Kite, Kite, Black-shouldered Egret, Intermediate Cormorant, Great birdlife.org.au Australasian Grebe, Wonga Pigeon, Australasian Darter, Darter, Australasian Pigeon, Wonga Grebe, Australasian For more information visit our website our visit information more For BIRDS SIGHTED INCLUDE: INCLUDE: SIGHTED BIRDS Black Swan, Hardhead, Hardhead, Swan, Black all visitors wishing to join us. join to wishing visitors all outings and extend a warm welcome to to welcome warm a extend and outings site. don’t forget your scope. Fresh water and toilet facilities are on on are facilities toilet and water Fresh scope. your forget don’t BirdLife Northern Rivers conduct monthly monthly conduct Rivers Northern BirdLife close to the water’s edge, a great vantage point for viewing so so viewing for point vantage great a edge, water’s the to close There is an undercover picnic area on well maintained grounds grounds maintained well on area picnic undercover an is There through bushland, grazing and tree-lined farming country. country. farming tree-lined and grazing bushland, through Doon / Crams Farm turn-off. This delightful drive passes passes drive delightful This turn-off. Farm Crams / Doon Murwillumbah PO. Take Kyogle Road through Uki to the Doon Doon the to Uki through Road Kyogle Take PO. Murwillumbah ACCESS AND POINTS OF INTEREST: INTEREST: OF POINTS AND ACCESS 45km from from 45km 13. CRAMS FARM CRAMS 13. Eastern Yellow Robin. Robin. Yellow Eastern Rufous Whistlers, Grey and Pied Butcherbird, Grey Fantail and and Fantail Grey Butcherbird, Pied and Grey Whistlers, Rufous Eastern Whipbird, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Golden and and Golden Cuckoo-shrike, Black-faced Whipbird, Eastern Lewin’s and Brown Honeyeaters, Australian Logrunner, Logrunner, Australian Honeyeaters, Brown and Lewin’s wrens, White-browed Scrubwren, White-throated Gerygone, Gerygone, White-throated Scrubwren, White-browed wrens, Noisy Pitta, Green Catbird, Superb and Red-backed Fairy- Red-backed and Superb Catbird, Green Pitta, Noisy Australian King-Parrot, Crimson Rosella, Laughing Kookaburra, Kookaburra, Laughing Rosella, Crimson King-Parrot, Australian Wompoo and Rose-crowned Fruit-Doves, Tawny Frogmouth, Frogmouth, Tawny Fruit-Doves, Rose-crowned and Wompoo BIRDS SIGHTED INCLUDE: SIGHTED BIRDS White-headed Pigeon, Pigeon, White-headed Tweed Valley Tweed (www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au) to ensure the Park is open. is Park the ensure to (www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au) NORTHERN RIVERS NORTHERN Check with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Service Wildlife and Parks National NSW with Check for Albert’s Lyrebird or maybe even a Regent Bowerbird. Bowerbird. Regent a even maybe or Lyrebird Albert’s for 45-minute walk down to Byrrill Creek. Keep your eyes peeled peeled eyes your Keep Creek. Byrrill to down walk 45-minute of the the of and then into Mebbin Forest Road. There is an enjoyable enjoyable an is There Road. Forest Mebbin into then and Birds Birds south Road Creek Byrrill following Tyalgum through proceed Murwillumbah PO. Take Kyogle Road, right into Tyalgum Road, Road, Tyalgum into right Road, Kyogle Take PO. Murwillumbah ACCESS AND POINTS OF INTEREST: INTEREST: OF POINTS AND ACCESS 32km from from 32km Vehicle entry may apply - please check www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au check please - apply may entry Vehicle NSW National Parks prohibit domestic pets and firearms. and pets domestic prohibit Parks National NSW 12. MEBBIN NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL MEBBIN 12. Do not enter private property without permission. without property private enter not Do Please be aware that all walks are undertaken at own risk. own at undertaken are walks all that aware be Please 2. UKEREBAGH NATURE RESERVE Honeyeaters, Little Friarbird, Striped Honeyeater, Eastern WELCOME to the TWEED CALDERA Whipbird, Rufous Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush, Rufous Fantail, Restless Flycatcher and Red-browed Finch. The Tweed Caldera is one of the world’s largest and ACCESS AND POINTS OF INTEREST: 3km south of best examples of a caldera formed by the erosion Tweed Heads PO. Turn left at the lights from Minjungbal Drive of an extinct volcano. The volcano’s original plug, into Water Street and continue to the end of the road. The walk 4. VINTAGE LAKES Wollumbin / Mount Warning, sits at the centre of the commences at a boardwalk through mangroves and mud flats caldera, with a roughly circular outer rim formed by and provides good birdwatching opportunities for water and bush ACCESS AND POINTS OF INTEREST: 6km south the escarpment walls of the McPherson and Border birds. From the boardwalk, follow the bitumen path bordered by of Tweed Heads PO. Turn right from Minjungbal Drive into marsh and sedge lands, paperbarks and swamp oaks. Veering Dry Dock Road then onto Fraser Drive, turn right at the first Ranges. right, stroll along the path through sclerophyll bushland and a roundabout into Vintage Lakes Drive and continue on to Port grove of native ferns to the bora ring, then continue on behind Drive on your left. A series of ponds is home to a varied range The Tweed Caldera has an exceptionally high the Minjungbal Aboriginal Museum to your starting point. It is of water and bush birds. During the breeding season the trees biodiversity, supporting a huge number of plant and possible for more adventurous birders to step off the boardwalk provide ideal nesting grounds for Australasian Darter, Cattle animal species. Fertile soils, the climate and latitude and wander through eucalyptus woodland to the river and into Egret and Australian White Ibis. Black Swans also find the all contribute to this biodiversity, with the area able mature mangrove habitat. Contact one of our local birdwatchers islands a perfect place to breed. Casuarinas and melaleucas support temperate and sub-tropical species. Many for assistance. Before visiting please check with NSW National form part of this diverse habitat, so follow the paths through species found in the Tweed Caldera are at the northern Parks and Wildlife Service (www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au) to the natural bushland and explore this unique area at your or southern extents of their range. ensure the reserve is open. leisure. Picnic and BBQ facilities are available. This brochure has been produced by BirdLife Northern BIRDS SIGHTED INCLUDE: Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove, BIRDS SIGHTED INCLUDE: Magpie Goose, Wandering Rivers and Tweed Shire Council, which has selected Tawny Frogmouth, Eastern Great Egret, Striated Heron, Buff- Whistling-Duck, Black Swan, Chestnut Teal, Crested Pigeon, sites to provide bird enthusiasts with an opportunity to banded Rail, Rainbow Lorikeet, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Rainbow Great Cormorant, Eastern Osprey, Brahminy Kite, Purple enjoy this unique area. Bee-eater, Regent Bowerbird, Superb, Red-backed and Swamphen, Buff-banded Rail, Eurasian Coot, Black-winged Variegated Fairy-wrens, Large-billed Scrubwren, Mangrove Stilt, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Pheasant Coucal, Azure Gerygone, Lewin’s, Scarlet, Brown, White-cheeked and Striped Kingfisher, Superb and Red-backed Fairy-wrens, Striated Honeyeaters, Golden Whistler, Grey Shrike-thrush, White- Pardalote, Striped Honeyeater, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, 1. TWEED RIVER ENTRANCE breasted Woodswallow and Spangled Drongo. Varied Triller, Golden Whistler, Olive-backed Oriole and Magpie-lark. (Wheelchair accessible) ACCESS AND POINTS OF INTEREST: 2km south of 3. PHILP PARADE 5. TERRANORA BROADWATER (Wheelchair accessible) Tweed Heads Post Office (PO - Tweed Mall Shopping Centre). ACCESS AND POINTS OF INTEREST: 5km south of Turn left from Wharf Street into Florence Street and continue Tweed Heads PO. Travel along Minjungbal Drive, turn right into to the riverbank. Looking across the river the site takes in Dry Dock Road then follow the river along Philp Parade to the ACCESS AND POINTS OF INTEREST: 6km south rock walls, sandbars, mangroves, casuarinas and other coastal boat ramp. The path starts just off to the left. This walk takes of Tweed Heads PO. From Wharf Street take the Bilambil vegetation. To the keen eye, Pacific Golden Plovers and Grey- you along the river behind Tweed Broadwater Village to the Heights turnoff under the bridge, travel along Kennedy Drive to tailed Tattlers may be seen feeding along the rock walls and a boardwalk, then onto mangrove and seagrass areas. A variety of Seagulls Club in Gollan Drive. Parking is available at the rear wide range of shorebirds may also be seen at low tide. waders may be seen at low tide. On leaving the boardwalk, turn