Marlo & Cape Conran
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Marlo & Cape Conran Waterbirds Marlo is located at the mouth of the Snowy River in Victoria’s Far East, 14kms south of Orbost. The Orbost-Marlo road that may be seen at closely follows most of the Snowy River’s final journey through grazing land and pockets of temperate rainforest to the sea. The coastal road at Marlo then heads east to Cape Conran. Along this route is an excellent estuary walking trail Marlo & Cape Conran as well as lookouts over the Snowy River entrance and ocean. The Cape Conran Coastal Park features a pristine coastline, rocky cliffs and a mixture of rocky and sandy beaches and scenic views from the Salmon Rocks lookout. On the web at East Cape Conran and the Yeerung River provide additional www.birdlife.org.au/locations/ boardwalks and trails to explore. Nearby, the Cabbage Tree b ir d lif e -e a s t -g ip p s la n d Creek Flora and Lake Wat Wat/Corringle Wildlife Reserves are also “must locations” to visit. For waterbirds visit: Marlo Foreshore and entrance, Lake Wat Wat/Corringle Wildlife Reserves, Mots Beach to Frenchs Postal Address Box 825 Bairnsdale, Narrows, East and west Cape Conran and the Yeerung River. Victoria, 3875 Em a il [email protected] Australasian Darter on flood debris Marlo. Len Axen See also East Gippsland Birding Guide Marlo Birding Guides are available for Bairnsdale, Lindenow, http://www.birdlife.org.au/locations/birdlife-east- Mitchell River National Park, Paynesville, Nicholson, Metung, gippsland/publications-eg 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 Plumed Whistling-Duck Intermediate Egret Masked Lapwing Musk Duck Cattle Egret Latham's Snipe Freckled Duck White-faced Heron Black-tailed Godwit Cape Barren Goose Little Egret Bar-tailed Godwit Black Swan Eastern Reef Egret Whimbrel Australian Shelduck Nankeen Night-Heron Eastern Curlew Australian Wood Duck Australian White Ibis Grey-tailed Tattler Pink-eared Duck Straw-necked Ibis Common Greenshank Australasian Shoveler Royal Spoonbill Common Sandpiper Grey Teal Yellow-billed Spoonbill Marsh Sandpiper Chestnut Teal Purple Swamphen Ruddy Turnstone Pacific Black Duck Lewin's Rail Great Knot Hardhead Buff-banded Rail Red Knot Blue-billed Duck Australian Spotted Crake Sanderling Australasian Grebe Spotless Crake Red-necked Stint Hoary-headed Grebe Dusky Moorhen Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Short-tailed Shearwater Eurasian Coot Curlew Sandpiper Fluttering Shearwater Beach Stone-curlew Little Tern Little Penguin Australian Pied Oystercatcher Fairy Tern Australasian Gannet Sooty Oystercatcher Caspian Tern Australasian Darter Black-winged Stilt Whiskered Tern Little Pied Cormorant Red-necked Avocet White-fronted Tern Great Cormorant Pacific Golden Plover Common Tern Little Black Cormorant Grey Plover Crested Tern Pied Cormorant Red-capped Plover Pacific Gull Black-faced Cormorant Double-banded Plover Silver Gull Australian Pelican Greater Sand Plover Australasian Bittern Black-fronted Dotterel White-necked Heron Hooded Plover Great Egret Red-kneed Dotterel .