Marlo & Cape Conran Waterbirds Marlo is located at the mouth of the in ’s Far East, 14kms south of . 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 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 , Narrows, East and west Cape Conran and the Yeerung River. Victoria, 3875

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Australasian Darter on flood debris Marlo. Len Axen

See also East Birding Guide Marlo

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

Bird List Brochures are available for Buchan Caves, Fairy Dell, Oneonta, Lake Tyers & Fishermans Landing, Nyerimilang, Omeo, The Den of Nargun, , Macleod Morass, and . 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