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
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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