BIRD TRAIL LOCATIONS BIRD TRAIL LOCATIONS 1. O’Loughlin’s Road 4km east of Grenfell. Turn left off National Park. There are four sign posted tourist walks from Mid Western Highway. The short lane has a canopy of basecamp to Ben Hall’s Cave and Seaton’s Farm. Spotted Grey and Yellow Box and is habitat for Superb Parrots. Harrier, Little Eagle, Black–eared Cuckoo, Hooded Robin 2. Dodd’s Lane is 6km east of Grenfell. Turn right off the and Crimson Chat have been sighted in this area. Mid Western Highway and return via Quandong Rd. 11. Adelargo Valley turn off is 3km east of Grenfell on the Mid Dodd’s Lane consists mainly of Grey Box and Yellow Western Highway. Return via Gooloogong Rd. The valley is Box. Superb Parrots have been sighted in this area. heavily canopied bush land and farming land consisting 3. Pinnacle Road 23km north west of Grenfell. Turn right mainly of Ironbark, Cypress Pine, Wattle and Tumbledown Bird Trails of the off Mid Western Highway towards Forbes then turn left Red Gum. Birds which can be viewed include the Superb onto Pinnacle Road. Proceed through White box, Mugga Parrot and the Speckled Warbler. Iron Bark and Black Cypress Pine. Birds observed include 12. Warraderry Forest is 22km north of Grenfell via Weddin Shire White-winged Chough and Grey-crowned Babbler. Gooloogong Rd and the New Forbes Rd. Consisting 4. Major West Road 28km east of Grenfell off Mid Western mainly of Cypress Pine and Iron Bark on red loam forest Highway. Turn left and travel 12km towards Conimbla country; habitat for Little Corella, Dollarbird and National Park. Undulating high timber granite country Black- eared Cuckoo. covered with Iron bark, Scribbly Gum & Cypress Pine 13. Bimbi is 33km south west of Grenfell at the corner of Mary provides shelter for Brown Quail and Peregrine Falcon. Gilmour Way and Grenfell Street. Bimbi provides habitat to 5. Company Dam north west of Grenfell via Bradley St and Yellow-throated miner, and Red-rumped parrot. Newtown Rd. Turn right into Company Dam or continue on Newtown Rd. Signposted easy walking trails through
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undulating woodlands. The Leaden Flycatcher, Speckled Warbler and Diamond Firetail can be viewed. 6. Sewage ponds are 2km south west of Grenfell off the Holy Camp Rd. The wetland is habitat for Australian White Ibis, Black Swan and Australian Reed Warblers. 7. Holy Camp Rd -Peregrine Lookout -Eualdrie Rd the
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Camp Rd from Grenfell for 12km. Mugga Iron Bark,
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Falcon, Painted Buttonquail, Blue Bonnet and Hooded Robin are amongst the vast bird life in the park.
8. Western Stock Route is 10km west of Grenfell. Turn left 6
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Bridge’ A lagoon on Emu Creek is just north of ‘Dicks Bridge’. Sighting of the Freckled Duck, Black Swan, The Weddin Shire (Grenfell) is unique for Great Cormorant, Yellow-billed Spoonbill, Australian bird life in that a considerable proportion of Hobby, Black-winged Stilt, Red-kneed Dotterel, 11 the district is timbered, forest-woodland. The Black-tailed Native-hen and can be expected. Bird Trails have been depicted on the map 9. Weddin State Forest 20km south west of Grenfell on (overleaf). The locations are ideal for bird Mary Gilmour Way. The forest is Cypress Pine open . woodland, habitat for Little Eagles, Australian discovery in their natural habitat King-parrot, Blue Bonnet, Hooded Robin, White-browed Woodswallow, Turquoise Parrot, Eastern Yellow Robin and the Speckled Warbler. Grenfell Visitor Information Centre
10.Bimbi State Forest is 28km west of Grenfell via Back 88 Main Street, Grenfell, NSW 2810 4
Piney Range Rd. It consists of Cypress Pine, Grey Box www.grenfell.org.au and Scribbly Gum and is part of the Weddin Mountains 02 6343 2059 [email protected] Bird List Bird List Bird List
Emu Wedge-tailed Eagle (V) Blue Bonnet Little Friarbird White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Malleefowl (E) Little Eagle (V) Red-rumped Parrot Regent Honeyeater (E) Ground Cuckoo-shrike Stubble Quail Brown Falcon Budgerigar Blue-faced Honeyeater White-winged Triller Brown Quail Australian Hobby Turquoise Parrot (V) Noisy Miner Olive-backed Oriole Magpie Goose (V) Grey Falcon (E) Pallid Cuckoo Yellow-throated Miner White-breasted Woodswallow Plumed Whistling-Duck Black Falcon Brush cuckoo Yellow-faced Honeyeater Masked Woodswallow Blue-billed Duck (V) Peregrine Falcon Fan-tailed Cuckoo Singing Honeyeater White-browed Woodswallow Musk Duck Nankeen Kestrel Black-eared Cuckoo White-eared Honeyeater Black-faced Woodswallow Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Freckled Duck (V) Brolga (V) Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (V) Dusky Woodswallow Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Black Swan Buff-banded Rail Grey-fronted Honeyeater Grey Butcherbird Common Koel Australian Wood Duck Fuscous Honeyeater Pied Butcherbird Purple Swamphen Powerful Owl (V) Pacific Black Duck White-plumed Honeyeater Dusky Moorhen Barking Owl (V) Australian Magpie Australasian Shoveler Black-chinned Honeyeater (V) Black-tailed Native-hen Southern Boobook Pied Currawong Grey Teal Eurasian Coot Barn Owl Brown-headed Honeyeater Grey Currawong Pink-eared Duck Australian Bustard (E) Tawny Frogmouth White-naped Honeyeater Australian Raven Hardhead Little Button-quail White-throated Nightjar Painted Honeyeater (V) Little Raven Australasian Grebe Painted Button-quail (V) Australian Owlet-nightjar White-fronted Honeyeater White-winged Chough Latham’s Snipe Hoary-headed Grebe White -throated Needletail Eastern Spinebill Apostlebird Black-tailed Godwit (V) Australasian Darter Black Honeyeater Singing Bushlark Fork–tailed Swift Little Pied Cormorant Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Pied Honeyeater (V) House Sparrow Bush Stone-curlew (E) Laughing Kookaburra Pied Cormorant Crimson Chat Eurasian Tree Sparrow Black-winged Stilt Red-backed Kingfisher Little Black Cormorant White-fronted Chat (V) Australasian Pipit Black-fronted Dotterel Sacred Kingfisher Great Cormorant Jacky Winter Red-kneed Dotterel Rainbow Bee-eater Zebra Finch Australian Pelican Scarlet Robin (V) Banded Lapwing Dollarbird Double-barred Finch White-faced Heron Australian Painted Snipe (E) White throated Treecreeper Red-capped Robin Plum-headed Finch Little Egret Masked Lapwing Brown Treecreeper (V) Flame Robin (V) Red-browed Finch White-necked Heron Whiskered Tern Superb Fairy-wren Rose Robin Diamond Firetail (V) Intermediate Egret Rock Dove Veriegated Fairy-wren Hooded Robin (V) European Goldfinch Eastern Great Egret Common Bronzewing White-browed Scrubwren Eastern Yellow Robin Mistletoebird Cattle Egret Crested Pigeon Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Southern Scrub-robin (V) White-backed Swallow Nankeen Night Heron Diamond Dove Shy Heathwren (V) Grey-crowned Babbler (V) Welcome Swallow Australasian Bittern (E) Peaceful Dove Speckled Warbler (V) White-browed Babbler Tree Martin Glossy Ibis Bar-shouldered Dove Weebill Spotted Quail-thrush Fairy Martin Australian White Ibis Glossy Black-Cockatoo (V) Western Gerygone Chestnut Quail-thrush (V) Australian Reed-Warbler Straw-necked Ibis Yellow tailed Black Cockatoo White-throated Gerygone Varied Sittella (V) Little Grassbird Gang-gang Cockatoo (V) Royal Spoonbill Brown Thornbill (V) Eastern Shrike-tit (V) Rufous Songlark Galah Yellow-billed Spoonbill Gilbert’s Whistler (V) Brown Songlark Inland Thornbill Eastern Osprey (V) Little Corella Golden Whistler - E Race (V) Silvereye Major Mitchell Cockatoo (V) Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Black-shouldered Kite Rufous Whistler Common Blackbird Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Buff-rumped Thornbill Square-tailed Kite (V) Grey Shrike-thrush Common Starling Cockatiel Yellow-rumped Thornbill Black-breasted Buzzard (V) Leaden Flycatcher Rainbow Lorikeet Yellow Thornbill Black Kite Satin Flycatcher Musk Lorikeet Striated Thornbill A detailed road map would be of assistance. Please take Whistling Kite Little Lorikeet (V) Southern Whiteface Restless Flycatcher extra care when driving on gravel roads, winding roads White-bellied Sea-Eagle Magpie-lark Australian King-Parrot Spotted Pardalote and when pulling off to the side of the road. Spotted Harrier (V) Superb Parrot (V) Striated Pardalote Rufous Fantail Swamp Harrier Swift Parrot (E) Red Wattlebird Grey Fantail (E) Endangered Brown Goshawk (V) Crimson Rosella Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Willie Wagtail (V) Vulnerable Species Grey Goshawk Eastern Rosella Striped Honeyeater Spangled Drongo Bionet 2012 Collared Sparrowhawk Australian Ringneck Noisy Friarbird Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike