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. which can be viewed include the Superb onto Pinnacle Road. Proceed through White box, Mugga Parrot and the . 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 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

eastern end Weddin Mountains National Park. Take Holy 7

Camp Rd from Grenfell for 12km. Mugga Iron Bark,

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Tumbledown Red Gum and Cypress Pine. Peregrine 9

Falcon, Painted , 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, 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 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  Spotted Quail-thrush Fairy Martin Australian White Ibis Glossy Black-Cockatoo (V) Western 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  (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)  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 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 Grey Goshawk Eastern Rosella Striped Honeyeater Spangled Drongo Bionet 2012 Collared Sparrowhawk Australian Ringneck Noisy Friarbird Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike