NATIVE BIRDS Most of the birds that you will see along The are species native to Where good bird habitat is found of The Riesling Trail Australia. Some are thriving in the highly altered agricultural landscapes of the Clare BARINIA Valley. Others are struggling - isolated populations in fragmented remnants of N native bushland. The Riesling Trail As you pass by vineyards, crops and pastures, along the edges Main road of towns and through remnant patches of native vegetation, you Good bird habitat will encounter many different birds. CLARE Some, like rosellas, are residents. Others, like grey fantails and rufous whistlers, are migrants, spending only part of the year in the region. Nomads, like purple-crowned lorikeets, silvereyes and white-necked herons, stay awhile then move on. Some birds have benefitted from changes to the landscape. Cereal crops, vines and orchards provide birds like galahs, crested pigeons and common bronzewings with new resources. SEVENHILL These adaptable birds have expanded their range and their populations. But other birds, like white-winged choughs (pictured below), brown treecreepers and diamond firetails, are in decline. These and other birds of the grassy woodlands have lost most of their native habitat since European settlement. Watch for PENWORTHAM these uncommon birds as you pass through grassy woodland remnants along the trail.

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This project was funded through the Government of ’s NRM Community Grants program.

Lorraine Edmunds developed the brochure and interpretive signage at the former Sevenhill Railway Station, with design by Peter Hoffmann.

Ian Roberts, Jean Turner, Dave Potter, David Donato and Rob Brinsley provided information about birds, plants and Birds use the landscape in different ways. Parrots and lorikeets vegetation communities. occupy tree hollows where they nest and raise their young. Common Barney Enders, Ian Roberts, Bill O’Malley and Pam O’Malley bronzewings and peaceful doves spend most of their time on the kindly supplied photographs. ground foraging for seeds. Pardalotes, weebills and honeyeaters flit from one plant to another, feeding on nectar, fruit, seeds and insects. Birds of prey, like black-shouldered kites, often sit quietly on elevated perches, watching for prey, which they take with lightning speed. SOUTH AUSTRALIA Native Birds of The Riesling Trail R R E E Adelaide Rosella R Spotted Harrier U S S Australasian Grebe N/U Striated Pardalote R I I Australasian Pipit R Striated Thornbill R D D Australian Magpie R Tree Martin R E E Australian Wood Duck R Wedge-tailed Eagle R/U N N Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike S/U Weebill R T T Black-shouldered Kite N Welcome Swallow S Black-tailed Native Hen N Whistling Kite U Brown-headed Honeyeater R White-faced Heron R New Holland Honeyeater Common Bronzewing Laughing Kookaburra Striated Pardalote Brown Goshawk U White-browed Woodswallow S Brown Songlark S White-necked Heron N S S Brown Treecreeper U White-plumed Honeyeater R E E Budgerigar N White-winged Chough R/U A A Collared Sparrowhawk U Willie Wagtail R S S Crested Pigeon R Yellow-rumped Thornbill R O O Common Bronzewing R N N Diamond Firetail U A A Dusky Woodswallow U R Resident L L Eastern Shrike-tit U Eastern Spinebill U S Seasonal Galah R Rainbow Bee-eater Masked Woodswallow Rufous Whistler Grey Fantail Grey Fantail S N Nomadic Grey Shrike-thrush R U Uncommon Grey Teal N N N Hardhead N O O Laughing Kookaburra R M M Little Raven R A A Magpie-lark R D D Masked Woodswallow S I I Mistletoebird R C C Musk Lorikeet R Nankeen Kestrel R New Holland Honeyeater R The Friends of The Riesling Silvereye Black-shouldered Kite Purple-crowned Lorikeet White-necked Heron Noisy Miner R Trail are building an image library of birds seen along Pacific Black DuckR U U the Trail. If you have any Peaceful Dove R N N good quality images of Peregrine Falcon U C C birds taken while walking Pied Cormorant U O O or cycling The Riesling Trail Purple-crowned Lorikeet N M M and would like to share them Rainbow Bee-eater S M M with us please contact us Red-rumped Parrot R O O by email. We can also assist Red Wattlebird R N N Rufous Whistler S with species identification. Silvereye N [email protected] Diamond Firetail Brown Treecreeper Eastern Shrike-tit Spotted Harrier Singing Honeyeater R