Was out on the Mount Bass Fire Tail in the heathland in Royal National
Park on Sunday, great day with plenty of birds, including beautiful
firetails and brown headed honeyeaters and a chestnut rumped heathwren
and all the normal heath birds about. When I got home I noticed the
characteristic pink-red dots from fresh sandfly bites. They stayed at
that overnight before swelling up the next day. It's probably about
2-3km from the water and any mangroves and the wind in the wrong
direction so thought it a bit unusual, assume they are breeding there as
the area is very wet and muddy in spots. So watch out if you are
birding the area, the banks of the Hacking at Audley are also bad for
them at dusk and dawn. On that note has anyone come up with a good
treatment for them, they seem to stay itchy for ages!
regards,
Chris Ross
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