Trip Report - Narooma - 2-3 April (longish)

Over the weekend Lisa and I used Narooma
as our base to explore the coastline between Tuross Head in the north and
Bermagui in the south.
On the Saturday we drove/walked to the
following places:

# Mummuga Lake Walk at Bodalla Forest
Park
# Box Cutting Rainforest Walk near Kianga
# Potato, Jemisons and Blackfellows
Points
# Brou Lake and Beach
# Wagonga Inlet and Narooma

On the Sunday we went to:

# Nangudga Lake and Handkerchief Beach
# Corunna Lake
# Barunga Point and Bogola Head
# Mystery Bay and 1080 Beach
# Lake Tilba
# Little Lake and Loader Beach
# Wallaga Lake and Wallaga Beach
# Bermagui Coast Walk to Murunna Point
and Camel Rock

This made for a lot of driving and walking,
but we still had time to relax on the beach and go for a swim.
I wont bore you with endless bird lists
but just note the highlights:

Azure Kingfisher - 1 at Mummuga Lake
Walk
Hooded Plover - 1 at Lake Tilba
Fork-tailed Swift - 24 at Lake Tilba
(however no Needletails all weekend)
Red-capped Plover - 48 at Wallaga Lake
and 26 at Lake Tilba
Double-banded Plover - 18 at Wallaga
Lake (nearly 17 after a fisherman's dog decided to try to catch one...there
should be warning signs up all year here)
Bar-tailed Godwit - 43 at Wallaga Lake
and 130 at Wagonga Inlet
Pacific Heron - 1 at Coopers Island
Sooty Oystercatcher - 4 at Wagonga Inlet,
1 at 1080 Beach and 1 at Barunga Point

Again Cattle, Little and Great Egrets
were in abundance as well as Royal Spoonbill and White Ibis. Pied Oystercatchers
were seen at most places too and Eastern Reef Egret and Caspian Terns were
at a few places.
While walking around Wagonga Inlet on
Saturday evening at dusk I counted over 100 Musk Lorikeets flying over
the inlet in a northerly direction in loose small groups. The next morning
there must still have been a 100 Musk and Little Lorikeets in the spotted
gums on the southern side of the inlet.
We saw most wet forest birds such as
Wonga Pigeon, Brown Gerygone and Large-billed Scrubwren, as well as Rufous
Fantail and Lewin's Honeyeaters. As is to be expected when visiting so
many places we saw 10 Sea-Eagles at 7 separate sites but the best views
were had along the Mill Bay Boardwalk where they sit quietly every morning
surveying the inlet.. We also passed 7 Bell Miner colonies in our travels.

Non-avian highlights:
Dusky Antechinus - 1 at 1080 Beach
Echidna - 1 at Bogola Head
Smooth(?) Stingray - 1 in Wagonga Inlet
below the Mill Bay Boardwalk

Cheers
Marnix


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