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Hi Birders,
The Striated Field-wren in NSW is at
the far north-east edge of its range and the pattern of distribution is strange.
They are reasonably common on the Far South Coast of NSW where they are present
in the coastal heathlands from Cape Howe on the Victoria border through Nadgee
Nature Reserve and the Ben Boyd NP north to Eden. The next population is located
in the elevated heathlands of Tianjarra Falls, Little Forest, Porters Creek
dam area within and at the edge of Morton National Park, to the north-west
of Milton. Finally they were seen in the dune scrub and low mangroves of Towra
Point in Botany Bay in 1975 and 1979. There were a number of people who
saw the birds and the first observation was during an NSWFOC outing led by John
Waugh. I made numerous trips out to Towra Point 1983-1988 but did not see the
birds. I have no reason to doubt those earlier observers as all knew that the
species was well north of its accepted range.
Alan Morris
Birding NSW Records
Officer
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