Hi Peter,
You can also find information at kooragangwetlands.com/library/ which has
links to Hunter Bird Observers Club, downloads of HBOC birding routes
(including one for Ash Island), species lists, etc. Please give me a call
if you have any questions or suggestions for additional information that
would be helpful to have in the library or other sections of the website.
Cheers, Peggy
*Peggy Svoboda*, Senior Land Services Officer - Estuaries
Hunter Estuary Program
Kooragang office: Schoolmasters House, Ash Island
NSW Local Land Services - Hunter
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On 28 September 2016 at 23:13, Mick Roderick via Birding-Aus <
> wrote:
> HI Peter,
> I'm not sure where you looked on the HBOC website, but we have plenty of
> info on a number of sites in the Newcastle area (though admittedly, some
> are in need of an update). You'll find them at the link below.
> http://www.hboc.org.au/resources/birding-routes/
> The "Newcastle Wetlands" one has the access directions for Hexham Swamp.
> For Stockton Sandspit (assuming that is where you mean by the 'wader
> roost') see the "Newcastle City and Lower Hunter Estuary" birding route
> (which is one that needs updating, however the directions are still
> current). The best time to visit here isn't necessarily high tide, though
> you will see plenty of birds then. The best time is between 2 to 3 hours
> after (or to a slightly lesser extent, before) high tide. This is because
> many birds that roost on the largely inaccessible Kooragang Dykes fly over
> to the sandspit beach as a 'staging point' after the tide has dropped
> sufficiently that the beach is exposed. After a while, the vast majority
> end up flying north to (most definitely inaccessible) Fullerton Cove.
> Ash Island is still accessible but you don't hear much about it because it
> has largely been 'superseded' by Hexham Swamp and Tomago Wetlands, both
> which have been the subject of incredibly successful rehabilitation work.
> Wagtail Way hasn't lived up to its name for many years (but you will still
> see 'some' birds if you visit).
> Bird-wise, Hexham Swamp has recently hosted an Aussie Pratincole, but
> people that were there today failed to see it. The conditions are pretty
> poor really, with so much water around, so there aren't the droves of
> Sharpies etc that were here a few years ago. It just won't stop raining
> here. You'll almost certainly get onto White-fronted Chats there. Stockton
> Sandspit is a great spectacle and isn't affected by high rainfall, so I'd
> definitely be going there.
> Personally I'd be doing most of my birding around Paynes Crossing! ;-)
> Mick
>
> From: Peter Ewin <>
> To: Birding Aus <>
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 September 2016, 18:31
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Hunter River Sites and access
>
> Evening all,
>
> My planned camping trip over the next week on the Lachlan has been foiled
> (I too was hoping to get to Round Hill but roads are still closed) so we
> are heading instead to the Hunter Valley to my in-laws place at Paynes
> Crossing. On one of the aya where the weather is a bit more friendly
> (probably Tuesday based on forecast) I am hoping to sneak down Newcastle
> way and try and add a few coastal birds to my annual list.
>
> I have had a look on the HBOC site but there isn't much info on specific
> sites. The locations I was probably going to try for were:
>
> * Hunter Wetlands Centre (easy enough - I have been there before)
> * Stockton Wader Roost - Assume best time is at high tide and does
> anyone know a link to the best tide info for the site?
> * Heham Swamp - there were details about access to a site in the
> archives - happy to have a look but easier if someone knows if they are
> still valid (was to do with track/road work?)
>
> I don't see many reports lately about Ash Island - is it still accessible
> and is it worth the visit (I have been there a few times and a drive up
> Wagtail Way was always productive).
>
>
> Any tips or hints appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Peter
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