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Dee Why Lagoon - Your birding guide will meet you at the starting point and take you on a walking tour of the lagoon. Expect to see a variety of bush birds and saltwater lagoon species. These include ducks and egrets, fairywrens, wattlebirds, lorikeets, cuckoo shrike and more.
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Long Reef Point - After a short 5 minute drive from Dee Why Lagoon, we walk from the headland to the rock platform. Depending on the tide, we either use a scope to view the birds on the platform or walk (wet feet!) out to get a better view. Birds include cormorant, darter, pelican, heron, kettle and osprey. Migrant waders can also be see and include summer visitors such as plovers, stints, turnstones and tattlers. Winter migrants include plovers and terns. This is also a great location for passing seabirds such as gannet, shearwaters, petrels and albatross.
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Warriewood Wetlands - The Warriewood Wetlands are a remnant inland swamp mahogany wetland. Here, we follow the boardwalk and paths around to the settling ponds. Birds often seen include swamphen, ducks, rails, bulbuls, fairywrens, cormorants, spoonbill, thornbills, goshawks, honeyeaters, pardalotes and finches.
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Irrawong Road - Across the road from the wetlands lies Irrawong Reserve, a short boardwalk and a subtropical rainforest and waterfall to finish the tour!
Birds here include kingfisher and dollarbird (summer), fantails, cockatoos, gerygone, whistlers and parrots.
- Complimentary use of binoculars
- Access to a bird identification book and app
The Northern Beaches in Sydney are truly breathtaking. Our bird-watching tour will guide you to the most spectacular spots in the vicinity. Leveraging your guide’s expertise, we’ll introduce you to the indigenous and migratory birds found in the diverse environments of the region. Remarkably, more than 300 unique bird species are documented in the Northern Beaches, which is about a third of all bird species in Australia.
The vast array of ecosystems makes this place a paradise for bird-watching. You’ll find everything from sprawling sandy beaches and rugged headlands to saltwater lagoons, swamps, rivers, rainforests, and quintessential Australian bushland.
Our guide is well-versed about the region and its avian population. Benefiting from his proficiency, you’ll get to observe and listen to more than 40 varieties of birds.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.