Where to Watch Birds
East Point Mangrove Boardwalk
The East Point Mangrove Boardwalk is a well built aluminium structure enabling access through the mangroves, finishing at a pleasant landing and seating area opening out to Ludmilla Bay. It is an ideal place to see mangrove specialist species like Red-headed Honeyeater, Helmeted Honeyeater, Broad-billed Flycatcher and Collared Kingfisher.
Species seen here recently
Birds ( 98 )
Orange-footed Scrubfowl
Megapodius reinwardt
Magpie Goose
Anseranas semipalmata
Radjah Shelduck
Tadorna radjah
Peaceful Dove
Geopelia striata
Bar-shouldered Dove
Geopelia humeralis
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove
Ptilinopus regina
Pied Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula bicolor
Fork-tailed Swift
Apus pacificus
Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Eastern Great Egret
Ardea modesta
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Eastern Reef Egret
Egretta sacra
Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis
Threskiornis spinicollis
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus leucogaster
Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus
Brahminy Kite
Haliastur indus
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Buff-banded Rail
Gallirallus philippensis
Beach Stone-curlew
Esacus magnirostris
Australian Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus longirostris
Sooty Oystercatcher
Haematopus fuliginosus
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Greater Sand Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus banksii
Galah
Eolophus roseicapillus
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita
Rainbow Lorikeet
Trichoglossus haematodus
Red-collared Lorikeet
Trichoglossus rubritorquis
Pheasant Coucal
Centropus phasianinus
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Scythrops novaehollandiae
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
Chalcites minutillus
Brush Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus
Eastern Grass Owl
Tyto longimembris
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachii
Forest Kingfisher
Todiramphus macleayii
Collared Kingfisher
Todiramphus chloris
Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus
Dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis
Mangrove Gerygone
Gerygone levigaster
Large-billed Gerygone
Gerygone magnirostris
Green-backed Gerygone
Gerygone chloronota
White-gaped Honeyeater
Lichenostomus unicolor
Bar-breasted Honeyeater
Ramsayornis fasciatus
Rufous-banded Honeyeater
Conopophila albogularis
Dusky Honeyeater
Myzomela obscura
Red-headed Honeyeater
Myzomela erythrocephala
Brown Honeyeater
Lichmera indistincta
White-throated Honeyeater
Melithreptus albogularis
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Entomyzon cyanotis
Helmeted Friarbird
Philemon buceroides
Silver-crowned Friarbird
Philemon argenticeps
Little Friarbird
Philemon citreogularis
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina novaehollandiae
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina papuensis
White-winged Triller
Lalage sueurii
Varied Triller
Lalage leucomela
Mangrove Golden Whistler
Pachycephala melanura
Brown (Grey) Whistler
Pachycephala simplex
Rufous Whistler
Pachycephala rufiventris
Little Shrike-thrush
Colluricincla megarhyncha
Australasian Figbird
Sphecotheres vieilloti
Green Oriole
Oriolus flavocinctus
Olive-backed Oriole
Oriolus sagittatus
White-breasted Woodswallow
Artamus leucorynchus
White-browed Woodswallow
Artamus superciliosus
Black Butcherbird
Cracticus quoyi
Spangled Drongo
Dicrurus bracteatus
Northern Fantail
Rhipidura rufiventris
Torresian Crow
Corvus orru
Broad-billed Flycatcher
Myiagra ruficollis
Leaden Flycatcher
Myiagra rubecula
Shining Flycatcher
Myiagra alecto
Restless Flycatcher
Myiagra inquieta
Magpie-lark
Grallina cyanoleuca
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
Microeca flavigaster
Mangrove Robin
Peneonanthe pulverulenta
Yellow White-eye
Zosterops luteus
Tree Martin
Petrochelidon nigricans
Mistletoebird
Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Double-barred Finch
Taeniopygia bichenovii
Long-tailed Finch
Poephila acuticauda
Crimson Finch
Neochmia phaeton
Mammals ( 2 )
Common Brushtail Possum
Trichosurus vulpecula
Agile Wallaby
Macropus agilus
Reptiles ( 2 )
Gilbert's Dragon; Ta-ta Lizard
Amphibolurus gilberti
Yellow-spotted Monitor
Varanus panoptes
