Bird Watching Tour
Overview
This tour explores the Byron Bay wetlands and rainforest habitats to observe 20+ species of birds with ABC local radio wildlife expert Gary Opit.
Species observed can include Brush Turkey, Black Duck, Australian Wood Duck, Little Grebe, Little Black Cormorant, Little Pied Cormorant, White-faced Heron, Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Little Egret, Straw-necked Ibis, Australian White Ibis, Whistling Kite, Brahminy Kite, Black-shouldered Kite, White-bellied Sea-eagle, Osprey, Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen, Eurasian Coot, Spur-wing Plover, Silver Gull, Crested Tern, White-headed Pigeon, Bar-shouldered Dove, Brown Pigeon, Crested Pigeon, Spotted Turtle-dove, Topknot Pigeon, Wonga Pigeon, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Galah, Little Corella, Rainbow Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, King Parrot, Eastern Rosella, Laughing Kookaburra, Noisy Pitta, Rainbow Bee – eater, Variegated Wren Superb Fairy Wren, Red-backed Wren, Brown Thornbill, Large-billed Scrubwren, White-browed Scrubwren, Little Wattlebird, Noisy Friarbird, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Noisy Miner, Lewin's Honeyeater, White-cheeked Honeyeater, Scarlet Honeyeater, Brown Honeyeater Yellow Robin, Pale-yellow Robin, Eastern Whipbird, Grey Shrike-thrush, Little Shrike-thrush, Spectacled Monarch, Willie Wagtail, Rufous Fantail, Grey Fantail, Olive-backed Oriole, Fig Bird, Magpie-lark, Grey Butcherbird, Pied Butcherbird, Australian Magpie, Pied Currawong, Torresian Crow, Red-browed Fire-tail Finch, Welcome Swallow and Grey-breasted Silver-eye.
Accessibility
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
