Finniss Revegetation Site
On the 24th October 10 bird watchers joined us on a walk through a private revegetation site at Finniss – 38 different species were spotted (list below).
‘Watkins’ – revegetation undertaken as part of the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Community Revegetation Project managed by Goolwa to Wellington LAP.
Plantings were undertaken between 2010 and 2015 with key objectives including improved the biodiversity and habitat value of the riparian and wetland environment – with a particular focus on increasing habitat for the Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-Wren as well as to reinstate a woodland habitat on the sandy rise to provide roosting and nesting sites for wading birds.
Southern Emu-wrens have been spotted on this site but unfortunately not on our monitoring day. The birds we spotted included:
White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Swamp Harrier
Nankine Kestrel
Australian Hobby
Brush Bronze-wing
Spotted Dove
Peaceful Dove
Crested Pigeon
Red-rumped Parrot
Musk Lorikeet
Crimson Rosella
Galah
Superb Wren
Brown-headed Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
New Holland Honeyeater
Striated Pardalote
Dusky Wood Swallow
Magpie
Magpie-lark
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
Grey Shrike Thrush
Golden Whistler
Grey Fantail
Willie Wagtail
Little Raven
Welcome Swallow
Tree Martin
Mistletoe Bird
Reed Warbler
Little Grass Bird
Golden Headed Cisticola
Silvereye
Blackbird
Starling
Red-browed Finch
European Goldfinch
Point Sturt Landcare Reserve
On the 21st November a group of 8 keen birdwatchers braved the head to see what birds were living in the Point Sturt Landcare Reserve – 38 species were spotted, but a very different mix to those present at Finniss.
The Point Sturt Landcare Reserve was historically used for stock to be watered at the edge of Lake Alexandrina and was heavily grazed with the only significant native vegetation existing on the lake edge.
Revegetation was carried out on the site each year between 2011-2015 to provide habitat for local species. Adjacent to the reserve is a section of older revegetation established as part of the Murray-Darling Rescue project by Greenfleet and Scouts SA, where the bulk of the woodland birds were seen.
Black swan
Australian Shelduck
Grey teal
Pacific Black Duck
Feral Pigeon (Rock Dove)
Spotted Dove
Crested Pigeon
Peaceful Dove
Great Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Pied Cormorant
Australian Pelican
Great Egret
Australian White Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Black-shouldered Kite
Whistling Kite
Nankeen Kestrel
Whiskered Tern
Silver Gull
Horsfield’s Bronze-cuckoo
Superb fairy-wren
Singing Honeyeater
White-plumed Honeyeater
Red Wattlebird
New Holland Honeyeater
White-fronted Chat
Australian Magpie
Willie Wagtail
Little Raven
Magpie-lark
Golden-headed Cisticola
Australian Reed Warbler
Welcome Swallow
Common Starling
European Goldfinch
This project is supported by the SA Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Programme and the NRM Levies.
