Leeton

Spotted Crake

Leeton is actually a top spot, I discovered on my first visit. Walking/cycling tracks run for miles, there are great little coffee shops and restaurants, excellent state parks and wonderful landscapes and two Ramsar listed wetlands of international importance. Best visited in the warmer months when thousands of migratory birds call the area home, even in the middle of winter there was plenty to see (although this winter was unusual as there was still quite a lot of water after last years floods, the wetlands can be dry at this time).

The facilities at  Fivebough and Tuckerbill Swamps suffered quite a bit of damage during the floods but the walking tracks, hides, and seating have been rebuilt. It was woolly hat cold when I was there but the walks were pleasant in the morning sun.

Bird list:

Brown Quail

Black Swan

Australian Wood Duck

Grey Teal

Chestnut Teal

Pacific Black Duck            

Australasian Grebe

Rock Dove

Common Bronzewing

Crested Pigeon

Peaceful Dove

Australasian Darter

Little Pied Cormorant

Little Black Cormorant

Pied Cormorant

Australian Pelican

White-necked Heron

Eastern Great Egret

White-faced Heron

Little Egret

Australian White Ibis

Straw-necked Ibis

Royal Spoonbill

Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Black-shouldered Kite

Whistling Kite

Swamp Harrier

Little Eagle

Nankeen Kestrel

Brown Falcon

Purple Swamphen

Australian Spotted Crake

Black-tailed Native-hen

Dusky Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Black-winged Stilt

Red-necked Avocet

Red-capped Plover

Black-fronted Dotterel

Red-kneed Dotterel

Masked Lapwing

Caspian Tern

Silver Gull

Laughing Kookaburra

Superb Fairy-wren

Variegated Fairy-wren

Yellow Thombill

Yellow-rumped Thombill

Striated Pardalote

Blue-faced Honeyeater

Noisy Friarbird

Rufous Whistler

Grey Butcherbird

Pied Butcherbird

Australian Magpie

Pied Currawong

Grey Fantail

Willie Wagtail

Australian Raven

Magpie-lark

Silvereye

Common Starling

Zebra Finch