Piney Lakes, Winthrop - morning excursion

Name: Piney Lakes, Winthrop - morning excursion
Start: 2024-07-11T08:30:00+08:00
End: 2024-07-11T11:30:00+08:00
Location: Piney Lakes Reserve Winthrop

Schedule

Thu Jul 11 2024 at 08:30 am to 11:30 am

UTC+08:00

Location

Piney Lakes Reserve Winthrop | Perth, WA

For BLWA members and their guests.
Members of the public are welcome to join the walk and are advised to bring a pair of binoculars.
Leader: Charles Merriam
Spotless Crake. Image: Robyn Pickering
Meet at 8.30am in the car park off Murdoch Drive.
From Leach Highway – turn into Murdoch Drive and the car park is on the right, approximately 700 m from Leach Highway.
From South Street – turn into Murdoch Drive and the car park is on the left, approximately 1.4 km from South Street.
This park used to be a pine plantation, and has two artificial lakes and one natural permanent lake. Spotless Crake and numerous other waterbirds frequent the area. There is a considerable area of natural bushland around the lake and this is home to the usual local species.
Bring a chair and morning tea to have while the bird list is compiled.