Star Swamp, North Beach, Stirling - morning excursion

Name: Star Swamp, North Beach, Stirling - morning excursion
Start: 2024-09-12T08:00:00+08:00
End: 2024-09-12T11:00:00+08:00
Location: Star Swamp Bushland Reserve

Schedule

Thu Sep 12 2024 at 08:00 am to 11:00 am

UTC+08:00

Location

Star Swamp Bushland Reserve | 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: Stella Stewart-Wynne
Tawny Frogmouth. Image: Rod Smith
Meet at 8.00am in the car park at the end of Mary Street, Waterman. To get there, turn off West Coast Highway at Mary Street, and drive to the car park. Alternatively, from Marmion Avenue, turn left into Beach Road, left into Ethel Street, and then left into Mary Street.
Species that may be found here include Variegated fairy-wren, White-winged fairy-wren, Southern Boobook and Carnaby’s Black-cockatoo. Star Swamp is part of the Northern Swan Coastal Plain Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) for Carnaby’s Black-cockatoo and has Tuart and banksia woodland and heath. A variety of raptors and bushbirds can be seen. Over 70 species of birds have been recorded here.
Bring a chair and morning tea to have while the bird list is compiled.