One-day Adelaide region guided birding trip
We leave Adelaide early for a short drive to a Hills conservation park to be there around dawn. We wander between spectacular rugged ridges, gullies and seasonal waterfalls, looking for Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Eastern Rosella, Adelaide Rosella, Musk and Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Crested Shrike-tit, Yellow-faced, White-naped and Crescent Honeyeater, and the endangered Mount Lofty Ranges subspecies of Chestnut-rumped Heathwren.
Around mid-morning we leave the park and may call in at Mount Lofty or Mount George for Red-browed Finch, White-throated Treecreeper, Scarlet Robin, and Flame Robin.
We visit the Mount Barker stormwater treatment wetland where there is usually Baillon's and Spotted Crake and a chance of Lewin's Rail. We then head to the shores of Lake Alexandrina looking for Cape Barren Goose, rails and crakes and Latham's Snipe. We call in at Tolderol Reserve for the same species as well as waders, Little Grassbird, Golden-headed Cisticoloa and maybe an Australian Bittern.
Mid-afternoon we stop at the small but excellent Monarto Conservation Park, a remnant of drier mallee/heath vegetation, with species such as Southern Scrub-robin, Shy Heathwren, and Purple-gaped Honeyeater.
We take the freeway back to Adelaide and cut straight through the city to spend the last part of the day looking for Banded Stilt, Slender-billed Thornbill, Elegant and Blue-winged Parrot and a chance of Rock Parrot in the St Kilda - Pt Gawler area. You will return to your accommodation around dusk.
Please note: if you want to focus on wetland birds, this trip is also possible commencing from Murray Bridge. We will visit Tolderol and the shores of Lake Alexandrina first.
Impressions of Adelaide region birding: hover mouse over photos for description
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