With over 300 recorded bird species, Coffs Coast is a veritable bird lovers’ paradise.
In Coffs Harbour, great places for bird watching are the
North Coast Regional Botanic Garden, the Coffs Creek Walk and of course
Muttonbird Island Nature Reserve, which is the largest and most significant breeding site for wedge-tailed shearwaters (muttonbirds) in NSW.
Thousands of muttonbirds return from South-east Asia to their home on Muttonbird Island in late August to breed and raise their chicks over summer. Interpretive displays on the island explain the birds’ lifecycle and habits.
Dorrigo National Park features the excellent Walk With The Birds boardwalk, a 200 metre boardwalk high up in the subtropical rainforest where you will encounter a wide variety of birds. Educational information panels help you identify birds and recognise bird calls.
Coffs Coast’s many national parks, state forests, reserves, bushland and coastal dunes are all excellent places to go bird watching. Among the many species you may spot or hear are brush-turkeys, catbirds, egrets, ospreys, sea eagles, little terns, many types of honeyeaters, jacanas, wompoos, lyrebirds, noisy pittas, logrunners, lorikeets, pied and sooty oystercatchers, whipbirds, bowerbirds, cuckoos and boobook owls.
If you’re interested in birds, make sure to download a copy of the informative online publication Bird Routes of Coffs Coast, which suggests good places to go bird watching and explains what species you may encounter along with the comprehensive list of all the bird species found on Coffs Coast.
Downloadable PDF and Brochure can be found below.
Within the state forests, national parks and bushland there are over 250 species to be found.
For example eastern whip birds, black-necked stork, osprey, little terns, forest kingfisher, red-kneed dotteral and more.
Visit areas such as:
Muttonbird Island
North Coast Regional Botanic Garden in Coffs Harbour
Dorrigo National Park
Red Rock
Bongil Bongil National Park
Bindarri National Park.
Bird Observer groups meet regularly around Coffs Coast.
The Coffs Harbour Bird List provides a comprehensive listing of the birds species on Coffs Coast...
The Bird Routes brochure details popular places to go to discover and view our amazing birdlife...
