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South Australia Birding

Fleurieu Peninsula

Fleurieu Peninsula including Goolwa, Lake Alexandrina, Hindmarsh Island, Murray Bridge, Mount Compass. This relatively small area contains a number of good birding sites including wetlands, swamps, coastal reserves, native bushland and a sea-watching spot thrown in to top it off.



Getting there

Public

GPS Coordinates: 35°22.536′S, 138°48.078′E


Tour operators / accommodation providers



Image Gallery

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Australian Owlet-nightjar Southernbirdingservicesavatar_small
Variegated Fairywren Southernbirdingservicesavatar_small

Wildlife

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Seabirds 10 species
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Land Birds 46 species
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on Hindmarsh Island and around the shores of Lake Alexandrina
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Tolderol Game Reserve
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Tolderol Game Reserve
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heard calling from stubble fields, 2 flushed
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Tolderol Game Reserve
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Paiwalla lookout, Murray Bridge
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Murray mouth lookout carpark, Hindmarsh Island
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ssp intermedius, highly endangered. 2 at Mt Compass swamp.
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Monarto Cons Park, Murray Bridge
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Monarto Cons Park, Murray Bridge
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flushed, Hindmarsh Island
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Monarto Cons Park, Murray Bridge
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immature, Tolderol Game Reserve.
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