Our next BirdLife Castlemaine District Branch bird walk will be held on Saturday 7 December at Barkers Creek Reservoir, Harcourt North.
The habitat is typical lake/riverside Red-gum Forest with many mature trees. Recent sightings include Black-tailed Native Hen, Black-fronted Dotterel, Sacred Kingfisher, Australian Reed Warbler, Australasian Darter, Great Crested Grebe, Peregrine Falcon and Olive-backed Oriole, along with a number of other waterbirds, various Honeyeaters, Pardalotes and Thornbills. Our walk leaders are Rosemary and Peter Turner.
Thanks again to all the people that have assisted with and taken part in our walks this year, especially the walk leaders. Without you we would not continue to have such successful and enjoyable walks. To help celebrate this, the walk will be followed by our end of year morning tea, so please bring some food to share plus your preferred beverage and a chair if you wish.
ALL WELCOME!
Please note there are toilets at the site.
We will meet at the Barkers Creek Reservoir car park, Harcourt North. From Castlemaine take Barker St/Midland Highway (A300) north. Drive around 8KM and cross the Calder Freeway; the road becomes Victoria Rd. Drive about 1KM to the end of Victoria Rd and turn left into Harmony Way, then drive about 400 mtrs and turn right into Market St. Drive approx. 1.4KM and turn left into Reservoir Rd. Go to the end of Reservoir Rd, just over 3KM and turn left into McIvor Rd. The car park for the Reservoir is about 600 mtrs on the right.
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