Outings

Outing to Woods Bushland Reserve

  • Date Sunday, 21 September 2025
  • Time 9:30 am
  • Locations Woods Bushland Reserve, Tuerong

Overview

Join BirdLife Mornington Peninsula and outing leader Neil Shelley (0438-557-178) for a Sunday outing to Woods Bushland Reserve, Tuerong

Conditions

Outing on formed tracks

Golden Whistler

Scientific namePachycephala pectoralis

Bird group – Small bush birds

Compact songbird with short pointed bill. Male olive above, yellow below, with white throat set in black head. Female, often misidentified, grayish overall with yellow wash below, at least in undertail coverts. Olive Whistler much browner below, with well-defined whitish bib. Inhabits great variety of habitats in southeastern Australia and up the east coast to north Queensland. Song a loud piercing whistle with a whip-like ending. (eBird)

Getting There

Meet at 9:30am in car park at end of Woodlands Road, off Derril Road

Melway map 152 reference E6