Wooli River Lodges

Bird Watching in Wooli

Surrounded by pristine National Park and the cleanest river in NSW, Wooli has an astounding number and range of birds. In fact one third of all Australian birds are found in the Clarence Valley on the NSW North Coast, where Wooli is located.

With the river just a few steps away and the vast wilderness of Yuraygir National Park just across the road and on the opposite side of the river, Wooli River Lodges is an ideal base for birdwatchers. Around 190 species of birds have been recorded at Yuraygir NP, 30 of which are listed as endangered.

For groups and individuals

Bird watching groups are most welcome to stay at our quiet Wooli riverside accommodation. Please call to discuss options.

Even if you’re not an avid bird watcher, it’s a good idea to bring binoculars when visiting Wooli, as you’re bound to hear or see interesting birds you’d want to have a closer look at – even right from the veranda of your lodge.

One birdwatcher made this list of birds he saw in a 2-day period in January 2009. He only ventured from Wooli River Lodges to the National Park, a short walk across the road.

Birds seen near Wooli River Lodges over 2 days in summer:

Brown Quail Chestnut Teal Australian Wood Duck Pacific Black Duck Australian Pelican Great Cormorant Little Black Cormorant White-faced Heron Cattle Egret Great Egret Little Egret Intermediate Egret Nankeen Night Heron Australian White Ibis Black-shouldered Kite Whistling Kite White-bellied Sea Eagle Buff-banded Rail Black-tailed Godwit Whimbrel Eastern Curlew Sandpiper Beach Stone Curlew Masked Lapwing Pied Oystercatcher Silver Gull Crested Tern Peaceful Dove Spotted Turtle-Dove Crested Pigeon Bar-shouldered Dove Common Bronzewing Glossy Black Cockatoo Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Galah Rainbow Lorikeet

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Australian King Parrot Eastern Rosella Common Koel Pheasant Coucal Tawny Frogmouth Laughing Kookaburra Rainbow Bee-eater Brown Treecreeper Red-backed Fairy-wren Superb Fairy-wren Southern Emu-wren Little Wattlebird Noisy Friarbird Little Friarbird Blue-faced Honeyeater Noisy Miner Tawny-crowned Honeyeater White-cheeked Honeyeater Eastern Whipbird (H) Magpie-lark Satin Flycatcher Willie Wagtail Grey Fantail Black-faced Cuckoo shrike Olive-backed Oriole Figbird White-breasted Woodswallow Pied Butcherbird Australian Magpie Torresian Crow Welcome Swallow Golden headed Cisticola House Sparrow Red-browed Finc

More birdwatching resources

• To book a birdwatching tour, contact Simon Clayton of Birdrangers.
• For recent report on birds seen at Wooli River Lodges see here and here.
• For more information, please visit Lloyd Nielsen's Birding Australia website.

Wooli River Lodges is a birdwatchers' paradise

We welcome individual birdwatchers and bird watching groups to enjoy a stay at the peacefully situated Wooli River Lodges. Please contact us for more information or make a booking.

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