A brief summary of a weekend trip to the Mount Worth area in West Gippsland (Victoria).
Another good cycling and birding trip to this nice birding spot east of Melbourne. Staying at ‘Twitchers Cottage’ not far from the Mt Worth summit we recorded 30+ species of birds around the house plus further ‘wet forest’ species in Mt Worth State Park itself.
Some birding highlights were as follows.
Brown Gerygone – further new location records (north of Mt Worth) for this species which has been extending its range west in Victoria since the 1980s Rose Robin – lots of Rose Robins heard calling in rainforest patches new the top of the Strzelecki Ranges south of Yarragon. Large-billed Scrubwren – good views of foraging birds in the Mt Worth State Park Moonlight Creek trail. Pilot Bird – heard upslope from rainforest gullies in the park Satin Flycatcher – a full coloured female observed in low trees at our accommodation Wedge-tailed Eagle – a pair checking us out above McDonalds Track near the top of the ridge adjacent to Mt Worth.
Another highlight was sitting at an outside table near the house looking at Rose Robins, Crescent Honeyeaters and the female flycatcher … while enjoying a hot cup of tea!
We can thoroughly recommend the area for birding and general scenery of tremendous views, remnant tall forest habitats and waterfalls … best access is via Darnum on the Princes highway or Yarragon. Both have good train services which we used before riding our bikes up the hills towards Mt Worth.
Martin O’Brien Melbourne
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