Bird Watching
Hamlet
Downs is a perfect location for the bird watchers and observers. The quiet rural
environment
provides us with a wide and wonderful array of bird life. There are a number of
locations on our 36 acres where you may hide and view the wildlife including
platypus and of course the birds.
We provide guests with binoculars for use on the property and a selection of books on Tasmanian Birds.
The property was surveyed by a local bird watcher during the summer season and identified over 50 bird types during a short 2 hour session. We have since added to the list below, other birds observed by guests*:
| Specific Bird |
| Australian Magpie |
| Australian Wood Duck* |
| Bar-tailed Godwit |
| Beautiful Firetail |
| Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike |
| Brown Thornbill |
| Brush Bronzewing |
| Chestnut Teal |
| Common Blackbird |
| Common Bronzewing |
| Common Starling |
| Crescent Honeyeater |
| Dusky Robin |
| Dusky Woodswallow |
| Eastern Spinebill |
| European Goldfinch |
| Fan-tailed cuckoo |
| Flame Robin |
| Golden Whistler |
| Green Rosella |
| Grey Currawong |
| Grey Fantail |
| Grey Shrike-thrush |
| White-faced Heron |
| Hoary-headed Grebe |
| Laughing Kookaburra |
| Little Pied Cormorant* |
| Mallard |
| Masked Lapwing |
| New Holland Honeyeater |
| Noisy Miner |
| Olive Whistler |
| Pacific black Duck |
| Pallid Cuckoo |
| Satin Whistler |
| Scarlet Robin |
| Scrubtit |
| Shining Bronze Cuckoo |
| Silvereye |
| Spotted Pardolate - Female |
| Spotted Pardolate - Male |
| Spotted Quail-Thrush |
| Striated Pardalote |
| Strong-billed Honeyeater |
| Sulphur-crested cockatoo |
| Superb Fairy Wren |
| Tasmanian Native Hen* |
| Tree Martin |
| Wedged-tailed eagle |
| Welcome Swallow |
| **** |
| Yellow Wattlebird |
| Yellow-rumped Thornbill |
| Yellow-tailed black cockatoo |
| Yellow-throated Honeyeater |
Within 10 minutes of Hamlet Downs, is Mount Field National Park which has access to over 80 bird types. The link below to the National Park web site provides an updated list of the birds seen at the park.
Mt Field National Park - Animal & Bird Species List
Please do not hesitate to call us if you require more information.
Links
Videos of birds - see www.birdcinema.com