Cuttaburra Ck Eyre development Road Qld

Survey Point Cuttaburra Ck Eyre Developmental Road Qld
Latitude -24.9241700 (24° 55′ 27″ S)
Longitude 139.6483300 (139° 38′ 54″ E)

About 68km south of Bedourie at the crossing of the Eyre Ck, this site is a good illustration of the problems associated with allowing stock to have unlimited access to all water. The water when not flowing becomes foul with the excrement of the stock, and the native wildlife deserts the site. The first survey done here was prolific with birds because the creek was flowing, the second survey was done 14 years later with stock fouled water, and not many birds.

Camp rating 6 a pull over to to the NE of the causeway gets you off the road and right next to the creek, where there is a permanent waterhole.

Surveys done 2

Blogs:

Plains Wanderer surveys SW Qld 2001

Birdsville track and Cape York trip 2015

  • Pink-eared Duck
    Malacorhynchus membranaceus
    1 (50.00%)
  • Hardhead
    Aythya australis
    1 (50.00%)
  • Purple Swamphen
    Porphyrio porphyrio
    1 (50.00%)
  • Black-tailed Native-hen
    Tribonyx ventralis
    1 (50.00%)
  • Eurasian Coot
    Fulica atra
    1 (50.00%)
  • Black-winged Stilt
    Himantopus leucocephalus
    1 (50.00%)
  • Masked Lapwing
    Vanellus miles
    1 (50.00%)
  • Whiskered Tern
    Chlidonias hybrida
    1 (50.00%)
  • Australian Pelican
    Pelecanus conspicillatus
    2 (100.00%)
  • Nankeen Night-Heron
    Nycticorax caledonicus
    1 (50.00%)
  • White-necked Heron
    Ardea pacifica
    1 (50.00%)
  • Great Egret
    Ardea alba
    1 (50.00%)
  • Pied Heron
    Egretta picata
    1 (50.00%)
  • Little Egret
    Egretta garzetta
    1 (50.00%)
  • Australian White Ibis
    Threskiornis moluccus
    1 (50.00%)
  • Straw-necked Ibis
    Threskiornis spinicollis
    1 (50.00%)
  • Yellow-billed Spoonbill
    Platalea flavipes
    1 (50.00%)
  • Royal Spoonbill
    Platalea regia
    1 (50.00%)
  • Glossy Ibis
    Plegadis falcinellus
    1 (50.00%)
  • Great Cormorant
    Phalacrocorax carbo
    1 (50.00%)
  • Little Black Cormorant
    Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    1 (50.00%)
  • Pied Cormorant
    Phalacrocorax varius
    1 (50.00%)
  • Australasian Darter
    Anhinga novaehollandiae
    1 (50.00%)
  • Black-shouldered Kite
    Elanus axillaris
    1 (50.00%)
  • Swamp Harrier
    Circus approximans
    1 (50.00%)
  • Whistling Kite
    Haliastur sphenurus
    2 (100.00%)
  • Black Kite
    Milvus migrans
    1 (50.00%)
  • Brown Falcon
    Falco berigora
    1 (50.00%)
  • Little Corella
    Cacatua sanguinea
    1 (50.00%)
  • White-winged Fairy-wren
    Malurus leucopterus
    1 (50.00%)
  • White-plumed Honeyeater
    Ptilotula penicillata
    2 (100.00%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
    Coracina novaehollandiae
    1 (50.00%)
  • White-winged Triller
    Lalage tricolor
    1 (50.00%)
  • Grey Shrike-thrush
    Colluricincla harmonica
    1 (50.00%)
  • Willie Wagtail
    Rhipidura leucophrys
    2 (100.00%)
  • Grey Fantail
    Rhipidura fuliginosa
    1 (50.00%)
  • Little Crow
    Corvus bennetti
    1 (50.00%)
  • Australian Raven
    Corvus coronoides
    1 (50.00%)
  • Magpie-lark
    Grallina cyanoleuca
    1 (50.00%)
  • Zebra Finch
    Taeniopygia guttata
    1 (50.00%)
  • Australian Reed-Warbler
    Acrocephalus australis
    1 (50.00%)
  • Fairy Martin
    Petrochelidon ariel
    2 (100.00%)