Doolena Gap WA

Survey Point Doolena Gap WA
Latitude-20.9258100 (20° 55′ 33″ S)
Longitude119.7856000 (119° 47′ 8″ E)

Off the Marble Bar Rd south of Port Hedland a small track leads about 1km to the gap. There’s a good mix of vegetation here in the spinifex woodland. The sandy Coongan riverbed is usually dry with no waterholes.

Camp rating 8 there are no facilities.

Surveys done 5

Blogs:

Fitzroy Crossing along WA coast and hinterland to Perth 2018

SW WA and Great Northern Hwy to Broome 2019

Western Australia 2021

  • Grey Teal Anas gracilis 1 (20.00%)
  • Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 1 (20.00%)
  • Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 1 (20.00%)
  • Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus 2 (40.00%)
  • Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius 2 (40.00%)
  • Black-winged Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 1 (20.00%)
  • Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 1 (20.00%)
  • Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 1 (20.00%)
  • Great Egret Ardea alba 1 (20.00%)
  • White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 1 (20.00%)
  • Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 1 (20.00%)
  • Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 1 (20.00%)
  • Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 1 (20.00%)
  • Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 1 (20.00%)
  • Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 1 (20.00%)
  • Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis 1 (20.00%)
  • Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus 1 (20.00%)
  • Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 1 (20.00%)
  • Southern Boobook Ninox boobook 1 (20.00%)
  • Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 2 (40.00%)
  • Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 3 (60.00%)
  • Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius 1 (20.00%)
  • Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 3 (60.00%)
  • Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 1 (20.00%)
  • Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 1 (20.00%)
  • Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 2 (40.00%)
  • Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius 1 (20.00%)
  • Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 1 (20.00%)
  • Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis 1 (20.00%)
  • Grey-headed Honeyeater Ptilotula keartlandi 2 (40.00%)
  • White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 5 (100.00%)
  • Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 2 (40.00%)
  • Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus 1 (20.00%)
  • Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 2 (40.00%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 2 (40.00%)
  • Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 1 (20.00%)
  • Little Woodswallow Artamus minor 3 (60.00%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 4 (80.00%)
  • Torresian Crow Corvus orru 2 (40.00%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 5 (100.00%)
  • Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata 1 (20.00%)
  • Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 2 (40.00%) (B)
2018
2018
2021
Sacred Kingfisher
Grey-headed Honeyeater