Survey Point | Little Panton River WA |
Latitude | -17.8750000 (17° 52′ 30″ S) |
Longitude | 127.8316667 (127° 49′ 54″ E) |
About 47km north of Halls Creek and 117km south of Wumin on the Great Northern Hwy, the river only runs during the wet season with some rockpools lasting longer. There is a thin line of trees along the banks of the river and patchy grassy scrub away from the river.
Camp rating 7, this is a free campsite on the old road just to the east of the new one. There are no toilets and it’s not far from the main road.
Surveys done 7
Blogs:
Tanami Rd, Kimberley region 2018
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 1 (14.29%)
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 1 (14.29%)
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 6 (85.71%)
- Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus 1 (14.29%)
- Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus 1 (14.29%)
- Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 1 (14.29%)
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 1 (14.29%)
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 1 (14.29%)
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus 1 (14.29%)
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 1 (14.29%)
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides 1 (14.29%)
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 2 (28.57%)
- Black Kite Milvus migrans 2 (28.57%)
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 1 (14.29%)
- Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 2 (28.57%)
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 3 (42.86%)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 2 (28.57%)
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 1 (14.29%)
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 1 (14.29%)
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 4 (57.14%)
- Northern Rosella Platycercus venustus 1 (14.29%)
- Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor 1 (14.29%)
- Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis 2 (28.57%)
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 1 (14.29%)
- Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 2 (28.57%)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus 1 (14.29%)
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 6 (85.71%)
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 1 (14.29%)
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 3 (42.86%)
- Grey-fronted Honeyeater Ptilotula plumula 1 (14.29%)
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens 4 (57.14%)
- Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 3 (42.86%)
- Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus 1 (14.29%)
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 2 (28.57%)
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 3 (42.86%)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 1 (14.29%)
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 1 (14.29%) (B)
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 2 (28.57%)
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 1 (14.29%)
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 1 (14.29%)
- Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 1 (14.29%)
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 1 (14.29%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 2 (28.57%)
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru 6 (85.71%)
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 2 (28.57%)
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 5 (71.43%)
- Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda 1 (14.29%)
- Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata 1 (14.29%)
- Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 1 (14.29%)
- Gouldian Finch Chloebia gouldiae 1 (14.29%)
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 1 (14.29%)