Survey Point | Manton Dam Recreation Reserve NT |
Latitude | -12.8625000 (12° 51′ 45″ S) |
Longitude | 131.1208333 (131° 7′ 15″ E) |
On the Stuart Hwy about 43km north of Adelaide River township, the signposted road leads about 3km west into the car park. There is a mixture of parkland and bushland on the edge of the lake here, the best spot for bush birds is a promontory to the west of the car park and on the wooden bridge over the shallow gully to get there.
No camping is allowed here
Surveys done 3
Blogs:
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- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata 3 (100.00%)
- Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata 1 (33.33%)
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah 1 (33.33%)
- Green Pygmy-goose Nettapus pulchellus 2 (66.67%)
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt 1 (33.33%)
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 2 (66.67%)
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 1 (33.33%)
- Brown-capped Emerald-Dove Chalcophaps longirostris 1 (33.33%)
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea 1 (33.33%)
- Great Egret Ardea alba 1 (33.33%)
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 1 (33.33%)
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 2 (66.67%)
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 3 (100.00%)
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 1 (33.33%)
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii 2 (66.67%)
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 1 (33.33%)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 3 (100.00%)
- Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis 2 (66.67%)
- Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 3 (100.00%)
- Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps 1 (33.33%)
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 1 (33.33%)
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 1 (33.33%)
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis 1 (33.33%)
- White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor 3 (100.00%)
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 1 (33.33%)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis 1 (33.33%)
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela 1 (33.33%)
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 1 (33.33%)
- Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 1 (33.33%)
- Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus 1 (33.33%)
- Yellow Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus 2 (66.67%)
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus 2 (66.67%)
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris 2 (66.67%)
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru 1 (33.33%)
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto 1 (33.33%)
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 1 (33.33%)
- Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster 3 (100.00%)