Survey Point | Parnka Point Coorong NP SA |
Latitude | -35.9008300 (35° 54′ 3″ S) |
Longitude | 139.3983300 (139° 23′ 54″ E) |
About 22km south of Meningie on the Princess Hwy the road to parnka Point heads off SW, at the end of the road at McCallum Point, the site takes in all of the point and surrounding waters and the other bank, this site is all about the waterbirds, there’s not a great amount of land here, and it’s mostly park land with people all over the place, great place for a picnic.
Camp rating 7 Pelican Campground lies about 500m back down the road, it has fees.
Surveys done 4
Blogs, see main page archives:
Calder Hwy, Sunset NP, Silver City Hwy, Sturt NP, Strzelecki track, Danggali, Ngarkat, Coorong 2013/14
SA coast, Stuart Hwy, Central Australia, East Kimberley, Darwin region, Kakadu NP, Barkly Hwy, inland NE Qld 2017
Victoria, The Coorong, Flinders Ranges, Oodnadatta Track, Newhaven, Mt Augustus, Kennedy Range NP 2024
- Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae 1 (25.00%)
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides 2 (50.00%)
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis 3 (75.00%)
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea 3 (75.00%)
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 1 (25.00%)
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 1 (25.00%)
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 1 (25.00%)
- Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis 1 (25.00%)
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae 1 (25.00%)
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 2 (50.00%)
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 2 (50.00%)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 1 (25.00%)
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 1 (25.00%)
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 1 (25.00%)
- Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae 4 (100.00%)
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 2 (50.00%)
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 1 (25.00%)
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 2 (50.00%)
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 4 (100.00%)
- Great Egret Ardea alba 1 (25.00%)
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 1 (25.00%)
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta 1 (25.00%)
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 1 (25.00%)
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1 (25.00%)
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 1 (25.00%)
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 1 (25.00%)
- White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons 2 (50.00%)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 1 (25.00%)
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 4 (100.00%)
- Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus 1 (25.00%)
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 1 (25.00%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 1 (25.00%)
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 2 (50.00%)
- Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 1 (25.00%)
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 1 (25.00%)
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 1 (25.00%)