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BASED IN ARNHEM LAND, IN AUSTRALIA'S NORTHERN TERRITORY, WE HAVE AUSTRALIA'S FINAL BIRDING FRONTIER The Arnhemland Barramundi Nature Lodge offers exclusive bird-watching tours to an area that has been proclaimed Australia's premier bird-watching destination. In September 2005, renowned Australian bird-watching authority, Dick Eussen, was engaged to conduct a survey of the bird species within a 50 km radius of the Arnhemland Barramundi Nature Lodge. In four days, he recorded 196 species, including 67 species in a half-day excursion across the Tomkinson River floodplain and woodland fringe. Another 27 species were recorded along the tidal and freshwater section of the river the following morning. The seashore, Liverpool River tidal flats, Haularound and Entrance Islands, and tidal exposed reef, yielded 57 species. Migrating waders and terns made up the bulk of these sightings. Other species (39) were recorded about the Arnhemland Barramundi Nature Lodge, Ankabadbirda billabong ( Cadell River) woodlands, swamps, and pristine freshwater lagoons. Rare vagrants included Black-backed Wagtails,Asian Dowitcher and Ringed Plover, and Dick was particularly excited by three separate sightings of the extremely-rare Red Goshawk. Together with previous documented recorded bird sightings in the area, Dick concluded that a minimum of 287 species occur in the Maningrida/Liverpool River region.
Dick Eussen's trip to the lodge in March 2006
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