Birds - Friends of Venus Bay Peninsula

Friends of Venus Bay Peninsula has closed as an incorporated group from November 2020.

This website is now managed by the Venus Bay Community Centre . The website will no longer be updated. The contact details are no longer current and any enquiries should be sent to info@vbcc.org.au

There over 100 bird species in the Venus Bay area including seabirds, shorebirds, bush land birds and birds of prey.

Download the Venus Bay Bird List (PDF)

Brown Thornbill

Brush Bronzewing

Crescent Honeyeater

Eastern Whipbird

Eastern Yellow Robin

Eastern Yellow Robin — Eastern Yellow Robin by Mae Adams

Galah — Galah in tree hollow at Venus Bay by Ian McGill

Great Egret at Tarwin River — Great Egret on the Tarwin River by Ian Mc Gill

Grey Fantail — Grey Fantail nesting in Venus Bay bush land by Mae Adams

Little cormorants — Little Black Cormorants at Anderson Inlet by Ian McGill

Nankeen Night-Heron — Nankeen Night-Herons hunt for fish at night at Anderson Inlet, Venus Bay

Pacific (White-necked) Heron — White-necked Heron

Pacific Gull — Pacific Gull by Ian McGill

Pelican — Pelican at Anderson Inlet by Ian McGill

Royal spoonbills and white faced heron — Royal Spoonbills and White-faced Heron at Anderson Inlet by Mae Adams

Southern Emu wren (male) — Southern Emu-wren (male) at Anderson Inlet salt marsh

Wedge Tailed Eagles dominate the skies at Venus Bay — Wedge-tailed Eagle at Venus Bay

White Bellied Sea Ëagle — White-bellied Sea-Eagles hunt for fish at Anderson Inlet

Bassian Thrush — Bassian Thrush are one of several ground dwelling birds at Venus Bay

Superb blue wren — Superb Fairy-wren by Ian McGill

White-eared Honeyeater

Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo illustration — Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo by Christine Larsen

Silver Eyes illustration — Silvereyes by Christine Larsen

Eastern Spinebill illustration — Eastern Spinebill by Christine Larsen

Beautiful Firetail

Venus Bay Birdlife — Powerful Owls visit Venus Bay to hunt at night. Photo by Jono Dashper

Willie Wagtail on nest

Flame Robin - a winter visitor to Venus Bay — Flame Robin – a winter visitor to Venus Bay