Over 90 species of birds have been recorded in and around Mutton Cove.

Black winged stilts are nomadic and endemic to Australia and while they don’t breed at Mutton Cove, they feed here extensively.

Black winged stilt

Quail breed at Mutton Cove and Red capped plovers visit to feed.

Quail and chick 3.2.15

Red-capped Plover

Other birds seen regularly include pelicans, ducks, chats, grebe, elegant parrots, rock parrots and dotterels.

Elegant parrot

Rock parrot

Pelicans

Spotted Harrier

Sooty Oystercatcher

Some spring and summer 2015-16 sightings include:

Whistling Kite

Pied Oystercatcher

Red-necked Avocet

Osprey, 12.9.15

Seen 9.11.2015

mature and juvenile Pacific Gulls 29.11.2015

Seen 19.1.2016

Sacred Kingfishers seen darting around vegetation along Port riverfront, Feb and March 2016: