


{"id":32474,"date":"2026-03-27T07:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/?page_id=32474"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:57:07","slug":"birds-of-the-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/birds-of-the-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds of the Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>List of birds seen on the course originally compiled by Robin Spry.<\/h2>\n<p>Those underlined have featured in the Club&#8217;s Member Updates. Please click on these to read more about each bird.<\/p>\n<p>If you spot any unusual bird on the course please contact Robin Spry. Quality photography is always welcome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-october-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australasian Pipit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-september-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Magpie<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-june-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW15915095 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-AU\" xml:lang=\"EN-AU\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW15915095 BCX0\">Australian Spotted Crake<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-september-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian White Ibis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Black Kite<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-february-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black-shouldered Kite<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-august-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brown Falcon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-march-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brown Thornbill<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-june-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chestnut Teal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Common Blackbird<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-july-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Common Starling<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-september-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crested Pigeon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-january-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crimson Rosella<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-april-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dusky Moorhen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-january-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eastern Rosella<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-january-2026\/\">Eurasian Skylark<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-february-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Goldfinch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-march-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Greenfinch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-december-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fan-tailed Cuckoo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-august-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flame Robin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-june-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Egret<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-october-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grey Butcherbird<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-november-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grey Fantail<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-march-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grey Shrike Thrush<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-june-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grey Teal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-december-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Horsfield\u2019s Bronze-Cuckoo <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-june-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hoary-headed Grebe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Sparrow<\/p>\n<p>Japanese\/Latham&#8217;s Snipe<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-october-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Little Black Cormorant<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-february-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Little Raven<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-october-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Little Wattlebird<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-february-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long-billed Corella<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-november-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magpie-lark<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-september-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Masked Lapwing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-november-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nankeen Kestrel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-july-2023\/\">New Holland Honeyeater<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-june-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Black Duck<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-july-2024-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Gull<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-december-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peregrine Falcon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pied Cormorant<\/p>\n<p>Pied Currawong<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-january-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pied Oystercatcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-september-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pied Stilt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-july-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Purple Swamphen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-april-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rainbow Lorikeet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-january-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red-browed finch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-november-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Wattlebird<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-may-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rock Dove<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-may-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal Spoonbill<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-november-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacred Kingfisher<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Short-tailed Shearwater<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-july-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silvereye<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-december-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silver Gull<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-march-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Singing Honeyeater<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-december-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-april-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Straw-necked Ibis<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-may-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Striated Fieldwren<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-april-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Superb Fairy-wren<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-march-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swamp Harrier<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-june-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wedge-tailed Eagle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-february-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Welcome Swallow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-august-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White-faced Heron<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-december-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Willie Wagtail\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-may-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yellow-billed Spoonbill<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barwonheads.golf\/cms\/bird-of-the-month-may-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yellow-rumped Thornbill<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>List of birds seen on the course originally compiled by Robin Spry. 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