Birding by ear

Explore Westgate Park and learn about the birds that call it home through their song.

Enjoy the unique scenery of Westgate Park on a free and relaxed ranger and volunteer-led walk. On these walks learn how to identify key bird species by their calls. This accessible activity allows people with a vision impairment to participate in birding. 

Westgate Park is a renowned birding hotspot close to Melbourne's CBD, and in this easy, hour-long walk we will learn about the birds who call it home and the habitat that supports them. 

Where: Westgate Park, Salt Lake Car Park, Todd Road, Port Melbourne.

Please bring a water bottle, closed comfortable and appropriate clothing for all weather conditions.

If you are blind or vision impaired, you may need to organise to attend the walk with a support person. If you do not have a support person, email us at healthycommunities@parks.vic.gov.au to arrange for a Park Walks volunteer guide to assist you who has sighted guiding experience.

Please note these walks are open to everyone but have been developed to accommodate for blind and vision impaired people to participate.

Bookings are essential and must be made by through registering with Eventbrite or by emailing healthycommunicaties@parks.vic.gov.au

 

Common birdcalls in Westgate Park

Before attending the walk, please use these resources to familiarise yourself with key birds calls at Westgate Park:

 

Little Raven - Corvus mellori

Click the play button to hear the Little Raven

 

Little Raven 

 

Dusky Moorhen - Gallinula tenebrosa

Click the play button to hear the Dusky Moorhen

 

Dusky Moorhen

 

White-faced Heron - Egretta novaehollandiae

Click the play button to hear the White-faced Heron

 

White-Faced Heron

 

Pied Currawong - Strepera graculina

Click the play button to hear the Pied Currawong

 

Pied Currawong

 

Australian Magpie - Gymnorhina tibicen

Click the play button to hear the Australian Magpie

 

Australian Magpie

 

Superb Fairywren - Malurus cyaneus

Click the play button to hear the Superb Fairywren

 

Superb Fairywren

 

Willie Wagtail - Rhipidura leucophrys

Click the play button to hear the Willie Wagtail

 

Willie Wagtail

 

Australian Reed Warbler - Arocephalus australis

Click the play button to hear the Australian Reed Warbler

 

Australian Reed Warbler

 

Fan-tailed Cuckoo - Cacomantis flabelliformis

Click the play button to hear the Fan-Tailed Cuckoo

 

Fan-Tailed Cuckoo

 

New Holland Honeyeater - Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

Click the play button to hear the New Holland Honeyeater

 

New Holland Honeyeater

 

Great Crested Tern - Thalasseus bergii

Click the play button to hear the Great Crested Tern

 

Great Crested Tern

 

 

 

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