Birding Trip to Western Australia - June 2026

As well as Hattah-Kulkyne National Park (Victoria) and Gluepot (South Australia)

Deb and I had a great birding trip.   We birded every day, despite some mixed weather.   We're definitely hardcore birders now!

We started at Hattah-Kulkyne National Park in the north-west of Victoria.   We met up with my friend Bob and camped for a couple of nights at Lake Mournpall.   Bob regailed us with stories of Apostle birds flocking around his feet.   We didn't see any!   But we did see lots of other birds.   Here's a selection of those birds.

Then it was over the border into South Australia and the Birdlife Australia property of Gluepot.   We arrived late in the afternoon and set up our tents at Sitella campground.   That night it bucketed down, apparently about 17 ml!   Gluepot lived up to it's name, with many roads muddy pools and closed.   We headed to the nearby hides.   The hides had lovely water troughs enabling you to get a close view of the birds, drinking or bathing in the water.   But there was water everywhere so no birds at the troughs!

We did manage to do some birding around the campsite, at a couple of hides, then near the ranger station.   The next day we managed to do some more birding along the roads before managing to drive out.   Gluepot was closed due to the rain so we were lucky to get in and to get out!   Here's a selection of the beautiful birds we saw at Gluepot, including a Splendid Fairy-wren.

We headed to Adelaide and the hospitality of Bob and Alex, before flying to Perth.   Now, we could start our Western Australian birding trip.

First was Perth and some birding at Kings Park and Heirisson Island.   We saw some pretty birds including ...

a Brown Honeyeater

a Singing Honeyeater, 

and a White-cheeked Honeyeater

We then headed to Dryandra.   What a great spot.   We founds some pretty birds and a total of 29 different species in an afternoon and morning.   Here's a selection of the photos we saw.

We then drove on to the Fitzgerald River National Park and stayed in the park at Quaalup Homestead Wilderness Retreat.   We did lots of birding in the National Park, including in the vicinity of the homestead, on the coast at Point Anne and along Fitzgerald River.   There were lots and lots of New Holland Honeyeaters, but lots of other birds as well.   There was also some lovely plants blooming which also added to the beauty of the area.   Here's a selection of the birds we saw.

And some of the plants we saw.

From there we headed along the coast to Albany.   We birded around Albany, as well as at Two Peoples Nature Reserve and up at Stirling Ranges National Park, including around the town of Narrikup.   The weather wasn't great, particularly at Stirling Ranges, but we managed to spot some birds between showers and gale force winds!   Here's a selection of the birds we saw.

From Albany we drove via Denmark and the Valley of the Giants to Walpole and our accommodation at  nearby Quinninup.   Here's few of my favourites, including the first Red-winged Fairy-wren we saw!

A Western Rosella,

 a Spotted Scrubwren, and

the Red-winged Fairy-wren.

We then drove via Lake Muir to Margaret River.   Although we didn't see many birds at Lake Muir, we did find the Western Corella and some pretty Scarlet Robins and Yellow-rumped Thornbills.

A Scarlet Robin, 

A Yellow-rumped Thornbill, and the

 Western Corella

Margaret River, including around Leeuwin Estate winery, turned out to have some great birds, including one of my favourites, the Red-eared Firetail.   What a pretty bird!   Here's a selection of the birds we saw.

It was now time to head back to Perth.   Our first stop was at Bunbury.   The birding here was surprisingly good.   Here's a selection of the birds we saw.

Finally we did some birding at Mandurah, another great spot.   Here's some of the birds we saw.

It was a great trip and it will certainly be worth heading back to south-west Western Australia for some more birding during Spring.

Deb

And me

And the list of the birds we saw - 102 species!

Australasian Darter	Crested Bellbird	Little Eagle	Restless Flycatcher	Western Rosella
Australasian Grebe	Crested Pigeon	Little Egret	Rufous Treecreeper	Western Spinebill
Australian Hobby	Crimson Rosella (Yellow)	Little Pied Cormorant	Rufous Whistler	Western Spinebill
Australian Magpie	Emu	Mistletoe Bird	Scarlet Robin	Western Thornbill
Australian Pelican	Eurasian Coot	Moor Hen	Silver Eye	Whistling Kite
Australian Raven	Galah	Mulga Parrot	Silver Gul	White-bellied Sea-eagle
Australian Ringeck (inc. Mallee, Port Lincoln & Twenty-eight)	Gilbert's Honeyeater	New Holand Honeyeater	Singing Honeyeater	White-breasted Robin
Australian Shelduck	Great Crested Tern	Osprey	Sooty Oystercatcher	White-browed Babbler
Australian White Ibis	Great Egret	Pacific Black Duck	Spiny-checked Honeyeater	White-checked Honeyeater
Australian Wood Duck	Grey Butcherbird	Peregrine Falcon	Splendid Fairywren	White-faced Heron
Baudin's Black Cockatoo	Grey Currawong	Pied Cormorant	Spotted Pardalote	White-fronted Honeyeater
Black Falcon	Grey Fantail	Pied Oystercatcher	Spotted Scrubwren	White-plumed Honeyeater
Black Swan	Grey Shrikethrush	Purple-crowned Lorikeet	Striated Pardalote	White-winged Chough
Black-faced Cuckooshrike	Grey Teal	Purple-gaped Honeyeater	Swamp Harrier	Willie Wagtail
Brown Honeyeater	Hardhead	Rainbow Lorikeet	Swamp Hen	Yellow-bllled Spoonbill
Carnaby's Black Cockatoo	Inland Thornbill	Red Wattlebird	Tawny-crowned Honeyeater	Yellow-plumed Honeyeater
Caspian Terns	Jacky Winter	Red-capped Parrot	Weebill	Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Chestnut-crowned Babbler	Laughing Kookaburra	Red-capped Robin	Welcome Swallow
Chestnut-rumped Thornbill	Laughling Dove	Red-eared Firetail	Western Corella
Collared Sparrowhawk	Little Corella	Red-winged Fairy Wren	Western Gerygone
Common Bronzewing	Little Crow	Regent Parrot	Western Golden Whistler