[Birding-Aus] Lady Elliot Island - off Bundaberg, Qld

[Colin R]

Hi All

I spent 5 days last week on LEI with ~300 Bridled Terns, ~ 400 Common &
~5000 Black Noddies, ~400 Roseate Terns, ~200 Black-naped Terns and, a
highlight for me, 6 Red-tailed Tropicbirds!!
It was absolutely brilliant and I can only highly recommend any birder
to visit. All the birds mentioned were breeding and presented absolutely
perfect opportunities for photography, in fact getting in each other's
way at times!
Along with these were a few waders, Reef Egrets (~50), Pac Golden Plover
(~40), Ruddy Turnstone (~60), Wandering Tattler (~10), Lesser Sand
Plover (~6), Bar-tailed Godwit (5), Whimbrel (1), both Oystercatcher
sp., Brown Boobies (~5) and Frigatebirds (~30) - also allowing unusually
close approach.
When you get tired of birding (?) there is the snorkelling, some of the
best I have ever seen, off the western side of the island - turtles,
coral and pelagic fish sp, a few reef sharks etc in 30-40 ft of safe
water - if you are a diver the opportunites are apparently extensive,
including Manta Rays and shark sp.
I have no financial interest in the resort, but I felt I had to share
the
experience in a small way and encourage other birders to visit to enjoy
it the way we did!

Cheers
--
Colin Reid
jan...@fastmail.fm
So many birds, so little time......

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[Peter Madvig]

Hi Colin,

Great - it's long been on my list of places to go to!!

Earlier mails on birding.aus about it, but would you mind refreshing my mind
on the subject of transport and accommodation, please?

Many thanks,
Peter Madvig

[inger vandyke]

Hi All,

I will second Colin's recommendation for Lady Elliot. I grew up on those reefs (Lady Musgrave also) as a kid and there were thousands of birds there then. Great to hear they are still around.

We can recommend the snorkelling with Mantas off Lighthouse Bommie on Lady Elliott.

Cheers,

Inger > From: mad...@iprimus.com.au> To: jan...@fastmail.fm; birdi...@vicnet.net.au> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Lady Elliot Island - off Bundaberg, Qld> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:13:59 +1100> > Hi Colin,> > Great - it's long been on my list of places to go to!!> > Earlier mails on birding.aus about it, but would you mind refreshing my mind > on the subject of transport and accommodation, please?> > Many thanks,> Peter Madvig> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Colin R" <jan...@fastmail.fm>> To: <birdi...@vicnet.net.au>> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 11:52 AM> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Lady Elliot Island - off Bundaberg, Qld> > > > Hi All> >> > I spent 5 days last week on LEI with ~300 Bridled Terns, ~ 400 Common &> > ~5000 Black Noddies, ~400 Roseate Terns, ~200 Black-naped Terns and, a> > highlight for me, 6 Red-tailed Tropicbirds!!> > It was absolutely brilliant and I can only highly recommend any birder> > to visit. All the birds mentioned were breeding and presented absolutely> > perfect opportunities for photography, in fact getting in each other's> > way at times!> > Along with these were a few waders, Reef Egrets (~50), Pac Golden Plover> > (~40), Ruddy Turnstone (~60), Wandering Tattler (~10), Lesser Sand> > Plover (~6), Bar-tailed Godwit (5), Whimbrel (1), both Oystercatcher> > sp., Brown Boobies (~5) and Frigatebirds (~30) - also allowing unusually> > close approach.> > When you get tired of birding (?) there is the snorkelling, some of the> > best I have ever seen, off the western side of the island - turtles,> > coral and pelagic fish sp, a few reef sharks etc in 30-40 ft of safe> > water - if you are a diver the opportunites are apparently extensive,> > including Manta Rays and shark sp.> > I have no financial interest in the resort, but I felt I had to share> > the> > experience in a small way and encourage other birders to visit to enjoy> > it the way we did!> >> > Cheers> > -- > > Colin Reid> > jan...@fastmail.fm> > So many birds, so little time......> >> >> > -- > > http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free> >> > ===============================> > www.birding-aus.org> > birding-aus.blogspot.com> >> > To unsubscribe from this mailing list,> > send the message:> > unsubscribe> > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)> > to: birding-a...@vicnet.net.au> > ===============================> > > > > ===============================> www.birding-aus.org> birding-aus.blogspot.com> > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message:> unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line)> to: birding-a...@vicnet.net.au> ===============================
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