Highlights of 4 day Wildlife Journey to East Gippsland, Australia, with Wildlife Guide Martin Maderthaner:
All pictures by Martin. Header image is a lovely young Lowlands Copperhead.
female Powerful Owl, Buchan
Reptile species seen: 7 Goannas, Grass Skink, Jacky Lizard, Gippsland Water Dragon, Copper-tailed Skink and White’s Skink, White-lipped Snake, Lowlands Copperhead and Red-bellied Black Snake.
Red-bellied Black Snake, Snowy River National Park
Mammal species seen: Long-nosed Bandicoot, Agile Antechinus, Bare-nosed Wombat, Echidna, Koala, Grey-headed Flying-fox, Common Brushtail and brief views of Platypus.
Short-beaked Echidna, Raymond Island
Swamp Wallaby, Buchan
142 species of birds seen: Little Eagle, Wedge-tailed Eagle, White-bellied Sea-eagle, Powerful Owl, Gang-gang, Azure Kingfisher, Turquoise Parrot, Sooty Oystercatcher, Latham’s Snipe, Caspian Tern, Crescent Honeyeater, Large-billed Scrubwren, Forest Raven and this gorgeous Tawny Frogmouth.
Tawny Frogmouth, Raymond Island
Turquoise Parrot, Cape Conran
For full wildlife species checklist for this tour click here.