From penguins to parrots, Victoria's Parks are home to a wide variety of bird species both native and migratory. For information on bird watching in a specific park select the park page from the list above. Alternatively see the bird watching section of the visit victoria website.

Here are some suggestions of great places to go bird watching:

Coolart Wetlands and Homestead. Birds can be seen everywhere at Coolart with different species found in each of the distinct habitats. Winter and spring are the most spectacular seasons when over 1000 Australian white ibis and other water birds congregate on the lagoon to breed.

Agness Falls Scenic Reserve. The canopy of tall eucalypts provides food and nesting areas for a variety of birds including the Eastern Yellow Robin, Grey Fantail, Laughing Kookaburra, Currawong and Crimson Rosella and a range of honeyeaters. At night possums and owls emerge from tree hollows to feed amongst the spreading branches of the eucalypts. If you are lucky you may catch a glimpse of a Swamp Wallaby disappearing into the bush.

Murray River Reserves. The Murray floodplain is home to hundreds of species of birds. The breeding and survival of most water birds is linked with regular wetland flooding. The Barmah Forest is an internationally significant wetland breeding ground for water birds as well as a major flight path for migratory birds.

Jawbone Flora and Fauna Reserve. Altogether 120 species of birds have been identified at the reserve with a number of them breeding and nesting at the site as well. You can see water birds such as ducks, coots and moorhens, several species of cormorant and grebe, swans, herons, spoonbills and pelicans. Many of these residents can be seen from the bird hide on the northern shore of the eastern (upper) lake. Wader Beach is the eastern limit of a chain of habitats along the western shores of Port Phillip Bay for migratory birds that arrive each spring from the Northern Hemisphere. Large flocks of waders, including the Red-neck Stint may be seen in summer, while swans, cormorants, ibis and oyster catchers feed there all year round.