A longer visit to Ingham’s Tyto Wetlands was high on my wish-list after our very short visit on the way home from Mission Beach a couple of months ago.
The wish came true sooner than I had thought likely, as I managed to get there before 8 a.m. last Wednesday with no need to leave before mid-afternoon. Walking all the way around the main lagoon (at bird-watching pace) and exploring some of the side tracks occupied most of the morning very happily.
Birds were the main attraction, as usual – Willy Wagtails, Brown Honeyeaters and many others on land, with Black Ducks, Pygmy Geese, Grebes, Cormorants and Egrets among the water birds.
Wildlife Queensland Townsville Branch has published an account of their visit to Tyto in June at https://townsville.wildlife.org.au/2021/07/26/tyto-wetlands-june-2021-field-trip/
Click on the link for more photos of the wetlands and a list of 34 bird species spotted.