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Read about the wildlife that visits the vineyard at various times of the year.

Amidst the numerous magpies flying around the vineyard, suddenly a brawl erupted between these two. It looked really ferocious but both battlers flew away intact and there were no feathers floating around. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Magpie Brawl at the Vineyard was last modified: July 28th, 2018 by Bob […]

Magpie Brawl at the Vineyard

This entry was posted in Wildlife on 28 July, 2018 by Bob Clark

Plenty of bird activity in the vineyard and around the house. Magpies creating great choruses at morning and evening, the constantly intriguing activities of wrens as the dart from one location to another (making them hard to catch on camera) and the resplendent colours of the Rosellas. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” […]

Birds aplenty

This entry was posted in Wildlife and tagged Eastern Yellow Wren Magpie Rosella on 1 August, 2017 by Bob Clark

A large number of Currawongs were carolling for all they were worth in the trees – a wonderful chorus that lasted for hours. A whole group descended onto the grassed area near the Cellar Door works and busily pecked away. At the smaller size level, little wrens were extremely active […]

Carolling Currawongs

This entry was posted in Wildlife and tagged Currawongs Wrens on 24 May, 2016 by Bob Clark

Some loud squawking announced the arrival of two Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoos attracted by the seeds of a shrub in the garden. The seeds were picked and cracked with much noise providing a good feed before these beautiful birds flew off revealing their striking yellow tail feathers. Also parrots were around, […]

Magnificent Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos

This entry was posted in Wildlife and tagged Australian White Ibis Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo on 29 February, 2016 by Bob Clark

A family of ducks visited the vineyard — With the dam now looking almost full as a result of not so recent rain, some new inhabitants have been checking out the vineyard for some tasty morsels. In the background you can see the wattles and close up, it is wattle in overdrive. Vineyard Visitors was last modified: April […]

Vineyard Visitors

This entry was posted in Wildlife on 12 October, 2015 by Bob Clark