Birdwatching Near Sydney
Where to go birdwatching near Sydney. Wingmate maps 39 birding locations within 60 km of the city centre, and lists the bird species recorded at each one.
The birds recorded at the most locations around Sydney are Red-whiskered Bulbul, Variegated Fairywren, Australian Brushturkey, Scarlet Myzomela and Powerful Owl.
Centennial Park, the Royal and Ku-ring-gai Chase national parks and the Botany Bay wetlands are all within an hour of the CBD, which is why Sydney turns up seabirds, heathland honeyeaters and rainforest birds in the same weekend. The closest spot to the centre is Centennial Park, about 4 km out. A flame marks any location with a sighting logged in the last 30 days.
Top 12 birding spots near Sydney
The locations within reach of Sydney where the Wingmate community has recorded the most species.
- Waterbird Refuge (Sydney Olympic Park)41 species · 72 sightings · seen 67 days ago
- Cattai National Park🔥40 species · 44 sightings · seen 16 days ago
- Centennial Park🔥34 species · 55 sightings · seen 17 days ago
- Mount Annan Botanic Garden🔥33 species · 72 sightings · seen 21 days ago
- Glenbrook Lagoon21 species · 23 sightings · seen 55 days ago
- Scheyville National Park20 species · 71 sightings · seen 39 days ago
- Dee Why Lagoon Wildlife Refuge🔥15 species · seen 12 days ago
- Wattamolla (Royal NP)11 species · seen 61 days ago
- Deep Creek Reserve10 species · seen 54 days ago
- Yarramundi Reserve8 species · seen 61 days ago
- Coogee Beach🔥7 species · 8 sightings · seen 20 days ago
- Castlereagh Nature Reserve🔥6 species · 12 sightings · seen 26 days ago
Every birding spot near Sydney
39 spots · 10 active39 locations
- 🔥Centennial Park34 species · 55 sightings · seen 17 days ago
- Summer Hill7 species recorded
- 🔥Coogee Beach7 species · 8 sightings · seen 20 days ago
- Marine Parade Lookout (Mistral Point)9 species recorded
- 🔥Shelly Beach & Headland2 species · seen 20 days ago
- Waterbird Refuge (Sydney Olympic Park)41 species · 72 sightings · seen 67 days ago
- Scarborough Park8 species recorded
- Jim Walsh Park9 species recorded
- Narawang Wetlands (Sydney Olympic Park)8 species recorded
- 🔥Dee Why Lagoon Wildlife Refuge15 species · seen 12 days ago
- Long Reef Aquatic Reserve10 species recorded
- Taren Point Shorebird Reserve7 species recorded
- Lime Kiln Bay Reserve and Wetlands10 species recorded
- Oatley Park10 species recorded
- Deep Creek Reserve10 species · seen 54 days ago
- Lake Parramatta Reserve1 species · seen 174 days ago
- Warriewood Wetlands10 species recorded
- Bidjigal Reserve1 species · seen 237 days ago
- Fred Caterson Reserve10 species recorded
- Glenwood Lake7 species recorded
- McKay Reserve10 species recorded
- Wattamolla (Royal NP)11 species · seen 61 days ago
- Bunyarra Parade Reserve10 species recorded
- Scheyville National Park20 species · 71 sightings · seen 39 days ago
- Woy Woy Bay Public Wharf3 species · seen 50 days ago
- Windsor Downs Nature Reserve9 species recorded
- 🔥Cattai National Park40 species · 44 sightings · seen 16 days ago
- 🔥Pitt Town Nature Reserve1 species · seen 20 days ago
- 🔥Mount Annan Botanic Garden33 species · 72 sightings · seen 21 days ago
- 🔥Castlereagh Nature Reserve6 species · 12 sightings · seen 26 days ago
- Wianamatta Nature Reserve8 species recorded
- Bushells Lagoon10 species recorded
- Weir Reserve10 species recorded
- Richmond Lowlands2 species · seen 49 days ago
- Pughs Lagoon Reserve2 species · seen 77 days ago
- 🔥Narara Ecovillage2 species · seen 27 days ago
- Yarramundi Reserve8 species · seen 61 days ago
- 🔥Strickland State Forest2 species · seen 27 days ago
- Glenbrook Lagoon21 species · 23 sightings · seen 55 days ago
Birds you can see around Sydney
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- Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Variegated Fairywren
- Australian Brushturkey
- Scarlet Myzomela
- Powerful Owl
- Black Bittern
- Channel-billed Cuckoo
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- White-fronted Tern
- Glossy Black-Cockatoo
- Oriental Cuckoo
- Fuscous Honeyeater
- Blue-breasted Quail
- Brown Cuckoo-Dove
- Satin Flycatcher
- Brown Gerygone
- Kelp Gull
- Striated Heron
- White-cheeked Honeyeater
- Black-faced Monarch
- Topknot Pigeon
- Regent Bowerbird
- Baillon's Crake
- Australian Rufous Fantail
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