Best Birdwatching Spots in New South Wales
Where to go birdwatching in New South Wales. Wingmate maps 214 birdwatching locations across NSW and lists the bird species recorded at each one, with a map, directions and recent community sightings.
The birds recorded at the most locations in NSW are Variegated Fairywren, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Australian Brushturkey, Regent Bowerbird and Scarlet Myzomela.
Sydney's coastal reserves, the Blue Mountains, the Hunter wetlands and the Capertee Valley are among the best known birding areas in the state. Search the list below or use the map to find birding spots near you. A flame marks any location with a sighting logged in the last 30 days.
Top 10 birding spots in New South Wales
The NSW locations where the Wingmate community has recorded the most species.
- Hunter Wetlands Centre🔥70 species · 208 sightings · seen yesterday
- Central Coast Wetlands - Pioneer Dairy🔥58 species · 81 sightings · seen 8 days ago
- Mount Annan Botanic Garden🔥44 species · 85 sightings · seen yesterday
- Wonga Wetlands44 species · 57 sightings · seen 145 days ago
- Cattai National Park🔥43 species · 49 sightings · seen 15 days ago
- Waterbird Refuge (Sydney Olympic Park)🔥40 species · 94 sightings · seen yesterday
- Centennial Park🔥37 species · 64 sightings · seen 18 days ago
- Stockton Sandspit - Hunter Wetlands National Park29 species · 39 sightings · seen 37 days ago
- Awabakal Nature Reserve🔥24 species · 25 sightings · seen 16 days ago
- Newcastle Ocean Baths🔥22 species · 39 sightings · seen 22 days ago
Every birding spot in New South Wales
214 spots · 26 active214 locations
- Abrahams Bosom Reserve1 species · seen 203 days ago
- Arakwal National Park2 species · seen 183 days ago
- Australian Inland Botanic Gardens10 species recorded
- 🔥Awabakal Nature Reserve24 species · 25 sightings · seen 16 days ago
- Barren Grounds Nature Reserve12 species · seen 206 days ago
- Barren Grounds Picnic Area1 species · seen 48 days ago
- Beecroft Weapons Range10 species recorded
- Belah Shearers' Quarters10 species recorded
- Bellingen lookout10 species recorded
- Belmont Lagoon20 species · 21 sightings · seen 31 days ago
- Belongil Creek Estuary10 species recorded
- Bidjigal Reserve10 species recorded
- 🔥Bimbi State Forest1 species · seen 30 days ago
- Birdwatching Site 10 (Capertee)5 species · 6 sightings · seen 46 days ago
- Black Head Reserve1 species · seen 62 days ago
- Blinky Beach8 species recorded
- 🔥Blue Gum Hills Regional park12 species · 13 sightings · seen 7 days ago
- Bomaderry Creek Regional Park10 species recorded
- Bombala platypus reserve6 species recorded
- Boorganna Nature Reserve10 species recorded
- Bourke weir2 species · seen 79 days ago
- Broken Hill Racecourse9 species recorded
- Brushy Mountain Campground10 species recorded
- Budderoo track - Budderoo NP10 species recorded
- Bungonia National Park3 species · seen 54 days ago
- Bunyarra Parade Reserve1 species · seen 43 days ago
- Bushells Lagoon10 species recorded
- Campbell's Swamp10 species recorded
- Capertee Campground3 species · seen 47 days ago
- Capertee National Park19 species · 22 sightings · seen 46 days ago
- Castlereagh Nature Reserve6 species · 12 sightings · seen 71 days ago
- Cathedral Rock National Park5 species · seen 54 days ago
- 🔥Cattai National Park43 species · 49 sightings · seen 15 days ago
- Cattai Wetlands10 species recorded
- Cawndilla campground9 species recorded
- Cecil Hoskins Nature Reserve8 species recorded
- 🔥Centennial Park37 species · 64 sightings · seen 18 days ago
- 🔥Central Coast Wetlands - Pioneer Dairy58 species · 81 sightings · seen 8 days ago
- Chat Alley10 species recorded
- Clarrie Hall Dam10 species recorded
- Cliftleigh Meadows Park7 species recorded
- Clover Leigh Golf Club10 species recorded
- Coachwood Park10 species recorded
- Cobar Caravan Park8 species recorded
- Cockburn river campground9 species recorded
- Cocora Beach8 species recorded
- Coogee Beach7 species · 8 sightings · seen 65 days ago
- Coomaditchy Lagoon Reserve9 species recorded
- Coopernook Foreshore Reserve10 species recorded
- Copi Hollow Caravan Park10 species recorded
- Corowa Waste Water6 species recorded
- Crams Farm Reserve10 species recorded
- Dee Why Lagoon Wildlife Refuge2 species · seen 57 days ago
- Deep Creek Reserve10 species · seen 99 days ago
- Deniliquin Riverside Caravan Park8 species recorded
- Dorrigo Rainforest Centre1 species · seen 108 days ago
- Dubbo Wastewater Treatment Plant & Bird Hide2 species · 4 sightings · seen 233 days ago
- Dumaresq Dam1 species · seen 220 days ago
- Duroby Nature Reserve10 species recorded
- Eclectica Farm10 species recorded
- Ellenborough Park10 species recorded
- Emu Picnic Area, Nepean Dam10 species recorded
- Everlasting Swamp National Park9 species recorded
- Farquhar Inlet in Old Bar10 species recorded
- 🔥Fingal Head Lighthouse9 species · seen 27 days ago
- Fort Grey10 species recorded
- Fred Caterson Reserve10 species recorded
- Geurie Cemetery10 species recorded
- Gilgandra Flora Reserve1 species · seen 57 days ago
- Glenbrook Lagoon2 species · seen 100 days ago
- Glenwood Lake7 species recorded
- Gosling Creek Reserve9 species recorded
- Goulburn Wetlands6 species recorded
- Green Cape10 species recorded
- Gum Swamp & Bird Hide8 species · seen 136 days ago
- Gundabooka National Park7 species · seen 49 days ago
- Hanwood7 species recorded
- Hastings Point Lookout5 species · seen 41 days ago
- Henry Kendall Reserve10 species recorded
- Homestead Creek campground8 species recorded
- Horsley Inlet Koona Bay11 species · seen 224 days ago
- 🔥Hunter Wetlands Centre70 species · 208 sightings · seen yesterday
- Hunter Wetlands National Park--Ash Island21 species · 22 sightings · seen 35 days ago
- Iluka Bluff Picnic Area10 species recorded
- Iluka Nature Reserve1 species · seen 258 days ago
- Imbota Nature Reserve10 species recorded
- Jabiru Geneebeinga Wetlands1 species · seen 86 days ago
- Jacobs River - Tongaroo campground10 species recorded
- Jerrara Dam10 species recorded
- Jerrys Plains Cemetery8 species recorded
- Jerseyville Wetlands Boyters Ln10 species recorded
- Jim Walsh Park9 species recorded
- Keith Barry Oval1 species · seen 60 days ago
- Kemendok National Park8 species recorded
- Kiama Harbour5 species · seen 37 days ago
- Kianinny Bush Cottages10 species recorded
- Killarney State Conservation Area8 species recorded
- Kooloonbung Creek Nature Reserve10 species recorded
- Lake Ainsworth4 species · seen 177 days ago
- Lake Cargelligo Cemetery6 species recorded
- Lake Inverell10 species recorded
- Lake Inverell7 species recorded
- Lake Parramatta Reserve2 species · seen 128 days ago
- Lake Urana Nature Reserve6 species recorded
- Lake Wallace1 species · seen 55 days ago
- Lake Wollumboola10 species recorded
- Leeton1 species · seen 32 days ago
- Lily Pond Reserve10 species recorded
- Lime Kiln Bay Reserve and Wetlands10 species recorded
- Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve8 species recorded
- Little Mountain Walking Track2 species · seen 50 days ago
- Living Desert State Park10 species recorded
- 🔥Long Reef Aquatic Reserve8 species · 15 sightings · seen 28 days ago
- Lord Howe Island Airport8 species recorded
- 🔥Mangerton Park6 species · seen 19 days ago
- Manning Estuary Harrington10 species recorded
- Marine Parade Lookout (Mistral Point)9 species recorded
- Marrambidya Wetland8 species recorded
- McKay Reserve10 species recorded
- McPherson Road Wetland4 species · seen 174 days ago
- Meldrum Park1 species · seen 179 days ago
- Middle Beach6 species recorded
- Moree1 species · seen 40 days ago
- 🔥Mount Annan Botanic Garden44 species · 85 sightings · seen yesterday
- Mungo Lodge10 species recorded
- Muttonbird Island Nature Reserve2 species · seen 38 days ago
- Narara Ecovillage2 species · seen 72 days ago
- 🔥Narawang Wetlands (Sydney Olympic Park)6 species · seen 26 days ago
- Narrabri Lake1 species · seen 34 days ago
- Narrandera Wetlands7 species recorded
- Narrawallee Inlet10 species recorded
- Neds Beach8 species recorded
- 🔥Newcastle Ocean Baths22 species · 39 sightings · seen 22 days ago
- 🔥Newey Reserve & Cobar Wastewater Treatment Plant10 species · seen yesterday
- Nombinnie State Conservation Area10 species recorded
- North Ballina Lakes10 species recorded
- Nyngan Weir9 species recorded
- Nyngan Weir8 species recorded
- Oatley Park10 species recorded
- Old Bangalow Rd10 species recorded
- Old Gulch2 species recorded
- Old Settlement Beach7 species recorded
- 🔥Ourimbah Rest Area3 species · seen 7 days ago
- Palmdale Rd1 species · seen 60 days ago
- Pambalong Nature Reserve10 species recorded
- Peel Flora & Fauna Reserve8 species recorded
- 🔥Pirrita Island Nature Reserve3 species · 4 sightings · seen 10 days ago
- Pitt Town Nature Reserve1 species · seen 65 days ago
- Powell Park1 species · seen 122 days ago
- Pughs Lagoon Reserve2 species · seen 122 days ago
- Quarantine Bay7 species recorded
- Queanbeyan Nature Reserve3 species · seen 34 days ago
- Quipolly Bird Hide8 species recorded
- Redhead Park7 species recorded
- Richmond Birdwing Butterfly Gully10 species recorded
- Richmond Lowlands1 species · seen 94 days ago
- Rocky Creek Dam10 species recorded
- Rotary Park10 species recorded
- Round Hill Nature Reserve10 species recorded
- Rowes Lagoon1 species · seen 50 days ago
- Rummery Park Campground10 species recorded
- Saleyard Ponds6 species recorded
- Saltwater National Park10 species recorded
- Sawn Rocks (Mount Kaputar NP)10 species recorded
- Scarborough Park8 species recorded
- Scheyville National Park20 species · 87 sightings · seen 84 days ago
- Settlement Point Reserve10 species recorded
- Shelly Beach & Headland8 species · 9 sightings · seen 33 days ago
- Sheraton Reserve9 species recorded
- 🔥Shoalhaven Heads Inlet2 species · seen 29 days ago
- Smithtown Park9 species recorded
- Southern Highlands Botanic Gardens7 species recorded
- Spring Creek Wetland & Bird Hide10 species recorded
- Stockton Sandspit - Hunter Wetlands National Park29 species · 39 sightings · seen 37 days ago
- Strickland State Forest2 species · seen 72 days ago
- Stuarts Point Recreation Area & Beach10 species recorded
- Summer Hill7 species recorded
- Tacking Point Lighthouse9 species recorded
- Tallaganda National Park10 species recorded
- 🔥Taren Point Shorebird Reserve11 species · 19 sightings · seen yesterday
- 🔥The Basin Campground1 species · seen 25 days ago
- The Charcoal Tank Nature Reserve10 species recorded
- Thredbo River Picnic Area6 species recorded
- Tingira Heights Nature Reserve4 species · 5 sightings · seen 58 days ago
- Tooloom National Park10 species recorded
- Toorale National Park9 species recorded
- Ukerebagh Nature Reserve3 species · seen 58 days ago
- Urana Aquatic Centre6 species recorded
- Urunga Boardwalk1 species · seen 180 days ago
- Urunga Wetlands Boardwalk1 species · seen 197 days ago
- Victoria Park Nature Reserve10 species recorded
- Walka Water Works7 species recorded
- Warrawong on the Darling Holiday Park8 species recorded
- Warriewood Wetlands18 species · seen 38 days ago
- 🔥Warrumbungles Mountain Motel11 species · 12 sightings · seen 4 days ago
- 🔥Waterbird Refuge (Sydney Olympic Park)40 species · 94 sightings · seen yesterday
- Wattamolla (Royal NP)10 species · seen 106 days ago
- Waves Campground10 species recorded
- Weir Reserve10 species recorded
- 🔥Wentworth Falls Lake9 species · seen 25 days ago
- 🔥Wianamatta Nature Reserve1 species · seen 10 days ago
- Windang Island8 species recorded
- 🔥Windsor Downs Nature Reserve1 species · seen 25 days ago
- Wingham Brush Nature Reserve1 species · seen 179 days ago
- 🔥Wippi Reserve5 species · seen 23 days ago
- 🔥Wollongong Botanic Garden13 species · seen 2 days ago
- Wonga Wetlands44 species · 57 sightings · seen 145 days ago
- Woy Woy Bay Public Wharf3 species · seen 95 days ago
- Yanda Campground10 species recorded
- Yanga Creek Rest Area6 species recorded
- Yarramundi Reserve7 species · seen 31 days ago
- Yarrie Lake10 species recorded
- Yathong Nature Reserve10 species recorded
- Yathong Office & Dam10 species recorded
Birds you can see in New South Wales
The species listed at the most NSW birding locations. Open one to see where to find it.
- Variegated Fairywren
- Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Australian Brushturkey
- Regent Bowerbird
- Scarlet Myzomela
- White-fronted Tern
- Striped Honeyeater
- Spotted Bowerbird
- Greater Bluebonnet
- Topknot Pigeon
- White-headed Pigeon
- Speckled Warbler
- Noisy Pitta
- Noisy Friarbird
- Black-faced Monarch
- Glossy Black-Cockatoo
- Brown Gerygone
- Mangrove Gerygone
- Turquoise Parrot
- Black Bittern
- Australian Spectacled Monarch
- Yellow-throated Scrubwren
- Russet-tailed Thrush
- Green Catbird
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