The Tallow Creek bridge and old sewerage ponds in Suffolk Park near Byron Bay is not only a fruitful place for birding but also good for bird photography. There is often favourable early morning and evening light for photography over the lagoon. The paths are wide and the trees quite low providing helpful perches at a manageable height. There is limited parking and access from Broken Head Road near the holiday park.
An unusual sight here, this female Regent Bowerbird was quite a surprise as I walked back to the car.
Inquisitive Lewin’s Honeyeater poses on a handy branch near the old sewage ponds.
The Australian Reed-Warbler. The reed beds are busy with reed-warblers, grassbirds and fairy-wren.
A Red-backed Fairy-wren photographed in the reeds near the sewerage ponds - in an exposed position with good lighting.
The female Red-backed Fairy-wren was nearby.
There were Superb Fairy-wrens feeding nearby.
Rainbow Bee-eater with fly.
Little Wattlebirds are regulars in this area.