Diversity of native wildlife

Our park attracts a lot of native animals due to the abundance of native food and trees. During your stay you can expect to see many fruit & seed eating birds, seabirds and our resident goanna and possums. The headland offers great viewing for dolphins and the migrating humpback whales (May to November).

We have a wide variety of native and migratory birds. Many fruit and seed eating birds such as Rainbow Lorikeets, Eastern Rosellas, King Parrots, Fig Birds, Satin Bower Birds, Sulphur Crested Cockatoos and Galahs can be seen throughout the year feasting on the native flowers and plants throughout the park. Rare and threatened species such as Black-necked Stork, Pied Oystercatcher, Rose-crowned Fruit Dove, Wompoo Fruit-dove, Osprey, Regent Bower Bird, Comb-crested Jacana, Mutton Birds and Little Turns have been spotted using the park as a safe haven for breeding and nesting.

Little Turns nest on the ground in the open on sand dunes at sites along the NSW coast. There is a large breeding ground situated on the southern side of Bonville Creek.  This site is regularly monitored by NPWS and has been an identified breeding site since at least 1971. Nesting season is between September & February. During this time the breeding birds are vulnerable to extreme weather conditions, predators and accidental destruction of their exposed nest. Little Terns can be identified by the black line that extends from the bill through the eye and a short triangular white brow above, but does not extend past the eye. The beak is usually yellow with a black tip. The large flight feathers are darker in colour toward the edge of the wings.