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Birds of Warriewood Wetland and Irrawong Reserve – An introductory field guide
Birds of Warriewood Wetland and Irrawong Reserve
$20 rrp
Available from PNHA, Coastal Environment Centre (Lake Park Rd Narrabeen), Next Chapter Books (Warriewood Square )
Berkelouws (Park St Mona Vale)
Profits from the book are spent by Pittwater Council on conservation
in this area.
This full colour introductory field guide has photographs illustrating
97 of the 145 birds recorded for the area. Most of the photos were
by Neil Fifer and were taken in the area.
The book was printed by Major Graphics, Warriewood, and launched
in December 2004. Over Christmas 2004 it was number two best seller
at Angus and Robertson, Warriewood, beaten only by The Da Vinci
Code.
It is useful for anyone interested to know more about the birds
of Pittwater. It explains why the wetland area is such good habitat
and suggests how you could attract to your garden lots of the smaller
bush birds which are currently having a tough time in the suburbs.
A useful section of the book compares groups of birds that look similar,
a great help for beginning bird watchers. Can you tell the difference
between a Currawong and a Magpie? What about those little brown birds?
How the book came about
PNHA received a grant from the Federal Government’s Envirofund
for the project Community Carring for Warriewood Wetland and Irrawong
Reserve.
A modest field guide to birds of the area was planned with part of the
grant funds, but thanks to a chance meeting between retired journalist
Jim Revitt and photographer Neil Fifer on the wetland boardwalk and a
generous donation from Stanley Roth, son of the former owner of the Warriewood Wetland, a much more attractive book was made possible.
In December 2005 a cheque for $14,500 from book sale profits was presented to Pittwater Council to fund control of woody weeds in the wetlands. Ludwigia peruviana, Coral Tree (Erythrina cristagalli), Cassia (Senna pendula), Arum Lily and Large and Small-leafed Privets are major weeds of wetlands.
All proceeds from sales are spent on conservation in the wetlands.
