Elixir Journeys — Bouddi Peninsula

Flora & Fauna Seasonal Calendar

A month-by-month guide to sighting chances and flowering peaks across Bouddi National Park and its Marine Extension.

Animals & Birds

Species JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Land Mammals
Swamp Wallaby ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓
Short-beaked Echidna ✓✓✓✓ ✓BBB B✓✓✓
Ringtail Possum ✓✓BB B✓✓B BB✓✓
Grey-headed Flying-fox ✓✓BB ✓✓✓✓ ✓BB✓
Birds
White-bellied Sea-Eagle ✓✓✓✓ ✓BBB ✓✓✓✓
Peregrine Falcon ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓BB B✓✓✓
Glossy Black-Cockatoo ✓✓✓B BBBB ✓✓✓✓
Laughing Kookaburra ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ BBBB
Australian Magpie ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓B BBB✓
Honeyeaters (incl. tawny-crowned) ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓
Australian Pelican ✓✓✓✓ ✓BBB B✓✓✓
Marine Life
Humpback Whale WWWW WW
Bottlenose Dolphin ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓
Seals (occasional haul-out) ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓
Reptiles
Lace Monitor ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓
Eastern Water Dragon ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓
Peak / best chance
Present
Possible
Not typical
W = whale migration window   B = breeding display / mating activity

Wildflowers on Display

Species JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Prickly Moses (Acacia ulicifolia) FFF F
Heath Banksia (Banksia ericifolia) FF FFFF F
Coastal Heath trio (Epacris pulchella, Woolsia pungens & Pink Wax Flower) FFFF FF
Yellow Tea-tree (Leptospermum flavescens) FFF FF
Native Fuchsia (Correa reflexa) FF FFFF
Mountain Devil (Lambertia formosa) FFFF FFFF FFFF
Flannel Flower (Actinotus helianthi) FF FF FFFF
Grass Trees (Xanthorrhoea spp.) F FFFF