Which chook species do you assume is the most important attraction to guests of your lodge (please solely identify one species)?
Very good Fairywren
What’s the identify of your lodge, and since when has your lodge been working?
Wings Barossa Hen & Bush Retreat, working since 2009
How greatest to journey to your lodge?
By automotive.
What sort of companies – aside from lodging and meals – does your lodge supply to visiting birders?
- Hen bathtub nearly frequently frequented by greater than 20 totally different species, adjoining to the skin eating space.
- Many, many kilometers of mowed and marked strolling trails over the 170 acres of personal conservation sanctuary.
- Guided excursions can be found.
Buff-rumped Thornebill
What makes your lodge particular?
- A totally self-contained two-story nation homestead with 3 queen bedrooms, slate flooring downstairs, polished timber flooring upstairs, and big home windows in each room create an incredible atmosphere.
- Totally geared up fashionable kitchen, two giant lounge areas, separate eating space, vintage and leather-based furnishings, 2 loos, library, indoor and out of doors video games, out of doors settings with household BBQ.
- Wings is a conservation reserve, 170 acres of essentially the most stunning light rolling hills and valleys. The retreat is about excessive within the Barossa Ranges with gorgeous lengthy views over the Eden Valley.
- The encompassing farmland, Mt Crawford State Forest, native bush, and vineyards guarantee peace and privateness. Wings is clad with native vegetation, together with enormous gums, a few years of pure regeneration, and in depth areas of conservation planting surrounding peaceable grassy glades. This self-contained retreat is completely yours, as there aren’t any different dwellings on the property.
- Wings is totally geared up for self-catering.
- With 170 acres of native wildlife, Wings gives every little thing for many who love a pure atmosphere. A distant expertise, however solely a 1-hour picturesque drive via the Adelaide hills from town. The proper getaway retreat with out the effort of an extended drive.
- Located within the world-acclaimed Barossa wine area, there are various award-winning wineries with cellar door tasting, purchases, and cellar door eating places and points of interest inside minutes, and the bigger villages of Mt Nice and Williamstown are roughly a 10-minute drive away.
What are the ten – 20 most attention-grabbing birds that your lodge affords good possibilities to see?
- Very good Fairywren
- Silvereye
- Weebill
- Buff-rumped Thornbill
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill
- Purple-browed Finch
- Jap Spinebill
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater
- Crescent Honeyeater
- White-naped Honeyeater
- New Holland Honeyeater
- Crimson & Jap Rosella
- Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
- White-throated Treecreeper
- White-browed Babbler
- Scarlet Robin
- Flame Robin
- Sacred Kingfisher
- Gray Shrike-thrush
- White-winged Chough
Jap Spinebill
What’s the greatest time to go to your lodge, and why?
All yr, taking into account that January and February could be sizzling
Is your lodge concerned in conservation efforts? If sure, please describe them.
Sure, for over 40 years, the property has been the positioning of conservation of wildlife with enormous areas of regeneration and native replanting involving a detailed affiliation with the “Bushes for Life” organisation. We’re additionally a member of the Humane Society Worldwide’s “Wildlife Land Belief.”
What different recommendations are you able to give to birders desirous about visiting your lodge?
Deliver regular birding gadgets, corresponding to applicable apparel for the time of yr, lengthy trousers, sturdy enclosed footwear, and, after all, binoculars.
Purple-browed Finch
Do you’ve gotten actions for non-birders? If that’s the case, please describe.
Many many kilometers of lovely marked and mown secure strolling trails via mature native vegetation wealthy in fauna corresponding to Kangaroos, echidnas, and so forth.
As Wings is located within the world-acclaimed Barossa wine area, there are various award-winning wineries with wine tasting cellar doorways and cellar door eating places accessible for an enormous number of menu choices to swimsuit all tastes.
There are additionally a lot of historic villages and small cities with eating places, native produce, farmers markets, native arts and crafts, and so forth.
If any reader of 10,000 Birds is desirous about staying at your lodge, how can they greatest contact you?
Is there anything you want to share with the readers of 10,000 Birds?
Wings is extraordinarily distinctive, combining great birdwatching, conservation, in depth strolling trails, located in a world-renowned wine area, and exquisite lodging.
