Cairns Birding Tours

Birdwatching Tropical Australia

Australia has more than 850 species of birds including its migrants. Of these about 630 species occur in Queensland. The Wet Tropics and Cairns region alone is home to over 430 species of birds, 12 of which are local endemics.

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Your guide, Doug Herrington, has a great passion for the birds of Tropical Australia and has more than 20 years’ experience birding the Port Douglas and Cairns areas. He gets great pleasure from sharing his experiences with other birders. Birdwatching Tropical Australia provides tours beginning in Port Douglas or Cairns.

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The area includes a large range of very different habitats from sandy beaches to rocky shoreline and mangrove lined estuaries as well as wet and dry sclerophyll forests, lowland and high-altitude rainforests and several wetlands. All of these provide superb birding habitat. Tours can include birding the coastal areas, Julatten, Atherton Tablelands and Mt Lewis as well as some of the inland savannah area between Mareeba and Mt Carbine. 
 

Birdwatching Tropical Australia specialises in one day and multi-day individual and small group birding and bird photography tours. We like to go where the birds are. Beginners, experienced birders and photographers are all catered for and our routes can be adjusted to suit particular interests such as those with target lists. 

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​Your Guide - Doug Herrington

Doug launched Birdwatching Tropical Australia’s tours in January 2012 after many years of recreational birding in Australia and South Africa. Doug Herrington’s accumulated experience of 20 years birding and exploring the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia has given him him an intimate knowledge of the birds and wildlife of Northern Queensland.

Whilst living in South Africa, Doug was trained and certificated as a SATOUR guide. He also obtained a diploma in Nature Conservation and Wildlife Management, both of which enrich his skills and knowledge. He now conducts day tours and multi-day tours specialising in the birds of the Wet Tropics as well as extended wet season tours to the northern Cape York Peninsula.
Having garnered a deep and intimate knowledge of this region and coupled with his love of sharing what he sees and experiences with his clients, he is highly regarded as one of the finest, most knowledgeable and experienced bird guides in the area.

Doug is also an accomplished bird photographer and can cater for those who wish to photograph the birds of the Wet Tropics and Cape York. Doug’s skills at logistics and attention to detail offer you the opportunity to travel the area in comfort and security.