Largest ever Banded Stilts colony on Lake Torrens

As reported on the TV screens late last week, it is now official that in South Australia’s Lake Torrens, there has been a colony of an estimated 150,000 native Banded Stilts that have bred more than 200,000 chicks!!!!

This is something else! The long beaked wading birds have trekked from their coastal habitat of South Australia’s, Coorong coastline, to breed in Lake Torrens when rain turns the salt lakes into a “shrimp brine soup”!

Up until recently, the total population of these “outback flamingos” was thought to be only 200-300,000 in the world, so this is a significant event. Full report. The Sentimental Bloke, Peter Macdonald also posted an excellent blog on this breeding event back at the end of May, which make good reading and also some great photos before the lake filled.

Our new 3 day Flinders Ranges/Lake Eyre Scenic Tours, takes you directly over Lake Torrens and you can see this colony plus a lot, lot more throughout your day in the air on this trip. For more information, please contact us.