Birds at Goran Lake |
Goran Lake is currently (as of April 2022) FULL.
At Goran Lake, an ephemeral lake about 30 km South of Gunnedah, NSW, the following bird species were spotted by us from April 2011 until now (Goran Lake filled up in the summer of 2011 and had water until spring 2013; next it filled in November/December 2021). Bird species are listed here in four categories, according to the timing of their sightings. In some cases the categorisation indicates a trend. We have visited only locations along the lake shore where there is open farmland, without other significant vegetation, beyond roadside weeds and low shrubs. Bird species that are listed as Vulnerable or Endangered, if any, are marked as such.
Goran Lake is listed as a
"birding hotspot" on ebird.org .
Goran Lake is an
ephemeral lake
30 km South of Gunnedah, NSW - when full, it has a maximum depth
of about 2 m, while its surface area is many square kilometres;
this view is towards the East from the road crossing
View of the western part of Goran Lake, from a shallow ridge near
the road crossing (visible on the left); January 2022
Overview of the crossing of Goran Lake Road through the lake; this is
where public access is easiest for viewing aquatic bird species
Whiskered Terns
and a few others resting at the crossing of Goran Lake Road through
the lake
Distant view of Coolah Tops NP from the North, across Goran Lake, in April 2011
Little Curlew
in non-breeding
plumage feeding
on a mudflat
on the edge of an
ephemeral lake
[Goran Lake, near Gunnedah, NSW, October 2011]
Male Red-capped Plover
sitting down to incubate its clutch of 2
[Goran Lake, NSW, February 2022]