Survey Point | Skinner’s Flat Reserve Vic |
Latitude | -36.3661100 (36° 21′ 58″ S) |
Longitude | 143.5858300 (143° 35′ 9″ E) |
The site is about 5 km north of Wedderburn on the right hand side of the Calder hwy heading north along Mount Kerang Rd, it is far enough off the hwy to be a good campsite, the best spots are amongst the trees which are away from the toilet and picnic table. The water level fluctuates in the abandoned dam but is generally low, the tree coverage is good, the ground coverage average to poor
Camp rating 10, there is a toilet here
Surveys done 6
Blogs:
Western NSW, Western Qld, Grasswren surveys, Cape Melville Track, Cairns 2009
Birdsville track and Cape York trip 2015
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis 4 (66.67%)
- Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata 2 (33.33%)
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 1 (16.67%)
- Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis 1 (16.67%)
- Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 2 (33.33%)
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 4 (66.67%)
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus 1 (16.67%)
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 1 (16.67%)
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 1 (16.67%)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes 1 (16.67%)
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 1 (16.67%)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 1 (16.67%)
- Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 1 (16.67%)
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae 2 (33.33%)
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 1 (16.67%)
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 4 (66.67%)
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris 1 (16.67%)
- Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus 1 (16.67%)
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius 3 (50.00%)
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna 3 (50.00%)
- Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus 2 (33.33%)
- White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons 1 (16.67%)
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata 3 (50.00%)
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 6 (100.00%)
- White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons 1 (16.67%)
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala 5 (83.33%)
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus 1 (16.67%)
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 3 (50.00%)
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 1 (16.67%)
- Gilbert’s Whistler Pachycephala inornata 1 (16.67%)
- Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 1 (16.67%)
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 6 (100.00%)
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 2 (33.33%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 2 (33.33%)
- Little Raven Corvus mellori 2 (33.33%)
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 2 (33.33%)
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 1 (16.67%)
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 4 (66.67%)
- White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos 4 (66.67%)
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 3 (50.00%)
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 1 (16.67%)