Borrow Pits Werribee Sewerage Farm Vic

Survey PointBorrow pits Werribee Sewerage Farm Vic
Latitude-37.9969400 (37° 59′ 49″ S)
Longitude144.6447200 (144° 38′ 41″ E)

At the eastern edge of the accessible part of the fram, a key is required to access the area. Access to the pits is off 55 E Rd. This is the only area with some shade trees so is a good place for lunch. The level of the water is managed for the birds.

No camping allowed

Surveys done 5

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Victoria, The Coorong, Flinders Ranges, Oodnadatta Track, Newhaven, Mt Augustus, Kennedy Range NP 2024

  • Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis 2 (40.00%)
  • Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus 2 (40.00%)
  • Black Swan Cygnus atratus 4 (80.00%) (B)
  • Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides 3 (60.00%)
  • Hardhead Aythya australis 1 (20.00%)
  • Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis 2 (40.00%)
  • Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 4 (80.00%)
  • Grey Teal Anas gracilis 3 (60.00%)
  • Chestnut Teal Anas castanea 3 (60.00%)
  • Musk Duck Biziura lobata 4 (80.00%)
  • Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 3 (60.00%)
  • Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis 2 (40.00%)
  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 1 (20.00%)
  • Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis 1 (20.00%)
  • Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 5 (100.00%)
  • Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis 2 (40.00%)
  • Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 4 (80.00%)
  • Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris 1 (20.00%)
  • Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 4 (80.00%)
  • Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus 2 (40.00%)
  • Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 2 (40.00%)
  • Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 5 (100.00%)
  • Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus 3 (60.00%)
  • Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 4 (80.00%)
  • Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 2 (40.00%)
  • Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 3 (60.00%)
  • Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1 (20.00%)
  • Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 1 (20.00%)
  • Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae 5 (100.00%)
  • Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 2 (40.00%)
  • Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 4 (80.00%)
  • White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 1 (20.00%)
  • Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus 3 (60.00%)
  • Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 3 (60.00%)
  • Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes 1 (20.00%)
  • Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 1 (20.00%)
  • Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 4 (80.00%)
  • Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1 (20.00%)
  • Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 1 (20.00%)
  • Great Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius 3 (60.00%)
  • Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris 1 (20.00%)
  • Swamp Harrier Circus approximans 2 (40.00%)
  • Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 1 (20.00%)
  • Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1 (20.00%)
  • Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus 5 (100.00%)
  • White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons 3 (60.00%)
  • Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 1 (20.00%)
  • White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis 1 (20.00%)
  • Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 1 (20.00%)
  • Buff-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza reguloides 1 (20.00%)
  • Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 2 (40.00%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 5 (100.00%)
  • Little Raven Corvus mellori 4 (80.00%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 4 (80.00%)
  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus 2 (40.00%)
  • European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 2 (40.00%)
  • Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 1 (20.00%)
  • Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 2 (40.00%)
  • Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus 4 (80.00%)
  • Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis 2 (40.00%)
  • Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 4 (80.00%)
  • Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 1 (20.00%)
  • Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 5 (100.00%)
  • Silvereye Zosterops lateralis 2 (40.00%)
  • Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 3 (60.00%)
2024, where’s Ollie?