| Survey Point | Derby Sewerage and Wetland WA |
| Latitude | -17.3357200 (17° 20′ 9″ S) |
| Longitude | 123.6470400 (123° 38′ 49″ E) |
This is a birding hot spot. From the Derby Hwy south of the town a signposted road leads to the sewage ponds. They are fenced off but one can see into the ponds from the track. Keep following the track and turn left and you will come to the wetlands, that are the discharge from the sewage ponds, so still smelly. There is a track to walk around the main pond with a lookout to give an over view, during peak tourist times the outlying ponds also hold water, so make sure you use the toilets often when in Derby! Away from the ponds there is also some remnant woodland.
Camp rating 5 There is no sign here that says no camping yet, but this is not an established campsite, so stays should be short.
Surveys done 6
Blogs see main page archives:
Tanami Rd, Kimberley region 2018
Fitzroy Crossing along WA coast and hinterland to Perth 2018
Western Australia 2021
Shark Bay, Mt Augustus, Gibb River Rd, Purnululu(Bungles),Stuart Hwy, Eyre Hwy 2023
- Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni 6 (100.00%)
- Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata 1 (16.67%)
- Hardhead Aythya australis 1 (16.67%)
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 5 (83.33%)
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis 6 (100.00%) (B)
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 1 (16.67%)
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 2 (33.33%)
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 2 (33.33%)
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 4 (66.67%)
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 1 (16.67%)
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 1 (16.67%)
- Eastern Koel Eudynamys orientalis 1 (16.67%)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae 1 (16.67%)
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus 1 (16.67%)
- Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 6 (100.00%)
- Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis 1 (16.67%)
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 1 (16.67%)
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda 3 (50.00%)
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 5 (83.33%)
- Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 4 (66.67%)
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 6 (100.00%)
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus 4 (66.67%)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 4 (66.67%)
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 1 (16.67%)
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 1 (16.67%)
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 1 (16.67%)
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1 (16.67%)
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 1 (16.67%)
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1 (16.67%)
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 1 (16.67%)
- Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella 1 (16.67%)
- Australian Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa 2 (33.33%)
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 4 (66.67%)
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 1 (16.67%)
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 1 (16.67%)
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus 6 (100.00%)
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 2 (33.33%)
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 2 (33.33%)
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 2 (33.33%)
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans 2 (33.33%)
- Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 2 (33.33%)
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 1 (16.67%)
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 6 (100.00%)
- Black Kite Milvus migrans 6 (100.00%)
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 3 (50.00%)
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 1 (16.67%)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 2 (33.33%)
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora 1 (16.67%)
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 1 (16.67%)
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 1 (16.67%)
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 2 (33.33%)
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus 1 (16.67%)
- Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 1 (16.67%)
- Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti 1 (16.67%)
- Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus 2 (33.33%)
- Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 1 (16.67%)
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 4 (66.67%)
- Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 2 (33.33%)
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea 5 (83.33%)
- Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 3 (50.00%)
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 1 (16.67%)
- Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 4 (66.67%)
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 1 (16.67%)
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 3 (50.00%)
- Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 1 (16.67%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 4 (66.67%)
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru 6 (100.00%)
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 6 (100.00%)
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 6 (100.00%)
- Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata 3 (50.00%)
- Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 3 (50.00%)
- Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 1 (16.67%)
- Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 3 (50.00%)
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 3 (50.00%)
- Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis 3 (50.00%)
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 1 (16.67%)
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 2 (33.33%)
