| Survey Point | Herdsman Lake Ssouth WA |
| Latitude | -31.9291600 (31° 55′ 45″ S) |
| Longitude | 115.8054500 (115° 48′ 20″ E) |
This is a birding hotspot in the inner suburbs of Perth. The area around the Herdsman Lake Wildlife Centre, has a good variety of habitats, from some open water to extensive reed beds and paperbark wetlands, there is a short boardwalk that is worth getting up early to see the crakes and rails for, and if you’re lucky there are Australian Little Bitterns to see here. As the lake dries out the edges become good habitat for Long-toed Stint and Pectoral Sandpiper. It is also a reliable spot for Tawny Frogmouth.
No camping here
Surveys done 16 total time surveyed 45 hrs 40min
Blogs see main page archives:
SW WA and Great Northern Hwy to Broome 2019
Fitzroy Crossing along WA coast and hinterland to Perth 2018
Broome to Melbourne via Port Hedland Karijini NP Mt Augustus NP Kennedy Ranges NP Nullarbor Menindee Lakes 2019
Western Australia 2021-22
Shark Bay, Mt Augustus, Gibb River Rd, Purnululu(Bungles),Stuart Hwy, Eyre Hwy 2023
- Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis 4 (25.00%) (B)
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus 12 (75.00%) (B)
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus 16 (100.00%) (B)
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides 14 (87.50%)
- Hardhead Aythya australis 11 (68.75%)
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis 8 (50.00%)
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 15 (93.75%) (B)
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis 15 (93.75%)
- Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa 9 (56.25%)
- Musk Duck Biziura lobata 10 (62.50%)
- Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata 11 (68.75%) (B)
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 14 (87.50%) (B)
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 3 (18.75%)
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 13 (81.25%) (B)
- Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis 14 (87.50%)
- Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 12 (75.00%)
- Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis 2 (12.50%)
- Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus 4 (25.00%)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis 1 (6.25%)
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides 15 (93.75%) (B)
- Buff-banded Rail Hypotaenidia philippensis 8 (50.00%)
- Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea 6 (37.50%)
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis 3 (18.75%)
- Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 16 (100.00%) (B)
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa 15 (93.75%) (B)
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 16 (100.00%) (B)
- Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus 1 (6.25%)
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 11 (68.75%)
- Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 6 (37.50%)
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus 1 (6.25%)
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta 1 (6.25%)
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 1 (6.25%)
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 2 (12.50%)
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 4 (25.00%)
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 13 (81.25%)
- Australian Little Bittern Ixobrychus dubius 2 (12.50%)
- Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus 13 (81.25%)
- Great Egret Ardea alba 15 (93.75%)
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 10 (62.50%)
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta 12 (75.00%)
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus 16 (100.00%)
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 14 (87.50%)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes 14 (87.50%)
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 9 (56.25%)
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 14 (87.50%)
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 10 (62.50%) (B)
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 14 (87.50%)
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 11 (68.75%) (B)
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans 12 (75.00%)
- Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 9 (56.25%) (B)
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 1 (6.25%)
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 11 (68.75%)
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 2 (12.50%) (B)
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 2 (12.50%)
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae 6 (37.50%)
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 6 (37.50%)
- Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 2 (12.50%)
- Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo Zanda latirostris 1 (6.25%)
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 11 (68.75%)
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 13 (81.25%) (B)
- Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius 1 (6.25%)
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus 15 (93.75%) (B)
- Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti 1 (6.25%)
- Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens 5 (31.25%)
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 15 (93.75%) (B)
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 13 (81.25%)
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata 15 (93.75%)
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 14 (87.50%)
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus 1 (6.25%)
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 10 (62.50%)
- Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca 13 (81.25%)
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 15 (93.75%)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 12 (75.00%) (B)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 9 (56.25%)
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 3 (18.75%)
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 9 (56.25%)
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 16 (100.00%) (B)
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 6 (37.50%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 16 (100.00%) (B)
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa 14 (87.50%)
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 16 (100.00%)
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 12 (75.00%) (B)
- Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 3 (18.75%)
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus 10 (62.50%)
- Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis 14 (87.50%)
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 14 (87.50%)
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 11 (68.75%) (B)
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis 16 (100.00%) (B)
- Black Duck-Mallard hybrid 1 (6.25%)
- Domestic Duck 3 (18.75%)
