John Laffan Reserve Donnybrook Vic

Survey Point John Laffan Reserve Donnybrook Vic
Latitude -37.5416700 (37° 32′ 30″ S)
Longitude 144.9538900 (144° 57′ 14″ E)

Off the Hume hwy about 1km east of Donnybrook on Donnybrook Rd the reserve is on the south side of the road. The focus of the reserve is the footy ovals but a well reeded Merri Creek and an overgrown tennis court offer some habitat.

No camping is advised here

Surveys done 7

Blogs:

NE and East Victoria 2017

  • Pacific Black Duck
    Anas superciliosa
    1 (14.29%)
  • Rock Dove
    Columba livia
    1 (14.29%)
  • Spotted Dove
    Streptopelia chinensis
    2 (28.57%)
  • Little Pied Cormorant
    Microcarbo melanoleucos
    1 (14.29%)
  • Black-shouldered Kite
    Elanus axillaris
    1 (14.29%)
  • Nankeen Kestrel
    Falco cenchroides
    1 (14.29%)
  • Brown Falcon
    Falco berigora
    2 (28.57%)
  • Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo
    Zanda funereus
    1 (14.29%)
  • Galah
    Eolophus roseicapilla
    2 (28.57%)
  • Red-rumped Parrot
    Psephotus haematonotus
    1 (14.29%)
  • Superb Fairy-wren
    Malurus cyaneus
    6 (85.71%)
  • New Holland Honeyeater
    Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
    3 (42.86%)
  • White-fronted Chat
    Epthianura albifrons
    2 (28.57%)
  • Red Wattlebird
    Anthochaera carunculata
    4 (57.14%)
  • White-plumed Honeyeater
    Ptilotula penicillata
    2 (28.57%)
  • Weebill
    Smicrornis brevirostris
    1 (14.29%)
  • White-browed Scrubwren
    Sericornis frontalis
    1 (14.29%)
  • Yellow-rumped Thornbill
    Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
    4 (57.14%)
  • Yellow Thornbill
    Acanthiza nana
    1 (14.29%)
  • Brown Thornbill
    Acanthiza pusilla
    1 (14.29%)
  • Australian Magpie
    Gymnorhina tibicen
    7 (100.00%)
  • Willie Wagtail
    Rhipidura leucophrys
    2 (28.57%)
  • Grey Fantail
    Rhipidura fuliginosa
    3 (42.86%)
  • Little Raven
    Corvus mellori
    3 (42.86%)
  • Magpie-lark
    Grallina cyanoleuca
    3 (42.86%)
  • Red-browed Finch
    Neochmia temporalis
    2 (28.57%)
  • House Sparrow
    Passer domesticus
    6 (85.71%)
  • Common Greenfinch
    Chloris chloris
    3 (42.86%)
  • European Goldfinch
    Carduelis carduelis
    4 (57.14%)
  • Eurasian Skylark
    Alauda arvensis
    3 (42.86%)
  • Golden-headed Cisticola
    Cisticola exilis
    1 (14.29%)
  • Australian Reed-Warbler
    Acrocephalus australis
    1 (14.29%)
  • Welcome Swallow
    Hirundo neoxena
    5 (71.43%)
  • Common Starling
    Sturnus vulgaris
    4 (57.14%)
  • Common Myna
    Acridotheres tristis
    1 (14.29%)
  • Common Blackbird
    Turdus merula
    2 (28.57%)