Survey Point | Malcolm Dam WA |
Latitude | -28.8763900 (28° 52′ 35″ S) |
Longitude | 121.4425000 (121° 26′ 33″ E) |
This is a birding hotspot. About 9km west of Malcolm on the Laverton Leonora Rd a small track leads off to the NE, about 3km along it is the disused dam that is now a reserve and has a free campsite. The quality of the site depends on the level of water in the dam, which can get quite low. On the other side of the wall is a good quality woodland.
Camp rating 8, the best sites are along the dam wall, but there is a ring of table shelters around the dam. There are no toilets here.
Surveys done 2
Blogs:
Anne Beadell Hwy, SW WA, Nullarbor plain 2014
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus 1 (50.00%)
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus 1 (50.00%)
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis 1 (50.00%)
- Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata 1 (50.00%)
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 1 (50.00%)
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 1 (50.00%)
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 2 (100.00%)
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 1 (50.00%)
- Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis 1 (50.00%)
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae 1 (50.00%)
- Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 2 (100.00%)
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor 1 (50.00%)
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 1 (50.00%)
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 1 (50.00%)
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1 (50.00%)
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 1 (50.00%)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 1 (50.00%)
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 1 (50.00%)
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora 1 (50.00%)
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 1 (50.00%)
- Western Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus guttatus 1 (50.00%)
- Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens 1 (50.00%)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 2 (100.00%)
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 2 (100.00%)
- White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons 1 (50.00%)
- Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 1 (50.00%)
- Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis 1 (50.00%)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis 1 (50.00%)
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 1 (50.00%)
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 1 (50.00%)
- Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis 2 (100.00%)
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 1 (50.00%)
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 1 (50.00%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 2 (100.00%)
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru 1 (50.00%)
- Little Crow Corvus bennetti 1 (50.00%)
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 2 (100.00%)
- Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii 1 (50.00%)
- Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata 1 (50.00%)
- Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 1 (50.00%)
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi 1 (50.00%)
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 2 (100.00%)