| Survey Point | Merwyn Swamp Vic |
| Latitude | -36.4138900 (36° 24′ 50″ S) |
| Longitude | 141.4075000 (141° 24′ 27″ E) |
About 20km east of Kaniva on the Western Hwy Merwyn Swamp road is a narrow dirt road that follows the eastern edge of the swamp southwards. The site is at the junction with Buckley Rd about 2km down. The swamp is usually dry but is a good woodland. To the NE is a lightly wooded grazing field and to the SW is cleared cropland.
Camp rating 5. There’s no established campsite here on the quiet tracks
Surveys done 3
Blogs, see main page archives:
Anne Beadell Hwy, SW WA, Nullarbor plain 2014
Perth to Tasmania 2024/5
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 1 (33.33%)
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 1 (33.33%)
- Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus 1 (33.33%)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 1 (33.33%)
- Southern Boobook Ninox boobook 1 (33.33%)
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 2 (66.67%)
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae 1 (33.33%)
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 1 (33.33%)
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 3 (100.00%)
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris 2 (66.67%)
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 1 (33.33%)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 2 (66.67%)
- Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus 1 (33.33%)
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans 2 (66.67%)
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius 2 (66.67%)
- Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus 2 (66.67%)
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 3 (100.00%)
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala 1 (33.33%)
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus 2 (66.67%)
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 2 (66.67%)
- Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis 1 (33.33%)
- White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus 1 (33.33%)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 1 (33.33%)
- Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 1 (33.33%)
- Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor 1 (33.33%)
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 3 (100.00%)
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus 1 (33.33%)
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus 1 (33.33%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 3 (100.00%)
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 1 (33.33%)
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 2 (66.67%)
- White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos 1 (33.33%)
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans 2 (66.67%)
- Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata 1 (33.33%)
- Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata 2 (66.67%)
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus 1 (33.33%)
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi 1 (33.33%)
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 1 (33.33%)
