Flora & Fauna

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 The area is rich in animal, bird and plant life and is a delight for naturalists.

Flora

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Fauna

Local bird-watchers have recorded well over 100 species of birds that live in or visit the area:

  • raptors such as White-Bellied Sea Eagles, Whistling Kites, Brown Falcons, Wedge-Tailed Eagles, Black-Shouldered Kites, Nankeen Kestrels and Peregrine Falcons are fairly common.
  • night birds such as Tawny Frogmouth, Owlet Nightjar and Boobook, Barking and Powerful Owls can be found in the bush often in daylight.
  • water birds such as swans, ducks (Black, Wood, Chestnut Teal, Mountain, etc), egrets, ibis, spoonbills, swamp hens, grebes, cormorants, darters, dotterels etc are common and visit en-masse when the water level in the lake is low or when the farming flats are well-watered.
  • small birds such as Pardalotes, Robins (Scarlet, Flame, Rose, Yellow), Jacky Winters, Fantails, Willie Wagtails, Eastern Spinebills, Fantailed Cuckoos, etc are seen in forest and grasslands.
  • honeyeaters such as White-Naped, White-Eared, Yellow-Tufted, Crescent, etc abound when the box trees are flowering.
  • more, more, more

The Heyfield Bird Watchers conduct monthly expeditions across the region, generally on the second Sunday of the month (see Events). Contact Peter Ware on 5148-2939 or email heyfieldwares@wideband.net.au.

Marsupials are represented by:

  • Eastern Grey kangaroos grazing open areas
  • swamp Wallabies on the bushier slopes
  • Wombats digging, digging, digging!
  • Possums - Brushy Tailed, Ringtailed, Sugar Gliders and the occaissonal Phascogales

Eastern Water Dragons are commonly seen around the water and goannas can sometimes be spotted in the local bush.

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