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Birds Birds Birds Birds Indigenous Wildlife of the Bellarine Peninsula This guide will assist in identifying some of the species you may find on the Bellarine Peninsula, however it is not a complete species list. It should be noted that male, female, juvenile and seasonal bird colourations may vary. Observations and locations are general and species may be found in other areas. Photos are not to scale. WHAT CAN I DO? • Plant local native plant species so that local fauna is supplied with their proper food and shelter. • Multi-row indigenous vegetation is much more effective and is much better Indigenous Wildlife for wildlife than a single row, especially if understorey (shrub) species are included. • Plant some dense plants for shelter and some prickly indigenous shrubs. • Include plants that flower at different times of the year. of the Bellarine Peninsula • Regard low-lying spots as beneficial as frogs and other small wildlife will use them. • Rocks sited at a safe distance away from the house can provide habitat for lizards and snakes. 3rd Edition • Nest boxes can provide homes for many birds and mammals. Black Swan Freckled Duck Australian Wood Duck White-faced Heron Little Egret Straw-necked Ibis Pied Oystercatcher Black-winged Stilt Red-capped Plover Pacific Gull Rainbow Lorikeet Eastern Rosella Uncommon visitor. • If feeding wildlife provide only small, irregular amounts of food. Common breeding resident. Very common breeding resident. Common in shallow Listed as Threatened in Victoria. Common in grassy paddocks Common. Coastal shores Common. Shallow freshwater Common. Shorelines of Large gull. Common along Common resident. Urban, Common and widespread Can be seen in 1000’s at Swan Sometimes large numbers at Often on farm dams or parkland wetlands. DS Breeds near Queenscliff. MC and wetlands. Main breeding and rock platforms. TP and saline wetlands. TP beaches and lakes. NH beaches and offshore. Juvenile woodland and riparian zones. NH in woodland, farmland and • Water will attract wildlife, especially birds. Trees or shrubs nearby Bay or Lake Connewarre. TP Lake Lorne. BL waterways. TW site on Mud Island. TW has brown colouring. MK urban areas. MC Indigenous Wildlife provide cover from predators. Indigenous Wildlife • Preserve old and dead trees if they are not dangerous. Hollows take 60+ years to form. 20% of local native land birds and 60% of local native mammals need hollows for shelter and nesting. • Join your local environment group to learn more about your local area. CONTACTS: Bellarine Catchment Network (BCN) www.environmentbellarine.org.au [email protected] Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Ph: (03) 5232 9100 www.ccma.vic.gov.au Barwon Coast COM Ph: 5254 1118 Coastcare Ph: 136 186 DELWP Ph: 136 186 City of Greater Geelong Ph: 5272 5272 Bellarine Bayside COM Ph: 5254 4000 Parks Victoria Ph: 131 963 Chestnut Teal Blue-billed Duck Australasian Grebe Royal Spoonbill Black-shouldered Kite White-bellied Sea-Eagle Double-banded Plover Black-fronted Dotterel Hooded Plover Red-rumped Parrot Blue-winged Parrot Orange-bellied Parrot Geelong Field Naturalists Club www.gfnc.org.au Very common breeding resident, A breeding resident of Common on freshwater Moderately common resident Uncommon resident. Farmland, Uncommon. Breeds in the Common Autumn-Winter migrant Common bird of inland lakes, Uncommon. Breeds on shorelines. Common. Widespread in Moderately common. Inhabits Autumn-Winter migrant from especially in saline wetlands Lake Lorne and McLeods wetlands. Usually in of saline wetlands. Breeds on open woodland and swamps. area. Seen over lakes, bays from New Zealand. Coastal swamps and farm dams. IM Seen on sandy beaches or open grassland, farmland open grassland or saltmarsh in Tasmania to coastal saltmarsh. BIODIVERSITY APPS and WEB SITES: including Swan Bay. TP Waterhole. TP pairs. IM Mud Island. BL Often seen hovering. NH or ocean. TP wetlands and inland lakes. NH coastal wetlands. NH and urban parkland. TP Autumn-Winter. TP Critically endangered. TP MV Field Guide to Victorian Fauna www.museumvictoria.com.au/discovery of the Bellarine Peninsula centre/museum-victoria-apps of the Bellarine Peninsula Bellarine Landcare Group www.bellarinelandcare.org.au Friends of the Bluff App www.barwonbluff.com.au/resources/app Land for Wildlife www.wildlife.vic.gov.au/land-for-wildlife Trust for Nature www.trustfornature.org.au Birdlife Australia www.birdlife.org.au Victorian Frog Group www.frogs.org.au/vfg/ Greening Australia www.greeningaustralia.org.au Victorian Landcare Gateway www.landcarevic.org.au eBird www.ebird.org FURTHER REFERENCES: Menkhorst et al The Australian Bird Guide Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds Simpson and Day Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Common Bronzewing Tawny Frogmouth Black-browed Albatross Whistling Kite Swamp Harrier Wedge-tailed Eagle Eastern Curlew Red-necked Stint Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Fan-tailed Cuckoo Superb Fairy-wren White-browed Scrubwren David Lindenmayer et al Wildlife on Farms, How to Conserve Native Mammals Common. Open woodland Common. Widespread in Seen in The Rip or offshore Common. Seen over Common. Inhabits Moderately common. Migratory wader. Common Spring-Summer migrant. Common Spring-Summer migrant. Common Spring migrant to Common and widespread in Common and widespread Gould League The Nestbox Book and scrub. JC open grassland, farmland and during winter. TP wetlands, pasture and freshwater wetlands and Widespread over forest Very large curved beak. Widespread on coastal wetlands Widespread on coastal wetlands woodland and forests. Parasitises dense habitat and native gardens in woodland with shrubby Alan & Stacey Franks Nestboxes for Wildlife urban parkland. LFO open woodland. TP nearby pasture. LFO and farmland. MSc Estuaries and mudflats. TP and shallow inland lakes. NH and shallow inland lakes. LFO other birds nests. LFO with shrub layers. JS undergrowth. IM Menkhorst & Knight A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia BCN (see contacts) Coastal and Inland Plants of the Bellarine Peninsula PHOTOGRAPHY: All photographs shown here have been donated (except for Viridans). Initials are listed at the end of each species comments. Craig Allen: CA / Jenny Carr: JC / Matt Crawley: MC / Perry Davis: PD / Dolphin Research Institute: DRI / Ray Draper: RD / Rosalind Ellinger: RE / Lachlan Forbes: LFO / Lydia Fucsko: LF / Maddie Glynn: MG / Jo Heard: JH / Neil Hickman: NH / Martin Klaubers: MK / Barry Lingham: BL / Neil Marriott: NM / Ian McCann: IM ©Department of Sustainability and Environment / Paul McKenna: PM / Kurtis Noyce: KN / Wendie Opie: WO / Parks Victoria: PV / Trevor Pescott: TP / Martin Scuffins: MSc / Jenny Sedgwick: JS / Denis Sleep: DS / Roger Thomas: RT / Chris Tsernjavski: CT / Viridans: Viridans / Tony Wilson: TW. Interpretations and design by Matt Crawley, Michael Day, Maddie Glynn, Christy Jose, Barry Lingham & Naomi Wells. Australasian Gannet Black-faced Cormorant Australasian Pelican Nankeen Kestrel Brolga Purple Swamphen Curlew Sandpiper Caspian Tern Crested Tern Striated Fieldwren Yellow-rumped Thornbill Brown Thornbill Cover photograph by John Sharp: Black Wallaby Commonly seen fishing in Moderately common. Common. Breeds on Widespread on the Bellarine. Uncommon. Regularly at Common bird of Moderately common Spring- Uncommon. Largest Tern Common. Beaches, lakes and Moderately common breeding Common, widespread in Common. Woodland and forest, shallows of bays and ocean. Seen on offshore reefs and Mud Island. TP Seen hovering especially around Reedy Lake or Hospital freshwater swamps and Summer migrant to coastal wet- with bright red beak. Beaches, rock platforms. TP resident. In restricted areas of grassland, farmland, open shrubland, saltmarsh, urban ©Design Colourfield Design www.colourfield.com.au 2018 Breeds in Port Phillip Bay. NH in Port Phillip Bay. TP sand dunes. DS Swamp. TP river banks. TP lands and shallow inland lakes. TP estuaries and lakes. TP saltmarsh. BL woodland and urban parks. PM parks and gardens. IM Birds Birds Mammals Frogs Reptiles Bellarine Peninsula Point PORT Richards BELLARINE 3 PORTARLINGTON Point Henry Outer Harbour Stingray INDENTED Bay 858 BELLARINE 161 Eastern Common Froglet Blotched Blue-tongue Lizard HEAD Common in freshwater wetlands. Open forest. Sometimes in urban areas. 48 858 “Crick-crick-crick-crick” call. BL BL 175 302 CLIFTON 302 SPRINGS Spotted Pardalote Eastern Spinebill Singing Honeyeater Dusky Woodswallow Grey Butcherbird Pied Currawong Short-beaked Echidna Koala Common Ringtail Possum 132 Common. Sometimes Common in Autumn / Winter, Moderately common. Coastal Moderately common Spring- Melodical morning calls, hangs its Expanding range into Uncommon. Found in bushland Found in Ocean Grove Common. Often seen NEWCOMB 991 SAINT builds tunnel nests in feeds from native flowering scrub and heathland. LFO Summer migrant. Widespread prey of small reptiles or birds in the Bellarine. Can prey on and coastal dunes. Nature Reserve. BL climbing on power lines. LEONARDS hanging pot plants. IM plants. TW in forest and woodlands. LFO branch forks. IM other birds. TP RD JS 161 55 CURLEWIS DRYSDALE 858 MOOLAP 74 48 MURRADOC 161 Growling Grass Frog Jacky Lizard LEOPOLD 74 175 55 Rare resident of freshwater. Common in bushland areas. 104 647 Loud growling call during Summer. Regularly seen on the ground. 56 858 RE BL 3 1 300 Reedy 898 Lake WALLINGTON 891 899 898 48 899 MANNERIM 302 647 992 Edwards 858 891 Point Lake 3 Swan Bay 858 302 Connewarre White-plumed Honeyeater Noisy Miner Red Wattlebird
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