Macleod Morass These wetlands located close to the centre of Bairnsdale are Birds recognised internationally as a Ramsar wetland. that may be seen at Home for many resident species of native birds, a breeding site for wetland birds, and attracting seasonal migratory visitors, Macleod Morass is an excellent place to observe a wide range of water birds and raptors. Macleod Morass There is always some water in the morass, including treated water from the nearby waste water treatment ponds. Tracks are level and well maintained and there are picnic tables and two bird hides. Macleod Morass can be accessed from On the web at Bosworth Rd. off Forge Creek Rd. Bairnsdale. www.birdlife.org.au/locations/ birdlife-east-gippsland Postal Address Box 825 Bairnsdale, Victoria, 3875 Email [email protected] See also East Gippsland Birding Guide Bairnsdale hp://www.birdlife.org.au/locaons/birdlife-east- Other Brochures available: gippsland/publicaons-eg Birding Guides are available for Bairnsdale, Bruthen & Nowa Nowa, Buchan, Lake Tyers, Lakes Entrance, Lindenow & Mitchell River Naonal Park, Mallacoota, Marlo, Metung, Nicholson, Omeo and Paynesville. Bird Check Lists are available for Buchan Caves, Cann River, Den Updated Jan 2019 of Nargun, Fairy Dell, Gippsland Lakes, Lake Tyers & Fishermans Landing, Macleod Morass, Nyerimilang, Omeo, Oneonta, and Raymond Island. Marlo and Mallacoota have 2 brochures each, (1. Waterbirds and 2. Bush birds). Species Species Species Species Species Musk Duck Australian White Ibis Masked Lapwing Superb Fairy-wren Australian Raven Black Swan Straw-necked Ibis Latham's Snipe White-browed Scrubwren Forest Raven Australian Shelduck Royal Spoonbill Common Greenshank Striated Thornbill Little Raven Australian Wood Duck Yellow-billed Spoonbill Red-necked Stint Yellow Thornbill Restless Flycatcher Pink-eared Duck Black-shouldered Kite Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Yellow-rumped Thornbill Magpie-lark Australasian Shoveler White-bellied Sea-Eagle Caspian Tern Brown Thornbill White-winged Chough Grey Teal Whistling Kite Whiskered Tern Spotted Pardalote Jacky Winter Chestnut Teal Brown Goshawk Common Tern Striated Pardalote Scarlet Robin Pacific Black Duck Collared Sparrowhawk Pacific Gull Eastern Spinebill Flame Robin Hardhead Swamp Harrier Silver Gull Yellow-faced Honeyeater Eastern Yellow Robin Blue-billed Duck Wedge-tailed Eagle Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo White-eared Honeyeater Eurasian Skylark Australasian Grebe Little Eagle Gang Gang Cockatoo White-plumed Honeyeater Golden-headed Cisticola Hoary-headed Grebe Nankeen Kestral Galah Noisy Miner Aust Reed-Warbler Great-crested Grebe Brown Falcon Little Corella Little Wattlebird Little Grassbird Spotted Dove Australian Hobby Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Red Wattlebird Rufous Songlark Common Bronzewing Peregrine Falcon Rainbow Lorikeet White-fronted Chat Silvereye Crested Pigeon Purple Swamphen Musk Lorikeet New Holland Honeyeater Welcome Swallow Australasian Darter Lewin's Rail Australian King Parrot White-naped Honeyeater Fairy Martin Little Pied Cormorant Buff-banded Rail Crimson Rosella Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike Tree Martin Great Cormorant Baillon's Crake Eastern Rosella Golden Whistler Common Blackbird Little Black Cormorant Spotted Crake Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo Rufous Whistler Common Starling Pied Cormorant Spotless Crake Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Grey-Shrike-thrush Common Myna Australian Pelican Dusky Moorhen Pallid Cuckoo Olive-backed Oriole Mistletoebird Australasian Bittern Eurasian Coot Fan-tailed Cuckoo Dusky Woodswallow Red-browed Finch White-necked Heron Black-winged Stilt Southern Boobook Grey Butcherbird House Sparrow Eastern Great Egret Red-necked Avocet Eastern Barn Owl Australian Magpie Australasian Pipit Cattle Egret Banded Stilt Azure Kingfisher Pied Currawong European Goldfinch White-faced Heron Red-capped Plover Laughing Kookaburra Grey Fantail Little Egret Black-fronted Dotterel Sacred Kingfisher Willie Wagtail Nankeen Night Heron Red-kneed Dotterel Satin Bowerbird .