Wildlife and activity near Western Treatment Plant
Curlew sandpiper. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Calidris ferruginea
Red-necked stint. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Calidris ruficollis
Sharp-tailed sandpiper. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Calidris acuminata
Striated fieldwren. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Calamanthus fuliginosus. At Western Treatment Plant
Golden-headed cisticola. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Cisticola exilis. At Western Treatment Plant
Superb fairy-wren. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Malurus cyaneus. At Western Treatment Plant
Masked lapwing. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Vanellus miles. At Western Treatment Plant
Red-capped plover, juvenile. Image credit - Julian Finn, Museums Victoria
Charadrius ruficapillus. At Western Treatment Plant
Red-necked stints. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Calidris ruficollis. At Werribee
Little raven. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Corvus mellori. At the Western Treatment Plant
Black-winged stilt. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Himantopus himantopus. At the Western Treatment Plant
Whiskered tern. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Chlidonias hybridus. At the Western Treatment Plant
Pink-eared duck. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Malacorhynchus membranaceus. At the Western Treatment Plant
Black kite. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Milvus migrans. At the Western Treatment Plant
Striated fieldwren. Image credit - David Paul, Museums Victoria
Calamanthus fuliginosus. At the Western Treatment Plant
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