Australia · Victoria
Western Treatment Plant – Lake Borrie
185 species and 26,071 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–April and July, with up to 107 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Chestnut TealAnas castanea
Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
Pink-eared DuckMalacorhynchus membranaceus
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
Grey TealAnas gracilis
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Western Treatment Plant2 km262 species
- Western Treatment Plant – Western Lagoons6 km188 species
- Western Treatment Plant – T Section Ponds8 km189 species
- Serendip Sanctuary14 km205 species
- You Yangs Regional Park15 km207 species
- Lake Lorne20 km144 species
All 185 species recorded here
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Musk Duck Biziura lobata
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Raven Corvus mellori
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Fairy Tern Sternula nereis
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
- Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
- Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Black-tailed Nativehen Tribonyx ventralis
- Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
- Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Eastern Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Western Treatment Plant – Lake Borrie?
October–April and July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 107 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Western Treatment Plant – Lake Borrie?
185 species, from 26,071 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Western Treatment Plant – Lake Borrie in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Swan, Chestnut Teal, Australian Pelican, Australian Shelduck and Pink-eared Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.