Australia · Victoria
Western Treatment Plant – T Section Ponds
189 species and 91,427 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–April and October, with up to 128 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifrons
Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
Chestnut TealAnas castanea
Little GrassbirdPoodytes gramineus
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Grey TealAnas gracilisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Western Treatment Plant – Western Lagoons1 km188 species
- Western Treatment Plant – Lake Borrie8 km185 species
- Western Treatment Plant9 km262 species
- Serendip Sanctuary9 km205 species
- You Yangs Regional Park13 km207 species
- Lake Lorne16 km144 species
All 189 species recorded here
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Little Raven Corvus mellori
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Musk Duck Biziura lobata
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma
- Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Fairy Tern Sternula nereis
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Black-tailed Nativehen Tribonyx ventralis
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
- Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Australian Painted-snipe Rostratula australis
- Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
- Eastern Shriketit Falcunculus frontatus
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Little Buttonquail Turnix velox
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Western Treatment Plant – T Section Ponds?
December–April and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 128 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Western Treatment Plant – T Section Ponds?
189 species, from 91,427 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Western Treatment Plant – T Section Ponds in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Swan, Australasian Swamphen, Whiskered Tern, White-fronted Chat and Pied Stilt.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.