Bird AlbumAustralia · Victoria
Western Treatment Plant – Western Lagoons
188 species and 59,168 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–May, with up to 112 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifrons
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
Chestnut TealAnas castanea
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus97 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 188 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Western Treatment Plant – T Section Ponds1 km189 species
- Western Treatment Plant – Lake Borrie6 km185 species
- Western Treatment Plant8 km262 species
- Serendip Sanctuary11 km205 species
- You Yangs Regional Park13 km207 species
- Lake Lorne16 km144 species
All 188 species recorded here
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Chestnut Teal Anas castanea
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
- Brolga Antigone rubicunda
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
- Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes
- Little Raven Corvus mellori
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
- Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus
- Red-capped Plover Anarhynchus ruficapillus
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis
- Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus
- Australian Crake Porzana fluminea
- Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
- Black-fronted Dotterel Thinornis melanops
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Blue-winged Parrot Neophema chrysostoma
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Musk Duck Biziura lobata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens
- Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Stubble Quail Coturnix pectoralis
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
- Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Fairy Tern Sternula nereis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Maned Duck Chenonetta jubata
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
- Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black Falcon Falco subniger
- Black-tailed Nativehen Tribonyx ventralis
- Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Purple-crowned Lorikeet Parvipsitta porphyrocephala
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa
- Black-faced Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscescens
- Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
- Pied Currawong Strepera graculina
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
- Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
- Grey Goshawk Tachyspiza novaehollandiae
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
- Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
- Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- 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 – Western Lagoons?
July–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 112 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Western Treatment Plant – Western Lagoons?
188 species, from 59,168 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Western Treatment Plant – Western Lagoons in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Swan, Pied Stilt, White-fronted Chat, Whiskered Tern and Masked Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.