Yan Yean Dam wall Vic

About 6km south of Whittlesea on Plenty Rd, Arthurs Creek Rd heads east, about 1.5km along it Recreation Dr heads north, the entrance to the reserve is a short way up on the right. The focus of this site is the wetland at the base of the dam wall, the site also takes in the scrub on the hillside to the north as well as the deep water around the wall.

No camping is allowed here

Surveys done 8

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NE and East Victoria 2017

Perth to Tasmania 2024/5

• Blue-billed Duck
  Oxyura australis
  2 (25.00%)
• Black Swan
  Cygnus atratus
  1 (12.50%)
• Hardhead
  Aythya australis
  4 (50.00%)
• Pacific Black Duck
  Anas superciliosa
  6 (75.00%) (B)
• Grey Teal
  Anas gracilis
  4 (50.00%)
• Chestnut Teal
  Anas castanea
  6 (75.00%)
• Musk Duck
  Biziura lobata
  4 (50.00%)
• Australian Wood Duck
  Chenonetta jubata
  5 (62.50%)
• Australasian Grebe
  Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
  2 (25.00%)
• Hoary-headed Grebe
  Poliocephalus poliocephalus
  4 (50.00%)
• Great Crested Grebe
  Podiceps cristatus
  4 (50.00%)
• Spotted Dove
  Spilopelia chinensis
  4 (50.00%)
• Crested Pigeon
  Ocyphaps lophotes
  3 (37.50%)
• Baillon’s Crake
  Zapornia pusilla
  1 (12.50%)
• Purple Swamphen
  Porphyrio porphyrio
  8 (100.00%)
• Dusky Moorhen
  Gallinula tenebrosa
  6 (75.00%) (B)
• Eurasian Coot
  Fulica atra
  6 (75.00%)
• Masked Lapwing
  Vanellus miles
  4 (50.00%)
• Silver Gull
  Larus novaehollandiae
  4 (50.00%)
• Australian Pelican
  Pelecanus conspicillatus
  2 (25.00%)
• White-faced Heron
  Egretta novaehollandiae
  4 (50.00%)
• Australian White Ibis
  Threskiornis moluccus
  1 (12.50%)
• Straw-necked Ibis
  Threskiornis spinicollis
  1 (12.50%)
• Little Pied Cormorant
  Microcarbo melanoleucos
  2 (25.00%)
• Little Black Cormorant
  Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
  3 (37.50%)
• Australasian Darter
  Anhinga novaehollandiae
  2 (25.00%)
• Whistling Kite
  Haliastur sphenurus
  4 (50.00%)
• Sacred Kingfisher
  Todiramphus sanctus
  1 (12.50%)
• Galah
  Eolophus roseicapilla
  2 (25.00%)
• Long-billed Corella
  Cacatua tenuirostris
  1 (12.50%)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
  Cacatua galerita
  4 (50.00%)
• Red-rumped Parrot
  Psephotus haematonotus
  3 (37.50%)
• Crimson Rosella
  Platycercus elegans
  2 (25.00%)
• Eastern Rosella
  Platycercus eximius
  6 (75.00%)
• Musk Lorikeet
  Glossopsitta concinna
  6 (75.00%)
• Purple-crowned Lorikeet
  Glossopsitta porphyrocephala
  1 (12.50%)
• Rainbow Lorikeet
  Trichoglossus moluccanus
  1 (12.50%)
• Budgerigar
  Melopsittacus undulatus
  1 (12.50%)
• Superb Fairy-wren
  Malurus cyaneus
  8 (100.00%)
• New Holland Honeyeater
  Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
  4 (50.00%)
• Red Wattlebird
  Anthochaera carunculata
  4 (50.00%)
• White-plumed Honeyeater
  Ptilotula penicillata
  2 (25.00%)
• Yellow-faced Honeyeater
  Caligavis chrysops
  2 (25.00%)
• Noisy Miner
  Manorina melanocephala
  8 (100.00%)
• Spotted Pardalote
  Pardalotus punctatus
  4 (50.00%)
• Striated Pardalote
  Pardalotus striatus
  2 (25.00%)
• White-browed Scrubwren
  Sericornis frontalis
  7 (87.50%)
• Yellow-rumped Thornbill
  Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
  4 (50.00%)
• Yellow Thornbill
  Acanthiza nana
  5 (62.50%)
• Brown Thornbill
  Acanthiza pusilla
  6 (75.00%)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
  Coracina novaehollandiae
  1 (12.50%)
• Rufous Whistler
  Pachycephala rufiventris
  2 (25.00%)
• Golden Whistler
  Pachycephala pectoralis
  1 (12.50%)
• Grey Shrike-thrush
  Colluricincla harmonica
  2 (25.00%)
• Pied Currawong
  Strepera graculina
  2 (25.00%)
• Australian Magpie
  Gymnorhina tibicen
  8 (100.00%)
• Grey Butcherbird
  Cracticus torquatus
  2 (25.00%)
• Willie Wagtail
  Rhipidura leucophrys
  1 (12.50%)
• Grey Fantail
  Rhipidura albiscapa
  6 (75.00%)
• Little Raven
  Corvus mellori
  7 (87.50%)
• Australian Raven
  Corvus coronoides
  2 (25.00%)
• Magpie-lark
  Grallina cyanoleuca
  8 (100.00%)
• White-winged Chough
  Corcorax melanorhamphos
  1 (12.50%)
• Mistletoebird
  Dicaeum hirundinaceum
  1 (12.50%)
• Red-browed Finch
  Neochmia temporalis
  2 (25.00%)
• Little Grassbird
  Poodytes gramineus
  1 (12.50%)
• Australian Reed-Warbler
  Acrocephalus australis
  3 (37.50%)
• Tree Martin
  Petrochelidon nigricans
  1 (12.50%)
• Welcome Swallow
  Hirundo neoxena
  5 (62.50%)
• Silvereye
  Zosterops lateralis
  1 (12.50%)
• Common Starling
  Sturnus vulgaris
  2 (25.00%)
• Common Myna
  Acridotheres tristis
  7 (87.50%)
• Common Blackbird
  Turdus merula
  6 (75.00%)
• Domestic Goose
   
  1 (12.50%)