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Birding Sites


Red-browed Finch and Eastern Spinebill - Photographs by Damian Kelly

The following sites are suggested as good birding sites within 50 km of Melbourne, divided into four zones, North East, South East, South West & North West of Melbourne.

Sites in italics are under construcion

North West

North East

Brimbank Park, Keilor East

Badger Weir, Yarra Ranges N P, Badger Creek

Emu Bottom Wetlands, Sunbury

Banyule Flats Reserve, Viewbank

Jacana Wetlands, Jacana

Blackburn Lake Sanctaury, Blackburn

Long Forest Nature Conservation Reserve, Long Forest

Darebin Parklands, Darebin

Woodlands Historic Park, Greenvale

Jehosophat Gully & Everard Block, Kinglake N P, Kinglake

 

Lillydale Lake Park, Lilydale

 

Pound Bend, Warrandyte State Park, North Warrandyte

 

The 100 Acres, Park Orchards

 

Westerfolds Park, Templestowe

 

Wilson Reserve, Ivanhoe

 

Yan Yean Reservoir Park, Yan Yean

 

Yarra Bend Park, Fairfield

 

Yarra Flats, Ivanhoe East

South West

South East

Cheetham Wetlands, Altona Meadows/Point Cook

Braeside Park, Braeside

Cherry Lake Reserve, Altona

Birdsland Reserve, Belgrave Heights

Jawbone Flora & Fauna Reserve, Williamstown

Churchill National Park, Endeavour Hills

Newport Lakes Park, Newport

Edithvale – Seaford Wetlands Environmental Area, Seaford/Edithvale

Point Cook Coastal Park, Point Cook

Ferntree Gully Picnic Area, Dandenong Ranges N P, Ferntree Gully

Western Treatment Plant, Werribee

Jells Park, Wheelers Hill

Westgate Park, Port Melbourne

Karkarook Park, Heatherton

You Yangs Regional Park, Lara

Lysterfield Park, Lysterfield

 

Melbourne Water Heatherton Road Wetlands, Dandenong North

 

Moorooduc Quarry Flora & Fauna Reserve, Mt Eliza

  River Gum Creek Reserve, Hampton Park

 

Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne

 

Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

 

Sherbrooke Forest, Dandenong Ranges N P, Sherbrooke

 

The Pines Flora & Fauna Reserve, Frankston North

 

Woodlands Industrial Estate, Braeside

 

 
 
Updated: 12-Jan-2010   Copyright 2007 Bird Observation & Conservation Australia (ABN 24 005 068 842)