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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.
More sites are listed on the Recent Outings Page. Checking the link to a particular site gives the Bird Lists by date for all recent MELBOCA Outings to the site and therefore a good indication of what birds are present at the site.
North West |
North East |
Brimbank Park, Keilor East |
Badger Weir, Yarra Ranges N P, Badger Creek |
Long Forest Nature Conservation Reserve, Long Forest |
Banyule Flats Reserve, Viewbank |
Woodlands Historic Park, Greenvale |
Blackburn Lake Sanctaury, Blackburn |
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Jehosophat Gully & Everard Block, Kinglake N P, Kinglake |
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Lillydale Lake Park, Lilydale |
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Westerfolds Park, Templestowe |
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Yan Yean Reservoir Park, Yan Yean |
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Yarra Bend Park, Fairfield |
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South West |
South East |
Jawbone Flora & Fauna Reserve, Williamstown |
Braeside Park, Braeside |
Newport Lakes Park, Newport |
Birdsland Reserve, Belgrave Heights |
Point Cook Coastal Park, Point Cook |
Churchill National Park, Endeavour Hills |
Western Treatment Plant, Werribee |
Jells Park, Wheelers Hill |
Westgate Park, Port Melbourne |
Karkarook Park, Heatherton |
You Yangs Regional Park, Lara |
Lysterfield Park, Lysterfield |
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River Gum Creek Reserve, Hampton Park |
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne |
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne |
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Sherbrooke Forest, Dandenong Ranges N P, Sherbrooke |
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The Pines Flora & Fauna Reserve, Frankston North |
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