Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland species
Overview
Monash Grasslands are associated with the Isabella Pond Healthy Waterways initative to improve water quality and climate resilience of Natural Temperate Grasslands in the Lake Tuggeranong area. The majority of Tuggeranong Creek is a concrete stormwater open drain. Monash Grasslands is an area of Natural Temperate Grassland next to Isabella Pond which supports biodiversity values. This corridor offers the potential to expand grassland and riparian ecosystem values within the urban area.
Moderators
become a moderatorMalacorhynchus membranaceus (Pink-eared Duck)
Microcarbo melanoleucos (Little Pied Cormorant)
Nycticorax caledonicus (Nankeen Night-Heron)
Oxyura australis (Blue-billed Duck)
Pelecanus conspicillatus (Australian Pelican)
Phalacrocorax carbo (Great Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Little Black Cormorant)
Platalea flavipes (Yellow-billed Spoonbill)
Platalea regia (Royal Spoonbill)
Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Hoary-headed Grebe)
Porphyrio melanotus (Australasian Swamphen)
Porzana fluminea (Australian Spotted Crake)
Spatula rhynchotis (Australasian Shoveler)
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Australasian Grebe)
Tadorna tadornoides (Australian Shelduck)
Threskiornis molucca (Australian White Ibis)
Threskiornis spinicollis (Straw-necked Ibis)
Vanellus miles (Masked Lapwing)
1 2
Land area
71.95
ha
ha
Survey effort
14.11
sightings per ha
sightings per ha
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Water birds
- Waterfowl (Ducks, Geese, Swans)
- Colonial nesters (Herons, Cormorants, etc)
- Shorebirds
- Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns)
- Sea Birds
