Wallabia bicolor

Swamp Wallaby at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Wallabia bicolor	7 Jun 2018	ChrisM
	Wallabia bicolor	7 Jun 2018	jb2602

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4 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

8 Jun 2018

Great photos John
I'm just wishing to confirm the location on Springbank Island.

jb2602 wrote:

9 Jun 2018

The opposite end to wherever I went. I kayaked in at the W end and was very surprised to see it run at the E end N. I went closer to get a better photo and then it took off clockwise around the edge. I could not find it at all when it was stationary, only when it took off. After 3 attempts I thought that it had been harassed enough.

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

9 Jun 2018

Thanks for that John
A very interesting record - they must be good swimmers !

jb2602 wrote:

10 Jun 2018

There is plenty of mown grass on Springbank and some thickets where it can hide but I would imagine that with more people arriving as the temperature warms up, that the wallaby will abandon its little oasis.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
4 Jun 2018 02:52 PM Recorded on
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Species information

Wallabia bicolor Scientific name
Swamp Wallaby Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1338.8m Recorded at altitude
433 images trained Machine learning
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