Tachyglossus aculeatus
20 Short-beaked Echidna at Calwell, ACT
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| Tachyglossus aculeatus | MatthewFrawley | 30 Dec 2025 | |
| Tachyglossus aculeatus | ROWLAD | 30 Dec 2025 |
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User's notes
We have many avian visitors to this birdbath but this is the first time we have observed an echidna in the birdbath. It languished there for a while, apparently enjoying the water. It enters and leaves from the top of the boulder behind. We have had frequent visits by an echidna to the garden recently (possibly this individual).
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4 Jan 2026
mum and dad used to have one visit their garden to stand in a bird bath on the ground. It had to go under a gate. You could tell when it had been as there was no water left in the bird bath and a trail of small wet footprints going under the gate and down the cement drive!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.107310-35.448344
- Places Calwell, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Dec 2025 06:37 PM Recorded on
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Species information
- Tachyglossus aculeatus Scientific name
- Short-beaked Echidna Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1888.33m Recorded at altitude
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