There seem to be crakes at most of the suitable wetlands around Geelong and
the Bellarine. Today I had another look at Begola Wetland, a small patch of
reedbeds, rank grasses and a small muddy lagoon in the middle of Ocean
Grove, just behind the dunes. I've never noticed anything of great interest
here before (usually just Swamphen, Coots, Silver Gulls, Masked Lapwing,
etc). Today the place was teeming with birds, including:
2 Baillon's Crakes
2 Spotless Crakes
1 or more Spotless Crakes
6 Latham's Snipe standing out in the water
8+ Nankeen Night Herons
Great Egret
3 Royal Spoonbill
No sign of the sparrowhawk from yesterday, but it was great to see all
these other birds foraging out in the open. There are houses along both
sides, quite close to the wetland. If any of the residents are birders it
must be cool to have these species on their backyard lists!
Russell Woodford
Ocean Grove VIC
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