It is a few years since I have visited this area and was pleasantly
surprised with the improved facilities and of course the prolific birdlife.
There is a sign at one of the lagoons inviting people to find the Freckled Duck
which was successful;there it was swimming in and out of the reeds with a couple
of turtles. Also spotted the Blue Billed Duck in a neighbouring lagoon. When
posting my list to the Eremea data base I learned that both the Freckled Duck
and the Blue Billed have not been recorded for this area in the past twelve
months and additionally there is a question of whether species at this reserve
are “captive” and hence not eligible for recording. I have asked for a
definition of captive as a guide for the future as I was tending to assume
that this area would be similar to say Kelly's Swamp
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