Forty-six bird species were sighted along the Westgate Park survey route on a humid but clear March day. When added to opportunistic sightings between surveys, a total of 64 species were sighted in February and early March. On the day itself, lake levels were ...
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Bird survey 6 December
![Bird survey 6 December](https://westgatebiodiversity.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/211206superb_fairy_wren_female-750x375.jpg)
Hot, blustery, and humid weather suppressed a great deal of bird activity, but with good habitat conditions the superb fairy-wrens continue to breed. Overall, however the park looks good with larger trees well recovered from the near-drought conditions that pr...
Bird survey 1 November
![Bird survey 1 November](https://westgatebiodiversity.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/211101eastern_rosella-750x375.jpg)
This survey recorded the first eastern rosella seen in the park 2016. Clamorous reed warblers are back in number, and the high number of white-browed scrub-wrens. The water in both major lakes is at very high levels, with almost all the smaller islands in the ...
Melbourne Pollinator Corridor
![Melbourne Pollinator Corridor](https://westgatebiodiversity.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Blue-banded-bee-38003862532_6216fb713f_o-600x375.jpg)
Westgate Park is set to play a key part in an ambitious new project to boost indigenous insect life and pollination. Emma Cutting is a self-described “amateur plantswoman” who has recently launched an exciting community-led initiative to establish ...