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Coen’s Birding Blog
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15th of November, Lilydale Sewage Treatment Plant
Birdwatching at the Lilydale Sewage Treatment Plant was a must for my local big year. As the number one hotspot in the Yarra Ranges on eBird, I had to plan a visit. When I arrived in Lilydale,…
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8th of November, Badger Weir
As we drove out to Badger Creek, rain was splattering our windscreen. We thought, for our first outing with Birdlife Yarra Valley…
Local Big Year 2025
In 2025, I have set myself the challenge to see how many birds I can see, in the Yarra Ranges Shire, where I live. I was inspired to do this challenge after listening to Weekend Birder. Check the tally below:
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- Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo 2/1 Home
- Crimson Rosella 2/1 Home
- Laughing Kookaburra 3/1 Helen Track
- Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo 3/1 Helen Track
- Australian King Parrot 3/1 Helen Track
- Rainbow Lorikeet 3/1 Helen Track
- White-throated Treecreeper 3/1 Helen Track
- Superb Fairywren 3/1 Helen Track
- Eastern Spinebill 3/1 Helen Track
- White-Browed Scrubwren 3/1 Helen Track
- Striated Thornbill 3/1 Helen Track
- Brown Thornbill 3/1 Helen Track
- Grey Shrike-Thrush 3/1 Helen Track
- Australian Magpie 3/1 Helen Track
- Pied Currawong 3/1 Helen Track
- Rufous Fantail 3/1 Helen Track
- Grey Fantail 3/1 Helen Track
- Silvereye 3/1 Helen Track
- Pacific Black Duck 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Garden
- Bell Miner 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Gardern
- Dusky Moorhen 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Garden
- Eurasian Coot 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Garden
- Yellow-Faced Honeyeater 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Garden
- New-Holland Honeyeater 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Garden
- Australian Reed Warbler 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Garden
- Welcome Swallow 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Garden
- Common Starling 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Garden
- Common Myna 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Garden
- Common Blackbird 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Garden
- Red-Browed Finch 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Garden
- House Sparrow 3/1 Blue Lotus Water Garden
- Eastern Rosella 9/1 Binjerring Run
- Red Wattlebird 9/1 Binjerring Run
- Noisy Miner 9/1 Binjerring Run
- Pacific Koel 10/1 Heritage Wetlands
- White-Faced Heron 10/1 Heritage Wetlands
- White-Eared Honeyeater 10/1 Heritage Wetlands
- Grey Butcherbird 10/1 Heritage Wetlands
- Straw-necked Ibis 10/1 Lower Homestead Road on of way back from Heritage Wetlands
- Australian Pelican 10/1 Lower Homestead Road on of way back from Heritage Wetlands
- Wedge Tailed Eagle 10/1 Lower Homestead Road on of way back from Heritage Wetlands
- Eastern Yellow Robin 12/1 Hughes Creek
- Superb Lyrebird 13/1 Belgrave – Ferny Creek road
- Australian Wood Duck 28/1 Birdsland
- Chestnut Teal 28/1 Birdsland
- Australasian Swamphen 28/1 Birdsland
- Australasian Darter 28/1 Birdsland
- Little Black Cormorant 28/1 Birdsland
- Magpie Lark 28/1 Birdsland
- Rock Dove 31/1 Upwey High School
- Galah 31/1 Upwey High School
- Little Raven 31/1 Upwey High School
- Musk Duck 8/2 Lysterfield Lake
- Masked Lapwing 8/2 Lysterfield Lake
- Silver Gull 8/2 Lysterfield Lake
- Great Crested Grebe 8/2 Lysterfield Lake
- Great Cormorant 8/2 Lysterfield Lake
- Australian White Ibis 8/2 Lysterfield Lake
- Olive-Backed Oriole 8/2 Lysterfield Lake
- Tawny Frogmouth 8/2 Wattle Avenue
- Whistling Kite 9/2 Home backyard
- White-Throated Needletail 15/2 Home backyard
- Striated Pardalote 16/2 Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve
- Golden Whistler 16/2 Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve
- Eastern Whipbird 16/2 Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve
- Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Helmeted) 16/2 Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve
- Spotted Dove 7/3 Upwey
- Crested Pigeon 7/3 Upwey
- Fan-Tailed Cuckoo 13/3 Bayana Park
- Lewin’s Honeyeater 15/3 Mt Dandenong Tourist Road
- Black-Faced Cuckoo Shrike 28/3 Home
- Gang-Gang Cockatoo 29/3 Upwey
- Satin Bowerbird 30/3 Home
- Bassian Thrush 24/6 Gurroung dhurring
- Scarlet Robin 25/6 Birdsland
- Spotted Pardalote 25/6 Birdsland
- Willie Wagtail 25/6 Bayana Park
- Hoary Headed Grebe 30/7 Aura Vale Lake
- Grey Teal 30/7 Aura Vale Lake
- Great Egret 8/10 Birdsland
- Rufous Whistler 13/10 Lanes Track
- Long-billed Corella 16/10 Lysterfield Lake
- Sacred Kingfisher 23/10 Bayana Park
- Dusky Woodswallow 23/10 Bayana Park
- White-naped Honeyeater 8/11 Coranderrk Bushland
- Australasian Grebe 8/11 Coranderrk Bushland
- Hardhead 8/11 Coranderrk Bushland
- Swamp Harrier 8/11 Coranderrk Bushland
- Varied Sittella 8/11 Coranderrk Bushland
- Little Corella 8/11 Coranderrk Bushland
- Tree Martin 8/11 Coranderrk Bushland
- Black Swan 8/11 Coranderrk Bushland
- Pink-eared Duck 15/11 Lilydale Sewage Treatment Plant
- Australian Shelduck 15/11 Lilydale Sewage Treatment Plant
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