Site Report: Mallacoota Sewage Ponds, Australia

Wallaby War

Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus)

Australian Pipit (Anthus australis)

Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)

Little Grassbird (Megalurus gramineus)

Sewage Ponds

Map of Site Report: Mallacoota Sewage Ponds, Australia

2025-12-08: We were able to arrange access to the sewage ponds on the edge of town, so we took a walk into the area. There was a snake on the road which I did not see until I was about 2 inches from stepping on it.
2025-12-09: A short visit in the morning to check for any rails or crakes.

Kingdom: Animals (28 records, 0 images)

Phylum: Chordates (28 records, 0 images)

Class: Birds (26 records, 0 images)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

Order: Pelicans (5 records)
- Family: Herons
- Pacific Heron (Ardea pacifica)
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

Order: Perching Birds (9 records)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- Sahul Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre)
- Family: Fantails
- Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Little Grassbird (Megalurus gramineus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Australian Pipit (Anthus australis)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)

Class: Mammals (1 record, 0 images)

Order: Diprotodontia (1 record)
- Family: Macropodidae
- Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)

Class: Reptiles (1 record, 0 images)

Order: Lizards and Snakes (1 record)
- Family: Coral Snakes
- Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus)