Lake Borrie Bird Hut Traditional Cache
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Lake Borrie Bird Hide.
Cache is located at the ‘Bird Hide Viewing Hut’ that is located on the foreshore close to where Little River enters the bay.
From the noted parking area (Beach Rd) the walk along the shore at low tide if possible will take about 2 – 3 hours return.
Please beware of snakes in the hotter months and carry plenty of water for the trip.
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Lake Borrie is a wetland area that provides a haven for thousands of birds. It is located at Melbourne Water's Western Treatment Plant at Werribee.
Lake Borrie is the most significant wetland in Victoria for migratory shorebirds, and one of the most significant drought refuges for ducks. During the 1982/83 drought the site had almost a third of all of Victoria's ducks on it. Migratory birds travel to Lake Borrie from as far as Alaska, Siberia, China and Japan, doubling their body weight on the abundant food over summer before heading back overseas. The Western Treatment Plant can house an estimated 65,000 birds at any one time.
The plant is considered to be one of the top 10 bird watching areas in Australia, with over one third of the country's species being recorded there (about 270 species). This is second only to Kakadu National Park.
Waterfowl using the large ponds include the Pink-Eared Duck, Chestnut Teal, Australian Shoveller, Australian Shelduck, Grebes and Blue-Billed and Black Ducks. Coots and Eastern Swamphens use pond fringes, while Swans and Pelicans tend to roost on the small muddy islands located amongst the dead trees. At early evening, returning from feeding sites on the plant and surrounding fields, hundreds of Straw-Necked and White Ibis come to roost on the trees in the lake.
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