Laratinga Wetlands
Sunday, 06 November 2011 16:04

Laratinga Wetlands at Mount Barker was constructed in 1999 for the further filtration and treatment of waste water from the nearby water treatment plant. It is now a haven for water birds and the nearby trees provide nest sites for other birds.

There is a picnic area with sheltered tables and chairs along with electric BBQs and two public toilets.

Location

A comfortable 38km (40min) drive to Mount Barker down the South Eastern Freeway (M1), the main entrance and car park to the wetlands is located on Bald Hills Road.

Map of Laratinga Wetlands with Pond Numbers

Laratinga Wetlands Pond Map

Gallery

Birds

The table below represents data taken from 13 surveys conducted and the frequency of sightings.

Common Name Scientific Name Surveys Seen
Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 7
Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 11
Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea 4
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla 3
Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis 2
Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis 3
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa 13
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 13
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 13
Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 12
Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 11
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 1
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius 2
Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 12
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 6
Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus 1
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 10
Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 3
Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca 8
Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis 1
Yellow-billed Spoonbill Platalea flavipes 1
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 12
Nankeen Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus 1
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus 1
Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata 12
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 12
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea 12
Grey Teal Anas gracilis 13
Australasian Shoveler Anas rhynchotis 11
Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus 3
Hardhead Aythya australis 10
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis 2
Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus 1
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1
Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 3
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus 9
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna 10
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus 1
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 8
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 7
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris 2
Galah Eolophus roseicapillus 12
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans 13
Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus 2
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae 3
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 1
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 10
Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 9
Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa 7
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 10
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis 1
Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 10
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 13
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 4
Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana 1
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis 4
Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi 1
Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus 11
Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis 10
Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus 13
Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus 2
Silvereye Zosterops lateralis 1
White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus 2
White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenostomus penicillatus 13
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 13
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala 7
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata 12
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis 7
Australian Magpie Cracticus tibicen 13
Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera 4
Black Duck-Mallard hybrid
3
Crow & Raven species
10
Little Raven Corvus mellori 3
Rock Dove Columba livia 11
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 11
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis 11
Common Blackbird Turdus merula 10
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 2
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 12
Domestic/Feral Duck
10
Last Updated on Monday, 07 November 2011 14:34