Lake Colac

Some naturalists paid a visit to Lake Colac and the Colac wetlands. The water level was well below normal. Highlight was to see hundreds of Red-necked Stints on the lake shore.

Colac Lake


1: The wetland is adjacent to the lake and can be reached via Chapel Street.

2: Part of the lake bed is exposed. Looking westward along the lake shore

The bird list for the visit was


Yellow-billed Spoonbill

Whistling Kite

Grey Teal

Black Duck

Shelduck

Black Swan

Eastern Swamphen

Coot

Masked Lapwing

Silver Gull

Red-necked Stint

Welcome Swallow

Tree Martin

Willie Wagtail

Blackbird

Golden-headed Cisticola

White-plumed Honeyeater

Sparrow

Starling

Magpie