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Location: Golf Links Road near Middleton Beach - parking is available at the start of the loop trail.
A good place to look for water birds, Lake Seppings is also home to many bush birds. More than one hundred different species of birds have been recorded on and around the lake. With the recent completion of the Lake Seppings Bird Walk it is now possible to walk around the entire lake. A viewing platform is located at the northern end of the lake and a bird hide is found on the western shore, approx. 1.4 km from the parking area.
On the lake Musk Duck, Blue-billed Duck, Australian Pelican, Black Swan, Hoary-headed Grebe and Eurasian Coot are regularly sighted. Several species of cormorants are often seen sitting on posts drying their wings. Occasionally a Darter is present.
White-faced Heron, Australian White Ibis and Yellow-billed Spoonbill occur along the shallower margins on the western side of the lake.
Purple Swamphen, Spotless Crake and Buff-banded Rail are found amongst the rushes. In spring and summer the migratory Clamorous Reed-Warbler can be heard singing in the reeds. Also look for the more secretive Little Grassbird.
Bush birds are found in the vegetation surrounding the lake. Look for New Holland honeyeaters, red wattlebirds and western spinebills feeding on blossoms. Red-capped parrots and western rosellas are quite easily spotted as are silvereyes, thornbills and fantails.
Birds such as the Golden Whistler and the White-breasted Robin are permanent residents. Red-winged fairy-wrens and red-eared firetails, both endemic to Western Australia, breed near the lake.
Welcome swallows are often present, usually seen flying low over the lake hunting for insects. Tree martins roost near the lake.
Australasian Grebe
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