Ghost mushrooms have been sighted at the Lake.

Here are the April 2026 sightings

47 species observed and 2 photographed

3 Black swans, 10 Australian Shelduck, 10 Maned Duck, 50 Pacific Black Duck, 45 Chestnut Teal, 6 Blue-billed Duck (4 F and 2 M), 45 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon), 6 Dusky Moorhen, 30 Eurasian, 40 Australasian Swamphen, 1 Spotless Crake, 2 Pied Stilt, 9 Black-fronted Dotterel, 10 Masked Lapwing, 110 Silver Gull (silver), 2 Australian Grebe, 1 Hoary-headed Grebe, 1 Little Pied Cormorant, 15 Australian Ibis, 5 Straw-necked Ibis, 1 While-faced Heron, 6 Eastern Cattle-Egret, 2 Pacific Heron, 2 Wedge-tailed Eagle (in paddock opposite), 1 Brown Goshawk, 1 Nankeen Kestrel, x Little Corella, x Long-billed Corella, 2 Eastern Rosella, 12 Superb Fairywren, 1 Little Wattlebird, 2 Red Wattlebird, 5 New Holland Honeyeater, 1 Striated Pardalote, 6 Whitebrowed Scrubwren, 8 Striated Thornbill, 12 Brown Thornbill, 1 Grey Shrikethrush, 5 Australian Whitebacked Magpie, 1 Gray Currawong, 6 Grey Fantail, 4 Magpie-lark, 5 Little Raven, 5 Welcome Swallow, 10 European Starling, 3 Euroasian Blackbird, ! Mistletoebird

Here are the May 2026 sightings

  1. Black Swan 3
  2. Maned Duck: 4
  3. Pacific Black Duck 66
  4. Chestnut Teal 6
  5. Crested Pigeon 1
  6. Dusky Moorhen: 8
  7. Eurasian Coot 16
  8. Australasian Swamphen 36
  9. Black-fronted Dottere l6
  10. Masked Lapwing 8
  11. Silver Gull 183
  12. Australasian Grebe1
  13. Hoary-headed Grebe1
  14. Little Pied Cormorant 2
  15. Australian Ibis 65
  16. Straw-necked Ibis 472
  17. White-faced Heron 1
  18. Eastern Cattle-Egret 30
  19. Galah1
  20. Little Corella: 61
  21. Long-billed Corella 538
  22. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 1 maybe an escapee
  23. Eastern Rosella 2
  24. Superb Fairywren 24
  25. Little Wattlebird 6
  26. Red Wattlebird 3
  27. White-browed Scrubwren 4
  28. Brown Thornbill 2
  29. Australian Magpie 6
  30. Gray Currawong 1
  31. Magpie-lark 1
  32. European Starling11
  33. Eurasian Blackbird 2
Here are the June 2026 sightings
Black Swan  2
Pacific Black Duck  30
Gray Teal  2
Chestnut Teal  8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  20     Next door
Dusky Moorhen  10
Eurasian Coot  39
Australasian Swamphen  42
Masked Lapwing  6
Silver Gull  139
Little Pied Cormorant  2
Australian Ibis  72
Straw-necked Ibis  2
Eastern Cattle-Egret  21
Peregrine Falcon  1     Next door
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo  9     over head
Galah  17     Overhead
Little Corella  123     mostly next door mixing with Long Bills
Long-billed Corella  309     mainly next door mixing with Little corella
Superb Fairywren  10
Little Wattlebird  2
Red Wattlebird  8
New Holland Honeyeater  2
White-browed Scrubwren  2
Brown Thornbill  1
Australian Magpie  8
Gray Fantail  1
Magpie-lark  2
Little Raven  2     close by
European Starling  5
Eurasian Blackbird  2