Hi all,
Appreciate any recent info on the SS as I have just arrived back in Australia from a working stint in Thailand. Will be heading down to our new property in Gherang tomorrow from Melbourne and would like to stop off at Werribee. I have my new key from a June 2010 visit her but I can’t fid my map (in boxes) at the moment.
I usually go in down Point Wilson Rd. Can someone please refresh my memory and provide directions to the site where the SS has been frequenting.
Many thanks for your time, especially since there has been a lot of traffic on this great bird already.
Cheers,
Paul
Stilt SP was seen this morning around 0930 in Pond 4, and so were 4 Pects. But then vanished and not found again before we left at 1630
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Hi Paul,
In recent times, the Stilt Sandpiper has generally been seen at the Western Lagoons or the “flooded paddock” immediately to the north of the Western Lagoons.
The gate to the Western Lagoons is near the corner on Point Wilson Road/Twenty-nine Mile Road where the road turns towards the west. The gate is marked “Gate 2” – and is often referred to as “The Spit Gate”.
Western Lagoon, pond 4, is the pond immediately inside this gate. The bird has been seen from both the northern track and the middle track (both of which end in “parking areas”/turn-arounds).
In the same time period, this pond has also seen up to five Pectoral Sandpipers, two or three Ruffs, a Long-toed Stint, Grey-tailed Tattlers and a Terek Sandpiper. It’s been an amazing season!
The Stilt Sandpiper and some of the other goodies have also been seen in the flooded paddock which can be seen from Point Wilson Road. Best viewing, though, is to enter The Spit gate and turn immediately left. There is another gate a few metres ahead that doesn’t have a lock. Go through this gate, and the paddock can be viewed to the north. Be careful, though, because this track is not suitable for driving on if it has rained.
Paul Dodd Docklands, Victoria