Banyule Flats
Warringal Conservation Society

phoca thumb m Eastern Great Egret  Anthea FlemingThis is a list of Fauna (mammals, reptiles and birds) observed at and near Banyule Flat and Warringal Parklands 1980 to 2016/17.

Compiled by Richard H. Loyn (Eco Insights), Lyn Easton and Guy Dutson, based on an earlier document for Alice Ewing (Practical Ecology) and Fleur Anderson (City of Banyule) in July 2017, with additional historical records from the notebooks of Anthea Fleming, a published report of Beardsell (1997), a booklet on Birds of Heidelberg and the Yarra Valley (Warringal Conservation Society 1981), historical publications (Keartland 1900; Tarr 1948) and other observations that became known to us.

phoca thumb m Welcome Swallow   Anthea FlemingThis list includes all bird, mammal, reptile and frog species that we know have occurred at Banyule Flat, Warringal Parklands and nearby publicly accessible areas from 1980 to June 2017. It is mainly a compilation of our own observations. RHL has made intermittent observations mainly of birds and mammals since moving to Viewbank in 1987; LE has made almost daily morning walks since 2002, and a detailed study of the resident owls and frogmouths; and GD made frequent visits from 2009 to 2014, including searches for reptiles and frogs. AE has conducted formal surveys in 2014-16 as part of a project for the City of Banyule, and has also extracted data from the Atlas of Victorian Wildlife and BirdData (the database run by BirdLife Australia).