Terrestrial+Macro+Fauna


 * We have conducted faunal surveys by observation, collection of secondary evidence (tracks, trails, etc) and the use of two traplines outside the Reserve. This will be supplemented with pitfall traps in the Widlife Reserve in 2010**


 * Birds**

White faced Heron Masked Lapwings  Banded Dotterel   Sulphur Crested Cockatoo   Little Corella   Galah Rainbow Lorikeet Eastern Rosella Crested Pigeon Pigeons*  Australian Magpie Magpie Lark Ravens  Wood Duck Black Duck  Chestnut Teal   Welcome Swallow Noisy Minor Indian Myna* Wattle Birds Latham's Snipe Sacred Ibis Australian Bittern Dusky Moorhen Starling* Whistling Kite or Brown Falcon (certainly a raptor hunting in the paddocks - moved a little fast for me to get a good ID)  Black-shouldered Kite   Willie Wagtail  Blue Wren Purple Swamphen
 * Mammals**

//Petaurus breviceps// Sugar Glider  //Pseudocheirus peregrinus// Ring tailed Possum   //Tadaria australis// White striped Free tailed Bat   //Aepyprymnus rufescens// Rufous Bettong - Extinct in Victoria prior to 1900 (8 males captured at Mt. Rothwell Conservation Park and released into the Reserve 2 Sept. 2010)   //Thylogale billardierii// Tasmanian Pademelon - Probably Extinct in Victoria prior to 1900 (3 males captured at Mt. Rothwell Conservation Park and released into the Reserve 2 Sept. 2010) Cats* Dogs* Fox* Rabbit*


 * Amphibians**

Pobblebonk or Eastern Banjo Frog - //Limnodynastes dumerili//  Spotted Marsh Frog - //L. tasmeniensis//  Striped Marsh Frog - //L. peroni//  Southern Brown Tree Frog – //Litoria ewingi//   Growling Grass Frog - //L. raniformis// (heard 14/9/10 - will need to confirm, I think we caught tadpoles of this species in the water course in the Eastern Paddock of the Wildlife Reserve today)  Southern Toadlet – //Psuedophyrne semimarmorata//   Common Froglet - //Ranidella signifera//   Haswells' Froglet - //Crinia haswelli// (need to confirm this with another recording - heard on one night in November 2007)   [|Frogs Website] you can find out lots about them and even listen to their calls!


 * Reptiles**

Tiger Snake Copper Head Snake Grass Skink //Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii// (Single individual caught in pitfall trap the heathland trapline at the front of the school - 2008) Rawlinson's Skink //Pseudemoia rawlinsonii// (Eastern Paddock of Reserve - on the high ground in NE corner - 3 individuals in pitfall trap, 2010)


 * Invertebrates**

Scorpion Spiders (a number of species) Bull Ants Jumping Jacks Small black ants Black Beetles Millipedes Centipedes Dragonfly Mosquito


 * Aquatic Invertebrates**

Thanks to my Year 7 class who have been studying Cells and Microscopes and have been checking the water in the ponds for signs of life. Dragonfly nymph Isopods Cephalopods Flat worms Nematodes Back Swimmers Freshwater Snails


 * Fish**

We need to do a survey of possible fish species through the water course.

1. Do we have significant animals? What are they? Where are they? What do we need to do to help them survive and thrive on the site? (For example, how do we manage our Sugar Glider population? What can we do to support our diverse and abundant Frog population?) Have we got an animal list for our management plan? Have we mapped where they can be found?