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Eremaea Birds
A free birding atlas to which anyone can contribute.
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Western Treatment Plant, Werribee
| Species | Scientific Name | Comment | Count |
| Cape Barren Goose | Cereopsis novaehollandiae | 80+ | |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | | |
| Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides | Thousands | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | | |
| Australasian Shoveler | Anas rhynchotis | | |
| Grey Teal | Anas gracilis | | |
| Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea | | |
| Pink-eared Duck | Malacorhynchus membranaceus | | |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | | |
| Blue-billed Duck | Oxyura australis | | |
| Musk Duck | Biziura lobata | | |
| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | 2 | |
| Hoary-headed Grebe | Poliocephalus poliocephalus | | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | 4 | |
| Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | 1 in Bay | |
| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | | |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | | |
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | | |
| Little Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax melanoleucos | | |
| Australasian Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | Flew across Little River towards Lake Borrie | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | | |
| Australian White Ibis | Threskiornis molucca | | |
| Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | | |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | | |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes | | |
| Whistling Kite | Haliastur sphenurus | | |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | | |
| Brown Falcon | Falco berigora | | |
| Black Falcon | Falco subniger | Over Beach Road | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | In tree on freeway, on edge of WTP | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | | |
| Black-tailed Native-hen | Gallinula ventralis | 4 - Borrow Pits | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | | |
| Banded Lapwing | Vanellus tricolor | Beach Road | |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | | |
| Red-kneed Dotterel | Erythrogonys cinctus | | |
| Red-capped Plover | Charadrius ruficapillus | | |
| Australian Pied Oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris | | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | | |
| Red-necked Avocet | Recurvirostra novaehollandiae | | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | 2-3 T-Section | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Walshes Lagoon | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Spit | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Spit | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | 1 - Lagoon immediately after Beach Road gate, 1 - Walshes Lagoon | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | | |
| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Several - Reef opposite Beach Road Gate Lagoon | |
| Fairy Tern | Sternula nereis | Several - Reef opposite Beach Road Gate Lagoon | |
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Generally 1-2 with Whiskered Terns | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Several - Reef opposite Beach Road Gate Lagoon | |
| Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | 1 - Reef opposite Beach Road Gate Lagoon | |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | | |
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | | |
| Crested Pigeon | Geophaps lophotes | | |
| Superb Fairy-wren | Malurus cyaneus | | |
| White-fronted Chat | Epthianura albifrons | | |
| Red Wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata | | |
| White-browed Scrubwren | Sericornis frontalis | | |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | | |
| Willie Wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | | |
| Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | | |
| Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides | 1 - Point Wilson Road | |
| Little Raven | Corvus mellori | | |
| Horsfield's Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | | |
| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | | |
| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | | |
| Fairy Martin | Petrochelidon ariel | | |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | | |
| Australian Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus australis | | |
| Little Grassbird | Megalurus gramineus | | |
| Brown Songlark | Cincloramphus cruralis | | |
| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | | |
| Common Blackbird | Turdus merula | | |
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | | |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | | |
| Common Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | | |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | | |
| Red-browed Finch | Neochmia temporalis | | |
| Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia castanotis | | |
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