McLeod's Morass

I've always wanted to visit McLeod's Morass on account of it's interesting name. So we took the opportunity to stop by for a while on the way from Lakes Entrance to Melbourne. To access the morass turn right off the Princess Hwy near Bairnsdale onto Forges Creek Road, the Morass is at the end of Bosworth Road. You can park outside the entrance and walk down to the boardwalk.

When we visited there was little water in the area near the boardwalk but a number of Australian Spotted Crakes could be seen from the bird hide. Also present was a Red-kneed Dotterel, a White Bellied Sea-Eagle flew overhead and many Golden Headed Cisticola, Australian Reed-warblers and Superb Fairywren could be seen amongst the reeds.

Another bird hide, situated off the main track facing north, revealed Little -black Cormorant and Chestnut Teal. It's also worth checking for birds in the trees on the walkway down to the hides where we saw Rufous Whistler, Yellow Thornbills and Yellow-faced Honeyeater.

McLeod's Morass