Platypus at Bega, NSW
Identification history
| Ornithorhynchus anatinus | 30 Oct 2019 | MatthewHiggins |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
This is one of four Platypus that I saw in this pool this morning, making at least six individuals that I know of in the Anabranch. Turtle and Water dragon will be posted separately.
1 comment
MatthewHiggins
wrote:
31 Oct 2019
Yes the high silty banks are an advantage here. There’s presumably plenty of invertebrates. The water level is receding but not as badly as some other more shallow places e.g. Horseshoe and Ritchies Lagoons. The Anabranch pools seem quite deep in places, thankfully. I am forming the opinion that perhaps there’s a population of Platypus in each of the major Anabranch pools, which if correct would be great.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.859085-36.682177
- Places Bega, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 30 Oct 2019 09:39 AM Recorded on
- MatthewHiggins Recorded by
-
Collections
MatthewHiggins South Coast NatureMapr Ornithorhynchus anatinus Monotremes Mammals
Species information
- Ornithorhynchus anatinus Scientific name
- Platypus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1369.91m Recorded at altitude