Lake Lorne
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  Lake Lorne Location in Victoria | |
| Location | Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria |
| Coordinates | 38°10′55″S 144°33′29″E / 38.18194°S 144.55806°E[1] |
| Type | Freshwater |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Surface area | 12 ha (30 acres) |
| Surface elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
Lake Lorne, a small 12-hectare (30-acre) freshwater lake on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, is located immediately south-west of the township of Drysdale.
Location and features[edit]
The lake is a popular birdwatching site and is well known for its variety of waterbirds, many of which have been recorded as breeding there. Lake Lorne lies in a depression in the underlying limestone and has no surface outlet. Water levels may vary substantially, often with a lag time in response to rainfall, with the nearby McLeods Waterholes being part of the same hydrological system. It contains a central complex of three islets densely vegetated with willows, eucalypts, paperbarks and pittosporums. The lake is largely surrounded by parkland and is close to the Drysdale railway station.
Birds[edit]
The lake is important for freckled and blue-billed ducks which are listed as threatened in Victoria. Waterbirds, waders and rails which have bred at the lake include black swans, hardheads, musk ducks, Australasian and hoary-headed grebes, darters, little pied and little black cormorants, dusky moorhens, purple swamphens, Eurasian coots and black-fronted dotterels. It is also a roosting site for hundreds of cormorants and ibises.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Lake Lorne". Vicnames. Government of Victoria. 2 May 1966. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ Hewish, Marilyn (2002). "New information on the birds of Lake Lorne, Drysdale, 1997-2002". Geelong Bird Report. 2001: 89–95. ISSN 1323-2681.
- ^ King, Dave; Cameron, Margaret (1997). "The birds of Lake Lorne, Drysdale". Geelong Bird Report. 1996: 32–39. ISSN 1323-2681.
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