Croydon Lake, Civic Square, Croydon

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This lake has no name, but it is in Croydon.


It is a man-made lake, adjacent to the Croydon Library.


There is a perimeter path around the lake with a park bench and a picnic table. It is an easy level walk and very suitable for wheelchairs and the mobility challenged.


The main attraction of the lake is the variety and number of water birds who appear to call the lake home, and they do call as there is almost a constant sound of bird talk.


The most numerous were dusky moorhens. They are identified by their red frontal shield and yellow tipped beak.




During autumn and winter, their frontal shield grows duller in females and young males.




Several black ducks were swimming around, at the water's edge or perched on a tree branch overhanging the water.




There is an island in the lake which would be a very safe refuge for all the lake inhabitants.


Most of the lake is surrounded by vegetation, mainly bushes and shrubs. Some of them are of the floral variety. A couple of red bottlebrushes were evident.




There were several tall stalks with small exotic looking flowers to add interest to a stroll around the lake.


I was fortunate to be there when a white Ibis arrived by air and landed on a long dead branch protruding from the island and spent several minutes pruning itself.

At one stage, it shared its perch with a couple of dusky moorhens.


There were also a number of swamp hens. These are quite often seen on land rather than in the water and often seem oblivious to passing humans.




An unusual sight was a swamphen high up in a lakeside gum tree.


Apart from the swamphen in a gum tree, a couple of crested pigeons were seen high up in the branches of a tree that had shred its leaves.


Many magpies were seen, both in trees and on the ground.


A passing crow was captured, photographically, but it did not stop.


This small lake in suburbia would be ideal to give young children a close up experience of water birds.


After you have improved your education in the library, you can then improve your knowledge of nature.

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