Lake Seppings

The lake is an excellent location for bird watching with more than 100 different species having been spotted in the area. Wading birds such as the Australian white ibis, yellow-billed spoonbill and the white-faced heron can be found here.

Blue-billed and musk ducks, black swans, hoary-headed grebes, Australian pelicans and Eurasian coots can regularly be seen on the lake’s surface, while spotless crakes, masked lapwings, dusky moorhens, purple swamphens and buff-banded rails can be found in the grasses.

Thank you to Brad Donaldson for your stunning photo of the sun setting over Lake Seppings

Thank you Brad Donaldson

Lake Seppings in the Albany Region

Lake Seppings is a freshwater lake located
within the Albany Region. The lake is nearly completely surrounded by a 2.7
kilometres (1.7 mi) compacted gravel footpath and wooden walkways. A wooden bird watching platform has been built along the western side
of the lake. A car park for access to the path is located along Golf Links
Road.

The lake
is situated in the Lake Seppings nature reserve that has a total area of 17.1
hectares

Lake Seppings is regarded as an excellent place for
bird watching, particularly for water-birds. Over one hundred different species
of birds have been recorded here. Wading species are often seen along the
margins of the lake such as the Australian White Ibis, Yellow-billed
Spoonbill and the White-faced Heron. Several species such as the Blue-billed
Duck, musk duck, black swan, Hoary-headed Grebe, Australian
pelican and Eurasian coot can be seen regularly on the surface
of the lake. Birds that can be spotted amongst the lake vegetation include Spotless
Crake, Masked Lapwing, Dusky Moorhen, Purple Swamphen and Buff-banded
Rail

Lake Seppings has a rich variety of vegetation and
is surrounded by a mixture of bullrushes, and reeds. The trees are a mixture of Myrtaceae: Western
Australian Peppermint trees, Spearwoods, Paperbarks, Native Willows and Wattles. Banksias are
also found around the lake.

The local indigenous Australians
are the Noongar People whose name for the lake is Tjuirtgellong which means “The place of the
long-necked tortoise”.