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Glen Iris wetlands on my daily ride again, but after a bit of an exploration around Ferndale track and "Back creek", a location new to me. Nothing much to see, shouted at by the ubiquitous Willy wagtails[1], still seeing the families of dusky moorhen[2] with chicks, and a pair of Peewees[3] on their nest on a branch hanging out over Gardiners creek.
Then on the Scotchmans creek bike path on the approaches to the footbridge over Warrigal road I had to swerve as a skink wriggled quickly across directly under my wheels. A decent size, probably 20cm, I'd like to think it was one of the Southern Water Skinks[4] that the Skinklink project[5] is creating habitat for.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_wagtail
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusky_moorhen
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie-lark
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_water_skink
[5] https://www.monash.vic.gov.au/Services/Environment/Living-Sustainably-in-Monash/Skink-Link-Project
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