Rutter Park Nature Reserve (Tooradin)
Rutter Park Nature Reserve is located in the centre of Rutter Park Recreation Reserve. This small, 2.4 hectares in size, but significant patch of swamp scrub vegetation is home to rare and endangered species including Great Egret (Ardea modesta), Wedge Tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans), Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus obesulus), Swamp Skink (Lissolepis coventryi) and the Southern Toadlet (Pseudophryne semimarmorata).
It is also visited by migratory birds who make their home in Westernport Bay. The nature reserve is dominated by tea trees with occasional wattles. The ground story has a mix of lomandra, juncus, and pigface.
There is a walking trail.
Location
2920 South Gippsland Highway, Tooradin 3980 Map
