Pecks Dam Reserve

This 1.04 hectare reserve is part of a series of smaller reserves throughout Montmorency that form a habitat corridor link. Its main attraction is the dam. It is a mix of conservation and recreation areas, and is managed by Banyule's Bushland Management Unit with assistance from local volunteers. If you are interested in helping out, join the Friends of Montmorency.

Water system

The dam is 664m² and approximately 8 m deep when full. Over the years it has been used for swimming, fishing, yabbying and boating.

In 2015, Banyule City Council and Melbourne Water completed a project that uses storm water as a rain garden. Rainwater is collected from the streets above the dam and is filtered through the garden. The goal is to replenish water to the dam, which has suffered from drought and water diversion in the past.

History

During the 1890s, the area was a favourite painting place for Heidelberg School artist Walter Withers.

The dam was dug out in the early 1900s to service the surrounding farmland. It is named after the Peck family who lived in a mud brick house next to the dam from the 1950s to the 1970s.

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Flora and fauna

The vegetation community here is grassy dry forest/box-stringybark woodland. The remnant vegetation is home to small mammals and birds that shelter and gather food.

Many water birds use the reserve because of the dam. Many frog species have been heard calling from around the dam.

Fauna

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Common name	Scientific name
Australian magpie	Cracticus tibicen
Australian wood duck	Chenonetta jubata
Brushtail possum	Trichosurus vulpecula
Chestnut teal	Anas castanea
Common ringtail possum	Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Eastern blue tongue lizard	Tiliqua scincoides
Little pied cormorant	Microcarbo melanoleucos
Musk lorikeet	Glossopsitta concinna
Pacific black duck	Anas superciliosa
Rainbow lorikeet	Trichoglossus moluccanus
Sugar glider	Petaurus breviceps
Tawny frogmouth	Podargus strigoides

Flora

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Scientific name	Common name
Acacia acinacea	Gold dust wattle
Acacia genistifolia	Spreading wattle
Arthropodium strictum	Chocolate lily
Dichondra repens	Kidney weed
Einadia nutans	Nodding saltbush
Eucalyptus melliodora	Yellow box
Goodenia ovata	Hop goodenia
Kennedia prostrata	Running postman
Kunzea leptospermoides	Yarra burgan
Lomandra longifolia	Spiny-headed mat rush
Pultenea pedunculata	Matted bush pea
Rytidosperma sp.	Wallaby grass
Themeda triandra	Kangaroo grass
Tricoryne elatior	Yellow Rush lily

Location

77 Napier Crescent, Montmorency 3094  View Map

-37.7216193,145.1349612

77 Napier Crescent , Montmorency 3094

77 Napier Crescent , Montmorency 3094

Pecks Dam Reserve