NB: maps referred to on bendigolive.com are available for free at the Bendigo’s Visitor Centre located in the Old Sandhurst Public Offices you can also pick up brochures for Bendigo’s Bushland Trail Birds: Plentiful/Pest - Endangered/Threatened - Extinct Species Mammals/Marsupial: Plentiful/Pest - Endangered/Threatened - Extinct Species Reptile: Pest/Plentiful Species - Endangered/Threatened Species - Extinct Species Spiders and Insects: Pest/Plentiful Species - Endangered/Threatened Species Bendigo's forests and woodlands are the most attractive woodlands in the southern hemisphere to wildlife watchers, having an exceptionally high `bird’ diversity, with many species having been recorded as residents or regular visitors to the region. Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000 The threatened species of Powerful Owl and its main prey items, the Common ringtail Possum and Brush-tail Possum can sometimes be spotted near Large Old Trees which, unfortunately have become rare in Box-ironbark forests. The forests also support Victoria’s only known populations of Pink-tailed Worm-Lizard and other endangered fauna species including Brush-tail Phascogale and Common Dunart which, despite its name is also listed as on Victoria’s Threatened species list.