Devilbend Natural Features Reserve

Nearby just 500 m (550 yd) in the north, there is a much smaller, unnamed third lake further downstream along the creek in the neighbouring locality of Moorooduc, next to a golf course within what is known as the Devilbend Recreation Reserve.

The nowaday Devilbend Reserve parkland is located within the traditional country of the Bunurong people, part of the indigenous Kulin nation.

[2][3][4] The much larger Devilbend Reservoir, with an area of 243 ha (600 acres) and a capacity of 14,600 ML (520×10^6 cu ft), was built during the 1960s and opened in 1965, and is currently the largest freshwater body in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula.

Past restrictions on public access to the Devilbend Reserve have created favourable conditions for wildlife, as shown by large numbers of waterbirds and frogs recorded there.

[5] The 243 ha (600 acres) Devilbend Reservoir has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports, seasonally, over 1% of the global population of the near-threatened blue-billed duck.

A 6.2 km (3.9 mi) long, 10 m (33 ft) wide horse trail is available for horseriders, accessed off Hodgins, Turners or Derril Roads around the southern boundary.

The reserve supports over 1% of the global population of blue-billed duck, which is listed as threatened under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, as well as being the only nesting habitat for the majestic white-bellied sea eagle on the Mornington Peninsula.

By the end of 2017, Parks Victoria allowed non-powered paddlecrafts (including canoes, kayaks, paddleboards and windsurfers) on the lake,[12][10] but only on a 33 ha (82 acres) designated boating zone in the northwestern arm of the reservoir, west of a peninsula known as the Daangean Point, with yellow buoys and signs marking the boating zone boundary.

Devilbend and Bittern Reservoirs have game fishes regularly stocked by the Victorian Fisheries Authority, both introduced (such as rainbow trout, brown trout and yellow perch) and native species (such as estuary perch, Australian bass and surf bream), as well as variously naturalized invasive species (such as redfin and carp).