Australia Ramsar wetland
Eighty Mile Beach
59 bird species recorded; the most in November.
Nachoman-au · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
17 species in January.35 species in February.25 species in March.28 species in April.0 species in May.40 species in June.4 species in July.3 species in August.1 species in September.39 species in October.51 species in November.33 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
59 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 59Speciesrecorded more than once
- 28Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,634Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 7Raptors
- 30Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 4Songbirds
- 1Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 59 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
- Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Little EagleHieraaetus morphnoides
Waders30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Oriental DotterelCharadrius veredus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Inland PloverPeltohyas australis
- Australian PratincoleStiltia isabella
- Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttifer
- Pied StiltHimantopus leucocephalus
- Australian Red-necked AvocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiae
Gulls & seabirds12 species
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- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Australian TernGelochelidon macrotarsa
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
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- BrolgaGrus rubicunda
Songbirds4 species
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- Australian PipitAnthus australis
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- Magpie larkGrallina cyanoleuca
- White-winged Fairy-wrenMalurus leucopterus
Other birds1 species
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- Flock BronzewingPhaps histrionica
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan34°/27°164 mm
- Feb34°/27°162 mm
- Mar34°/26°98 mm
- Apr34°/24°14 mm
- May31°/19°20 mm
- Jun28°/16°12 mm
- Jul28°/15°12 mm
- Aug29°/16°2 mm
- Sep32°/19°1 mm
- Oct36°/23°2 mm
- Nov37°/25°5 mm
- Dec36°/27°59 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Eighty Mile Beach.
Beach on the north-west coast of Western Australia
Eighty Mile Beach is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Australia.
59 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,634 open records.
The most recorded are the Curlew Sandpiper, the Red-necked Stint and the Terek Sandpiper.
25 species come for the summer, 1 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Curlew Sandpiper, Grey Plover and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in November.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Broome International Airport (BME)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 171 km in a straight lineCar hire at BME airport (Broome)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4167946) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,634 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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