Australia Ramsar wetland
Interlaken Lakeside Reserve
60 bird species recorded; the most from January to February and in July.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
38 species in January.36 species in February.30 species in March.10 species in April.16 species in May.2 species in June.39 species in July.1 species in August.0 species in September.5 species in October.19 species in November.29 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.
VU
VUVUNo records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
60 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).
- 60Speciesrecorded more than once
- 24Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 535Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 821 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 4Raptors
- 1Waders
- 6Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 35Songbirds
- 9Other 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 60 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
- Brown FalconFalco berigora
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Ducks & geese6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Chestnut TealAnas castanea
- Blue-billed DuckOxyura australis
- Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
- Grey TealAnas gracilis
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Songbirds35 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black CurrawongStrepera fuliginosa
- Forest RavenCorvus tasmanicus
- Yellow WattlebirdAnthochaera paradoxa
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Yellow-throated HoneyeaterNesoptilotis flavicollis
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
- Noisy MinerManorina melanocephala
- Superb Fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla
- Rhipidura albiscapaRhipidura albiscapa
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus
- Flame RobinPetroica phoenicea
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- Striated FieldwrenCalamanthus fuliginosus
- Crescent HoneyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhopterus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tasmanian ScrubwrenSericornis humilis
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Black-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus affinis
- Tasmanian ThornbillAcanthiza ewingii
- Little GrassbirdMegalurus gramineus
- Strong-billed HoneyeaterMelithreptus validirostrisVU
- Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifrons
- Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysoptera
- Dusky RobinMelanodryas vittataVU
- Pink RobinPetroica rodinogaster
- Grey CurrawongStrepera versicolor
- Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Other birds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green RosellaPlatycercus caledonicus
- KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
- Gallinula mortieriiGallinula mortierii
- Eastern RosellaPlatycercus eximius
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- Blue-winged ParrotNeophema chrysostomaVU
- CootFulica atra
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Shining cuckooChrysococcyx lucidus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from January to February and in July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan19°/7°55 mm
- Feb18°/7°42 mm
- Mar16°/6°62 mm
- Apr12°/4°62 mm
- May9°/3°74 mm
- Jun7°/2°88 mm
- Jul6°/1°86 mm
- Aug6°/1°111 mm
- Sep8°/1°95 mm
- Oct11°/2°76 mm
- Nov14°/4°66 mm
- Dec16°/6°67 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Interlaken Lakeside Reserve.
Tasmania, Australia
Interlaken Lakeside Reserve is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Australia, 821 m above the sea.
60 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 535 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Currawong, the Forest Raven and the Black swan.
17 species come for the summer, 6 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Strong-billed Honeyeater, Blue-winged Parrot and Dusky Robin.
The most species are recorded from January to February and in July.
Get there and watch
- Dago Point Campgroundcampsite · 2.0 km · 2 within 10 km
- Launceston Airport (LST)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 67 km in a straight lineCar hire at LST airport (Launceston)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
- 2campsites within 10 kmDago Point Campground, Silver Plains Campground
- 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
- 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.
In our other atlases
Around Interlaken Lakeside Reserve.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas129 mountains within 25 kmGoldies Sugarloaf · 20 kmMount Penny · 23 kmHalfpenny · 23 kmStone Jug Hill · 23 kmMount Penny West · 24 kmWilsons Hill · 24 kmWhite Hill · 24 kmSynnots Sugarloaf · 25 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmLake Crescent23 km² · 3.3 kmLake Sorell46 km² · 6.4 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyClyde River97 km · 2.2 m³/s
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Interlaken Lakeside Reserve
Australia
- 47Birdyas Score
- 60Species
- 24Migrants
- 3Threatened
St Helens Important Bird Area
Australia · 133 km
- 70Birdyas Score
- 161Species
- 52Migrants
- 8Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q14935618) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 535 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 |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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