Australia Ramsar wetland
Little Waterhouse Lake
147 bird species recorded; the most in September and in December.
Tim b (Wildroo) · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
94 species in January.93 species in February.100 species in March.70 species in April.78 species in May.102 species in June.75 species in July.73 species in August.107 species in September.102 species in October.103 species in November.114 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
147 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).
- 147Speciesrecorded more than once
- 44Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 15,595Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 10Raptors
- 1Owls
- 16Waders
- 22Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 49Songbirds
- 24Other 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 147 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown FalconFalco berigora
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Wedge-tailed EagleAquila audax
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Australian hobbyFalco longipennis
- Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
- Nankeen KestrelFalco cenchroides
- Collared SparrowhawkAccipiter cirrocephalus
- Brown GoshawkAccipiter fasciatus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MopokeNinox novaeseelandiae
Waders16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Pied OystercatcherHaematopus longirostris
- Banded LapwingVanellus tricolor
- Hooded DotterelThinornis cucullatusNT
- Red-capped PloverCharadrius ruficapillus
- Sooty OystercatcherHaematopus fuliginosus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Double-banded PloverCharadrius bicinctusNT
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Black-fronted DotterelElseyornis melanops
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific GullLarus pacificus
- Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
- Australasian GannetMorus serrator
- Blue PenguinEudyptula minor
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Fairy TernSternula nereisVU
- Shy albatrossThalassarche cautaNT
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
- Fluttering ShearwaterPuffinus gavia
- Common Diving-PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix
- Thin-billed prionPachyptila belcheri
- Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectataNT
- Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
- Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata
- Salvin's PrionPachyptila salvini
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
- Musk DuckBiziura lobata
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Cape Barren GooseCereopsis novaehollandiae
- Chestnut TealAnas castanea
- Grey TealAnas gracilis
- Australasian ShovelerSpatula rhynchotis
- HardheadAythya australis
- Blue-billed DuckOxyura australis
- Maned DuckChenonetta jubata
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Hoary-headed GrebePoliocephalus poliocephalus
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Black-faced CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscescens
- Australasian BitternBotaurus poiciloptilusVU
- Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Yellow-billed SpoonbillPlatalea flavipes
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Songbirds49 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Forest RavenCorvus tasmanicus
- Superb Fairy-wrenMalurus cyaneus
- Brown ThornbillAcanthiza pusilla
- Rhipidura albiscapaRhipidura albiscapa
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Grey ButcherbirdCracticus torquatus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey CurrawongStrepera versicolor
- White-fronted ChatEpthianura albifrons
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica
- Crescent HoneyeaterPhylidonyris pyrrhopterus
- Yellow WattlebirdAnthochaera paradoxa
- Tasmanian ScrubwrenSericornis humilis
- Australian PipitAnthus australis
- Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysoptera
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen
- Eastern SpinebillAcanthorhynchus tenuirostris
- Yellow-rumped ThornbillAcanthiza chrysorrhoa
- Flame RobinPetroica phoenicea
- Dusky WoodswallowArtamus cyanopterus
- New Holland HoneyeaterPhylidonyris novaehollandiae
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- Tawny-crowned HoneyeaterGliciphila melanops
- Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black CurrawongStrepera fuliginosa
- Yellow-throated HoneyeaterNesoptilotis flavicollis
- Little GrassbirdMegalurus gramineus
- Striated FieldwrenCalamanthus fuliginosus
- Scarlet RobinPetroica boodang
- Beautiful FiretailStagonopleura bella
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- Spotted PardalotePardalotus punctatus
- Australasian PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae
- Striated PardalotePardalotus striatus
- Grey FantailRhipidura fuliginosa
- White-browed WoodswallowArtamus superciliosus
- Pink RobinPetroica rodinogaster
- Scarlet RobinPetroica multicolor
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatus
- Dusky RobinMelanodryas vittataVU
- Tasmanian ThornbillAcanthiza ewingii
- Australian Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus australis
- Black-headed HoneyeaterMelithreptus affinis
Other birds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-tailed Black CockatooZanda funerea
- CootFulica atra
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- Green RosellaPlatycercus caledonicus
- KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
- Shining cuckooChrysococcyx lucidus
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
- Brush BronzewingPhaps elegans
- Gallinula mortieriiGallinula mortierii
- Blue-winged ParrotNeophema chrysostomaVU
- Common BronzewingPhaps chalcoptera
- Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx basalis
- Pallid cuckooCuculus pallidus
- Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Needle-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus
- Tawny FrogmouthPodargus strigoides
- GalahEolophus roseicapilla
- Yellow-tailed Black CockatooCalyptorhynchus funereus
- Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
- Lewin's RailLewinia pectoralis
- Stubble QuailCoturnix pectoralis
- Spotless CrakePorzana tabuensis
- Swift ParrotLathamus discolorCR
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 September and in December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan21°/13°53 mm
- Feb21°/13°44 mm
- Mar20°/12°68 mm
- Apr17°/11°64 mm
- May14°/9°68 mm
- Jun12°/8°85 mm
- Jul11°/7°85 mm
- Aug11°/6°95 mm
- Sep13°/7°79 mm
- Oct14°/8°66 mm
- Nov17°/10°68 mm
- Dec18°/12°63 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Little Waterhouse Lake.
Lake in Tasmania, Australia
Little Waterhouse Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Australia.
147 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 15,595 open records.
The most recorded are the Forest Raven, the Superb Fairy-wren and the Pacific Gull.
25 species come for the summer, 17 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Australasian Bittern, Blue-winged Parrot and Fairy Tern.
The most species are recorded in September and in December.
Get there and watch
- Big Waterhouse Lake Camping Area - Waterhouse Cons Areacampsite · 2.0 km · 9 within 10 km
- Bridportnearest town · 23 km in a straight line
- Launceston Airport (LST)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 82 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
- 9campsites within 10 kmBig Waterhouse Lake Camping Area - Waterhouse Cons Area, South Croppies Point Camping Area - Waterhouse Cons Area, Blackmans Lagoon Camping Area - Waterhouse Cons Area and 6 more
- 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 Little Waterhouse Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas16 mountains within 25 kmEagle Hill · 17 kmHolmes Hill · 19 kmTrig Hill · 20 kmWilliams Hill · 20 kmLittle Mount Horror · 21 kmConnors Hill · 24 kmKonewongener / Mount Horror · 24 kmHarrys Hill · 24 km
Coastya4 beaches within 10 kmCroppies Beach · 2.4 kmWaterhouse Beach · 6.4 kmRansons Beach · 7.0 kmWest Tomahawk Beach · 8.5 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmBig Waterhouse Lake0.5 km² · 2.1 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Little Waterhouse Lake
Australia
- 66Birdyas Score
- 147Species
- 44Migrants
- 7Threatened
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- 70Birdyas Score
- 161Species
- 52Migrants
- 8Threatened
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- 60Birdyas Score
- 93Species
- 73Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q14935624) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 15,595 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, Coastya, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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