Swan Bay Saltmarsh Vic

Survey Point Swan Bay Saltmarsh Vic
Latitude -38.2691700 (38° 16′ 9″ S)
Longitude 144.6286100 (144° 37′ 43″ E)

On the corner of Murray Rd and Ward Rd in east Queenscliffe, a short boardwalk leads to the shoreline. At high tide the mangroves get water and can be a good spot for crakes, also check out the ditch by the old railway track.

No camping is allowed here.

Surveys done 6

Blogs, see main page archives:

Victoria’s SW coast and Princess Hwy 2016

Victoria, The Coorong, Flinders Ranges, Oodnadatta Track, Newhaven, Mt Augustus, Kennedy Range NP 2024

  • Black Swan Cygnus atratus 1 (16.67%)
  • Grey Teal Anas gracilis 2 (33.33%)
  • Chestnut Teal Anas castanea 4 (66.67%)
  • Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 2 (33.33%)
  • Rock Dove Columba livia 2 (33.33%)
  • Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis 2 (33.33%)
  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 1 (16.67%)
  • Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea 1 (16.67%)
  • Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris 2 (33.33%)
  • Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 2 (33.33%)
  • Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae 4 (66.67%)
  • Pacific Gull Larus pacificus 2 (33.33%)
  • Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 3 (50.00%)
  • Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 2 (33.33%)
  • Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 3 (50.00%)
  • Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 6 (100.00%)
  • Great Egret Ardea alba 2 (33.33%)
  • White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 3 (50.00%)
  • Little Egret Egretta garzetta 1 (16.67%)
  • Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus 1 (16.67%)
  • Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 2 (33.33%)
  • Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 6 (100.00%)
  • Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 1 (16.67%)
  • Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 2 (33.33%)
  • Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus 1 (16.67%)
  • Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Zanda funerea 1 (16.67%)
  • Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 2 (33.33%)
  • Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius 1 (16.67%)
  • Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus 1 (16.67%)
  • Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus 1 (16.67%)
  • New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 3 (50.00%)
  • Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 2 (33.33%)
  • Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata 5 (83.33%)
  • Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus 1 (16.67%)
  • White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis 1 (16.67%)
  • Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 1 (16.67%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 1 (16.67%)
  • Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 5 (83.33%)
  • Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 1 (16.67%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 1 (16.67%)
  • Little Raven Corvus mellori 3 (50.00%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 4 (66.67%)
  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus 4 (66.67%)
  • Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus 2 (33.33%)
  • Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 4 (66.67%)
  • Silvereye Zosterops lateralis 1 (16.67%)
  • Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 5 (83.33%)
  • Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 3 (50.00%)
  • Common Blackbird Turdus merula 1 (16.67%)