Fortesque River mouth WA

Survey PointFortesque River mouth WA
Latitude-21.0063900 (21° 0′ 23″ S)
Longitude116.0996500 (116° 5′ 59″ E)

Off the NW Coastal Hwy the road leads past the huge mine on good roads. Towards the end the road deteriorates and may need 4wd at times. At the end of the road there is free camping with no services. There are mangroves beside the river, and a few scattered shrubs away from the banks.

Camp rating 6 there are no facilities

Surveys done 2

Blogs:

Western Australia 2021

  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 1 (50.00%)
  • Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1 (50.00%)
  • Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1 (50.00%)
  • Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 1 (50.00%)
  • Australian Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa 1 (50.00%)
  • Striated Heron Butorides striata 1 (50.00%)
  • White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 1 (50.00%)
  • Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra 1 (50.00%)
  • Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1 (50.00%)
  • White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 1 (50.00%)
  • Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 1 (50.00%)
  • Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 1 (50.00%)
  • Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 2 (100.00%)
  • Dusky Gerygone Gerygone tenebrosa 1 (50.00%)
  • White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 1 (50.00%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 1 (50.00%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 2 (100.00%)
  • Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata 2 (100.00%)
  • Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 1 (50.00%)
  • Horsfield’s Bushlark Mirafra javanica 1 (50.00%)
  • Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 1 (50.00%)
2018