Front Beach Port Hedland WA

Survey Point Front Beach Port Hedland WA
Latitude-20.3087000 (20° 18′ 31″ S)
Longitude118.5785800 (118° 34′ 43″ E)

A car park and boat ramp off The Esplanade’s east end marks the spot. There are some mangroves, a rocky embankment and a small beach, as well as the town across the road. There is a platform of hard mud here that is exposed at low tide, and some rocks to the east are a high tide roost.

No camping allowed here

Surveys done 9

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SW WA and Great Northern Hwy to Broome 2019

Fitzroy Crossing along WA coast and hinterland to Perth 2018

Broome to Melbourne via Port Hedland Karijini NP Mt Augustus NP Kennedy Ranges NP Nullarbor Menindee Lakes 2019

Western Australia 2021

Shark Bay, Mt Augustus, Gibb River Rd, Purnululu(Bungles),Stuart Hwy, Eyre Hwy 2023

  • Rock Dove Columba livia 3 (33.33%)
  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 4 (44.44%)
  • Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 2 (22.22%)
  • Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 1 (11.11%)
  • Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius 1 (11.11%)
  • Australian Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris 3 (33.33%)
  • Sooty Oystercatcher Haematopus fuliginosus 3 (33.33%)
  • Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 1 (11.11%)
  • Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus 4 (44.44%)
  • Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii 4 (44.44%)
  • Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 5 (55.56%)
  • Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis 1 (11.11%)
  • Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 4 (44.44%)
  • Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 5 (55.56%)
  • Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris 3 (33.33%)
  • Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 2 (22.22%)
  • Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 4 (44.44%)
  • Sanderling Calidris alba 1 (11.11%)
  • Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 2 (22.22%)
  • Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 4 (44.44%)
  • Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes 5 (55.56%)
  • Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae 9 (100.00%)
  • Little Tern Sternula albifrons 3 (33.33%)
  • Australian Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa 1 (11.11%)
  • Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 4 (44.44%)
  • Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 1 (11.11%)
  • Common Tern Sterna hirundo 2 (22.22%)
  • Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii 1 (11.11%)
  • Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus 1 (11.11%)
  • Striated Heron Butorides striata 2 (22.22%)
  • White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 1 (11.11%)
  • Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra 6 (66.67%)
  • Australian White Ibis Threskiornis moluccus 2 (22.22%)
  • Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia 1 (11.11%)
  • Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel 2 (22.22%)
  • Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 3 (33.33%)
  • Osprey Pandion haliaetus 2 (22.22%)
  • Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris 1 (11.11%)
  • Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 1 (11.11%)
  • Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus 2 (22.22%)
  • Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 3 (33.33%)
  • Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 1 (11.11%)
  • White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 8 (88.89%)
  • Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 1 (11.11%)
  • White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 7 (77.78%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 4 (44.44%)
  • Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata 2 (22.22%)
Grey-tailed Tattlers and other waders at high tide roost
Bar-tailed Godwit