Bird Life

The lagoon usually supports at least 8000 black swans, about 80% of Tasmania’s estimated breeding population. It is an important site for many Tasmanian waterfowl and shorebirds at different times of the year, including ducks, egrets, plovers, grebes and cormorants. The lagoon is also important to migratory shorebirds that escape the harsh northern winter by coming here, and you may see many wonderful international visitors here over the summer.