Mandurah Samphire

Creery Wetlands and Samphire Cove - Home of the Quenda also known as the Southern Brown Bandicoot

Virtual Tour

 

swans

The Bay - A summer refuge
The shallow, sheltered waters of the Bay provide feeding and roosting areas for many waterbirds. In late summer, large flocks of swans, ducks and waders use the bay, especially in drought years when inland wetlands are dry.

 

Great White Hunters
Egrets, herons, ibis and spoonbills may be seen all year round. Ibis use their long curved bills to probe for small animals in the mud. Egrets and herons use their beaks like spears, chasing fish, while spoonbills swish their spoon-shaped bills from side to side through the water and soft mud, catching small animals.

white hunters

All in Black and White
Flocks of stilts and avocets are common at the Creery Wetlands Nature Reserve. All three species can form a mixed flock, making identification difficult. Large flocks of several thousand birds sometimes roost in the bay in huge black and white rafts.

flocks of stilts

stiltstilts

 

Samphire at Creery Wetlands and Samphire Cove at the Peel Inlet near Mandurah

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