Ram_Island_Conservation_Area

Ram Island (Tasmania)

Ram Island (Tasmania)

Island in Tasmania, Australia

Ram Island is a small island, with an area of 66 acres , in south-eastern . Located in the Estuary of Little Swansport on the East Coast of Tasmania south of Swansea township.

Wildlife

BirdLife International identifies Ram Island as part of the Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area because it holds over 1% of the world populations of six bird species.[1]

Flora and fauna

Recorded breeding seabird, waterbird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, sooty oystercatcher, white-faced storm-petrel, black-faced cormorant, Caspian tern and Cape Barren goose.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "BirdLife Data Zone Franklin Sound Islands". BirdLife International. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. [2]
    Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X

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