Hasties Swamp National Park

Hasties Swamp National Park
Cleft footed goose ( Anseranas semipalmata )
Coordinates: 17 ° 17 ′ 57.3 ″  S , 145 ° 28 ′ 32.7 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Specialty:	Wetland, birds
Next city:	4 kilometer (s) from Atherton
Surface:	56.6 ha
Founding:	1980
Rainbow Spint ( Merops ornatus )
Sandpiper ( Actitis hypoleucos )

The Hasties Swamp National Park (English Hasties Swamp National Park ) is a 56.6 hectare national park in Queensland , Australia .

location

The park is located in the Atherton Tablelands . It is located about 50 kilometers southwest of Cairns and 65 kilometers northeast of Innisfail . The park can be reached via Atherton Herberton Road, which runs south- west from the Kennedy Highway south of Atherton . After about 4 kilometers, the access road to the national park branches off.

fauna

The Hasties Swamps (German: Hastiessüumpf) are a mecca for bird lovers. The wetland provides refuge for a variety of both native and migratory birds. Seasonal fluctuations in water levels change both the type and size of the habitat , which in turn attracts different creatures. More than 220 bird species have been counted in the wetlands and the surrounding woodland.

The best time is in the dry season from April to October, when the water areas in the park are visited by numerous water birds. Up to 1500 crack-footed geese ( Anseranas semipalmata ) can then be seen at the same time from a two-story observation post.

Migratory birds such as the common sandpiper ( Actitis hypoleucos ) and the Japanese cassin ( Gallinago hardwickii ) stop here between August and September on their way from Japan to South Australia. From March to April they return to the north. The pointed tail sandpiper ( Calidris acuminata ) comes from Siberia to escape the arctic winter. From New Guinea , for example, the rainbow spider ( Merops ornatus ), the Asian koel ( Eudynamys scolopacea ) and the grumpy cuckoo ( Scythrops novaehollandiae ) visit the swamps.

Web links

• Official site of the park (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Official Park Website - About , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012
3. ↑ ^{a b} Official website of the Park - Culture ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012