Paddys Island
| Paddys Island | ||
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| Waters | Tasman Sea | |
| Geographical location | 41 ° 23 ′ S , 148 ° 18 ′ E | |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Paddys Island is an island belonging to the Waterhouse Island Group on the northeast coast of Tasmania , Australia . The flat granite island has an area of 4.6 hectares .
fauna
The island is part of the St Helens Important Bird Area as BirdLife International considers it an important breeding site for sea birds .
To the breeding sea birds that have been observed include dwarf Penguin , Pacific Gull , Silver Gull , Kelp , sooty oystercatcher and Tern .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Nigel Brothers , David Pemberton, Helen Pryor, Vanessa Halley: Tasmania's Offshore Islands. Seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart 2001, ISBN 0-7246-4816-X .
- ^ BirdLife International. (2009). Important Bird Areas factsheet: St Helens (Tasmania). on birdlife.org, accessed October 30, 2015.