11-802: Bird Rock may refer to the following places: Australia [ edit ] Bird Rock (Tasmania) Bird Rock, Point Lillias , Victoria Bird Rock, the name of several rocks in Western Australia Bird Rock, Norfolk Island Canada [ edit ] Bird Rock (Magdalen Islands) , the location of a lighthouses in Canada Bird Rock (Newfoundland) , seabird colony at Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve Caribbean [ edit ] Bird Rock, Basseterre Valley , Saint Kitts Bird Rock, Maycock's Bay, Barbados Bird Rock, Dominica , otherwise known as Isla de Aves,
22-505: A 35-hectare (86-acre) region at the northern tip. A small sandy spit on the eastern coastline does not appear to be encapsulated by this conservation area and the tenure of this sandy spit remains uncertain. A lighthouse is located on 266 square metres (2,860 sq ft) of crown land at the northern point of the island. Waterhouse Island has an equable Mediterranean climate with warm summers and cooler winters. Rainfall, averaging approximately 600 millimetres (24 in) per annum,
33-912: A Caribbean dependency of Venezuela New Zealand [ edit ] Bird Rock (Poor Knights Islands) Bird Rock, Mokohinau Islands Bird Rocks, Great Barrier Island United Kingdom [ edit ] Craig yr Aderyn , or Birds' Rock, in Gwynedd, Wales United States [ edit ] Bird Rock (Marin County, California) Bird Rock, San Diego , a neighborhood of La Jolla, California Bird Rock State Marine Conservation Area and Blue Cavern State Marine Conservation Areas , Catalina Island, California See also [ edit ] Bird's Rock (disambiguation) Bird Island (disambiguation) Bird Key and Bird Key (Miami) , islands in Florida, U.S. [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
44-705: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Waterhouse Island (Tasmania) Waterhouse Island , part of the Waterhouse Island Group , is a 287-hectare (710-acre) granite island situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait , lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania , Australia. The Waterhouse Island Group includes the Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse , Swan , Little Swan , Cygnet , Foster , St Helens , Ninth , Tenth , Paddys , Maclean , and Baynes islands and
55-893: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bird Rock (Tasmania) The Bird Rock , part of the Waterhouse Island Group, is an uninhabited 1-hectare (2.5-acre) granite islet situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait , lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania , Australia . Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth , Tenth , Waterhouse , Little Waterhouse , Maclean , Baynes , Cygnet , Swan , Foster , Little Swan , St Helens and Paddys islands and George Rocks islet. Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin , common diving-petrel , Pacific gull and Caspian tern . This Tasmania geography article
66-450: Is known to have taken place here from at least 1802. For the past 150 years the island has mostly been farmed, with sheep grazing the most prominent pursuit. The island has a house and a cottage, a four stand wool shed and implement shed, and a machine shed. The two dwellings are located in the lee of the prevailing westerly winds, on the eastern side, above sandy beaches. The island has a working wharf and two airstrips, one east–west and
77-435: Is relatively evenly spread throughout the year, however with a bias to late winter months. Waterhouse Island has extensive white sand beaches on the eastern and south eastern shores. West and northern coasts are primarily rocky. The island is used as a haven for sheltering yachts and other small boats as they travel through Bass Strait. Surrounding waters are popular for fishing, both finfish and various shellfish. Sealing
88-573: The Bird Rock , and George Rocks islets with their associated reefs. The large inland portion of Waterhouse Island is privately owned under freehold tenure. On 28 September 2011, 107 hectares (260 acres) of the island was proclaimed as the Waterhouse Island Conservation Area. This conservation area surrounds almost all of the island from the low-water mark to approximately 45 metres (148 ft) inshore, as well as
99-510: The other intersecting it. Freight boats, including Bass Strait trading vessels, also can beach on protected East and southeast sand beaches. Until the 1970s, grazing activity led to some degradation of vegetation. The present owners, who have had it since that time, have fenced off vulnerable areas and have undertaken an extensive revegetation program. The grazing land vegetation primarily consists of introduced pasture grasses . Livestock grazing had previously caused erosion which had affected
110-427: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bird_Rock&oldid=1177877507 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
121-659: The shearwater colonies . These are now stabilised and the fairy penguin and the shearwater rookeries are thriving. The island is named after Captain Henry Waterhouse of the Reliance . Nicholas Baudin stopped at the island in 1802 mistakenly thinking the name meant fresh water could be found there, which was not the case. Recorded breeding seabird species are the little penguin and short-tailed shearwater . Introduced mammals include sheep , cats , fallow deer and house mice . Reptiles present include
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