Griffiths Island
Griffiths Island
Griffiths Island is a small island reached by a causeway from the township of Port Fairy . The island is famous for its colony of Short-tailed Shearwaters which nest on the island and can be seen returning each night to feed their chicks during the breeding season from September to April. It takes around one hour to complete the walk around the island.
Crossing the causeway Black Swan, Pied Oystercatcher, White-faced Heron and Chestnut Teal could be seen in the shallows. The island was covered in shearwater burrows and the occasional calling chick could be heard from within, singing Honeyeaters flitted out from the low shrubs.
On the ocean side there was a Pacific Gull and Crested Tern on the beach. Walking out onto the Moyne River breakwater gave us a view back onto one of the sandy beaches of the island, from here we could see a flock of Sanderling running back and forth on the waters edge with ebb and flow of the sea.
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