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Caloundra

QWSG code:BECK, SBN1, SBN2, SBN3

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These four sites are located at the northern end of the Pumicestone Passage Shorebird Area. This shallow, low-energy waterway is shaped by limited ocean exchange and silt deposition from several mainland creeks, creating vast intertidal flats that support extensive foraging habitat for shorebirds. The area also includes seagrass meadows and is fringed by mangroves and melaleuca swamps within the adjacent Bribie Island National Park.

This area is internationally important for Grey-tailed Tattler, Bar-tailed Godwit and Far Eastern Curlew.

Sandbank No.1


Sandbank No.2


Sandbanks No.3


Bell’s Creek Caloundra


Reference: Driessen, J., Kidd, L. R., Weller, D. R., Purnell, C., Maguire, G., Jaensch, R., and LeClair, S. M. (2025). Australian National Directory of Important Migratory Shorebird Habitat. Report for the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. BirdLife Australia, Melbourne.