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Lake Hawdon System Important Bird Area

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Description
Criteria for nomination as an IBA
Associated protected areas
See also
References

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The Lake Hawdon System Important Bird Area comprises an area of {{convert|374|km2|abbr=off}} covering a series of five coastal lakes in the Limestone Coast of South Australia. They are the most important of a string of regional lakes occupying swale corridors between modern and historical sand dunes.^[1]

Description

The Important Bird Area (IBA) lies between the towns of Robe and Beachport. It includes the following lakes listed in order from north to south - Hawdon, Robe, Eliza, St Clair and George, and the area extending for a distance of {{convert|1|km|mi|spell=in}} inland from each in order to include habitat used by critically endangered orange-bellied parrots. Characteristics of the lakes are:^[1]

Lake Hawdon – shallow, semi-permanent, brackish lake which is divided into a northern basin measuring {{convert|6|by|6|km|mi|spell=in}} and a southern basin measuring {{convert|9|by|4.5|km|mi|spell=in}} with a maximum water depth of about {{convert|1|m|ft|spell=in}};
Lake Robe – {{convert|406|ha|abbr=off}} much smaller than Lake Hawdon
Lake Eliza – hypersaline coastal lake with maximum depth of {{convert|1.4|m|abbr=off}};
Lake St Clair – {{convert|189|ha|abbr=off}} similar to Lake Eliza but more saline
Lake George – about {{convert|13|by|8|km|mi|spell=in}} with maximum depth of {{convert|3.5|m|abbr=off}}; naturally hypersaline but functions as an estuary with an outlet to the sea.

Criteria for nomination as an IBA

The wetland system was identified by BirdLife International as an IBA because it regularly supports over 1% of the world populations of red-necked stint, and often of sharp-tailed sandpipers, double-banded plovers and banded stilts. It also provides habitat for orange-bellied parrots, Australasian bitterns, rufous bristlebirds and striated fieldwrens.^[1] The adjacent beaches and offshore islets, from Cowrtie Island{{clarify|date=October 2014}} to Baudin Rocks, sometimes support breeding fairy terns.^[1]

Associated protected areas

While the IBA has no statutory status, it does overlap the following protected areas declared by the South Australian government: Beachport Conservation Park, Lake Robe Game Reserve, Lake St Clair Conservation Park and Little Dip Conservation Park.^[1]

References

1. ^¹²³⁴{{cite web|title=Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lake Hawdon System|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/24823|publisher=BirdLife International|accessdate=15 December 2017|date=2017}}

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2 : Important Bird Areas of South Australia|Limestone Coast

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Description

Criteria for nomination as an IBA

Associated protected areas

See also

References