Where can you see the Fluttering Shearwater?
Some of the best places to see the Fluttering Shearwater in the wild include Wilsons Promontory National Park (Australia), Bribie Island National Park (Australia) and Flinders Chase National Park (Australia) — among 14 wildlife hotspots across Australia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Ben Boyd National Park
Eden, Australia
+255 birds+47 mammals
Where the temperate forests of the far south coast meet towering sea cliffs, Ben Boyd National Park unveils one of New South Wales' most dramatic coastal…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBouddi National Park
Gosford, Australia
+147 birds+17 mammals
Sandstone ridges rise sharply from the Tasman Sea along the central New South Wales coast, their weathered faces etched by millennia of salt spray and storm…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKBribie Island National Park
Brisbane, Australia
+284 birds+20 mammals
Across tidal flats and shallow waterways north of Brisbane, Bribie Island National Park spreads across nearly four hundred square kilometres of subtropical coastal wilderness—a patchwork of…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFlinders Chase National Park
Australia
+142 birds+14 mammals
Granite ridges and windswept mallee scrubland define this 1,630-square-kilometre expanse on Kangaroo Island, where ancient rock formations rise abruptly from coastal heathland and woodland mosaics. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKFreycinet National Park
Coles Bay, Australia
+115 birds+9 mammals
Granite peaks rise abruptly from the Tasmanian coast where Coles Bay opens into the Freycinet Peninsula, sculpting one of southeastern Australia's most dramatically vertical national parks.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGheebulum Kunungai National Park
Moreton Island, Australia
+168 birds+7 mammals
Sand dunes rise and fall across Moreton Island's eastern shore, a landscape sculpted by wind and ocean currents into one of Australia's most dynamic coastal ecosystems.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Otway National Park
Australia
+255 birds+42 mammals
Temperate rainforest and wet eucalyptus woodland cloak the ridges and gullies of Victoria's Great Otway National Park, where persistent moisture and mild year-round temperatures sustain a…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGreat Sandy National Park
Australia
+306 birds+40 mammals
Where coastal dunes rise inland from the Queensland coastline, Great Sandy National Park encompasses a landscape of remarkable ecological diversity shaped by subtropical humid conditions year-round.…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMorton National Park
Australia
+253 birds+57 mammals
Across nearly 4,800 square kilometers of New South Wales's Southern Tablelands, rugged sandstone plateaus rise above sheltered valleys where cool-climate eucalypt woodland meets grassy heath and…
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