West Inlet is the home of approx. 200 different species of birds, a bird watchers paradise.
The Robbins Passage Wetlands (accessible by visiting Montagu) are claimed to support higher numbers of shorebirds than all other shorebird sites in Tasmania combined. The area is especially important for migratory species such as eastern curlew, ruddy turnstone and curlew sandpiper. Resident species that occur in high numbers include the sooty and pied oystercatchers and the hooded plover.
Short-tailed Shearwaters (Mutton Birds)
Each year these Short-tailed Shearwaters fly north up to the Arctic region, the birds travel 15,000kms in each direction annually, returning to The Nut to breed. At dark walk up The Nut to view these birds landing.
Wedge Tailed Eagle
Sea Eagles, Tasmanian Wedge Tailed Eagles and Peregrine Falcons
You will see these birds soaring and hovering around the countryside of Stanley, preying on small creatures in the grassland or floating in a wind draft - they are indeed remarkable birds.