Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Area

Map of Swan Bay and surrounds
Map of Swan Bay showing the position of Edwards Point with Duck, Swan and Rabbit Islands
Map of the Queenscliff peninsula and the entrance to Port Phillip
Map of the southern end of Swan Bay and the entrance to Port Phillip from Bass Strait (The Rip), showing the positions of Lake Victoria and Pope's Eye
Red-necked stint standing
The area is important for red-necked stints...
Straw-necked ibis standing
...and for straw-necked ibises.

The Swan Bay and Port Phillip Bay Islands Important Bird Area comprises a cluster of disparate sites centred at the eastern end of the Bellarine Peninsula, and the southern end of Port Phillip, in Victoria, south-eastern Australia. As well as providing core wintering habitat for orange-bellied parrots, it is important for waders, or shorebirds, and seabirds.