page_title: Tamar River Conservation Area
hierarchical_section_title: Tamar River Conservation Area
caption_attribution_description: English: Tamar Island Wetlands
context_page_description: The Tamar Conservation Area covers approximately 4,633 ha on the Tamar River estuary in Tasmania. It includes the Tamar Island Wetlands Reserve and a stretches through the upper part of the Tamar Estuary from St Leonards to the Batman Bridge. It is a popular area for birdwatching and is about 15 minutes drive from Launceston. There are approximately 3.2 km of walking tracks at the wetlands including a boardwalk for easy access to the island.
  The site lies within the Tamar Wetlands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance in supporting over 1% of the world populations of pied oystercatchers and chestnut teals. The Tasmanian State of the Environment report in 2003 described the Tamar estuary as one of the five catchments statewide with the highest percentage area under urban and suburban land use.
context_section_description: The Tamar Conservation Area covers approximately 4,633 ha on the Tamar River estuary in Tasmania. It includes the Tamar Island Wetlands Reserve and a stretches through the upper part of the Tamar Estuary from St Leonards to the Batman Bridge.  It is a popular area for birdwatching and is about 15 minutes drive from Launceston. There are approximately 3.2 km of walking tracks at the wetlands including a boardwalk for easy access to the island.
  The site lies within the Tamar Wetlands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance in supporting over 1% of the world populations of pied oystercatchers and chestnut teals.  The Tasmanian State of the Environment report in 2003 described the Tamar estuary as one of the five catchments statewide with the highest percentage area under urban and suburban land use.
caption: Tamar Island Wetlands
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