beach south of Somerset Cape York Qld

Survey Point Beach south of Somerset Cape York Qld
Latitude -10.7522200 (10° 45′ 8″ S)
Longitude 142.6005600 (142° 36′ 2″ E)

This site is on the sandy track that follows the coastline about 1.5km from the Somerset campground, it is on the first beach south, 4WD is necessary as is letting the tyres down for the soft sand. There are two small ramps up from the beach that are level enough to camp on, it’s a nice spot when the breeze is from the east.

Surveys done 1

Blogs: Birdsville track and Cape York trip 2015,

  • Bar-shouldered Dove
    Geopelia humeralis
    1 (100.00%)
  • Torresian Imperial-Pigeon
    Ducula spilorrhoa
    1 (100.00%)
  • Large-tailed Nightjar
    Caprimulgus macrurus
    1 (100.00%)
  • Beach Stone-curlew
    Esacus magnirostris
    1 (100.00%)
  • Pacific Golden Plover
    Pluvialis fulva
    1 (100.00%)
  • Red-capped Plover
    Charadrius ruficapillus
    1 (100.00%)
  • Lesser Sand Plover
    Charadrius mongolus
    1 (100.00%)
  • Whimbrel
    Numenius phaeopus
    1 (100.00%)
  • Red-necked Stint
    Calidris ruficollis
    1 (100.00%)
  • Bridled Tern
    Onychoprion anaethetus
    1 (100.00%)
  • Australian Gull-billed Tern
    Gelochelidon macrotarsa
    1 (100.00%)
  • Crested Tern
    Thalasseus bergii
    1 (100.00%)
  • Striated Heron
    Butorides striata
    1 (100.00%)
  • Lesser Frigatebird
    Fregata ariel
    1 (100.00%)
  • White-bellied Sea-Eagle
    Haliaeetus leucogaster
    1 (100.00%)
  • Rainbow Bee-eater
    Merops ornatus
    1 (100.00%)
  • Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
    Meliphaga notata
    1 (100.00%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
    Coracina novaehollandiae
    1 (100.00%)
  • White-breasted Woodswallow
    Artamus leucorynchus
    1 (100.00%)
  • Olive-backed Sunbird
    Cinnyris jugularis
    1 (100.00%)
  • Metallic Starling
    Aplonis metallica
    1 (100.00%)