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Aquatic earthworm -
Australasian Bittern -
Baitfish -
Banded morwong -
Bat -
Beaded and thick-headed glasswort -
Biscuit star -
Black lipped abalone -
Black swan -
Black-faced cormorant -
Did you know?
We support long term monitoring programs of Derwent spotted handfish and little penguins.
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Blue mussel -
Blue-throated wrasse -
Burrowing invertebrates -
Butterfly -
Chaffy saw sedge -
Chequered blue butterfly -
Chiton -
Many species depend on the wetlands, seagrasses, tidal flats and rocky reefs of the Derwent estuary. Learn more about these habitats.
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Common reed -
Common spike-rush -
Crested tern -
Derwent River Seastar -
Dragonfly -
Draughtboard shark -
Eastern banjo frog -
Egret -
Eight-armed seastar -
Finger sponge -
Flounder -
Fragile air-breather -
Freshwater flathead -
Freshwater mussel -
Freshwater snail -
Giant kelp -
Great egret -
Japanese seaweed -
Jewel anemone -
Karamu -
Little penguin -
We dedicate this section of the website to Veronica Thorpe’s memory, for her passion for environmental education and love for the Derwent.
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Long-snouted boarfish -
Looper Moth -
Macrophytes -
Maori octopus -
Microscopic algae and bacteria -
Neptune’s necklace -
New Zealand half crab -
New Zealand screw shell -
New Zealand seastar -
Northern Pacific seastar -
Orange feather star -
Pacific black duck -
Pacific gull -
Pacific oyster -
Pied oystercatcher -
Platypus -
Purple urchin -
Red-capped plover -
Reed warbler -
Regular seastar -
Rice grass -
Round leafed pigface and native pigface -
Sand flathead -
Sea lettuce -
Sea rush -
Shark -
Shore crab -
Short-finned eel -
Short-tailed sea slug -
Shrimp -
Shrubby glasswort -
Skate -
Southern hulafish -
Southern rock lobster -
Spotted handfish -
Stonefly -
Striated field wren -
Swamp antechinus -
Swamp gum -
Swamp harrier -
Tasmanian blenny -
Tasmanian native hen -
Tea tree -
Tiger snake -
Toothbrush leatherjacket -
Trout -
Tube worm -
Turban shell -
Velvet seaweed -
Waratah anemone -
Water boatman -
Water rat -
Water strider -
Weedy seadragon -
Whimbrel -
White bellied sea eagle -
White-fronted chat -
Whitebait -
Wilsonia -
Wolf spider
Home / The Derwent / Species
A variety of unique communities of plants and animals live in the Derwent Estuary, specially adapted for life between land and sea. Little penguins, sea dragons, black swans, platypus and dolphins are just some of the many species that call the estuary home. Explore and learn about these organisms, their role in food webs, and the threats they face.
