Big Green Island

Big Green Island

Big Green Island is an island with an area of 122 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Big Green Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait west of Flinders in the Furneaux Group. It is composed of granite with limestone and dolerite outcrops. It is partly a nature reserve with the rest being used for farming.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). "Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features". Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X]

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are Little Penguin, Short-tailed Shearwater, Pacific Gull, Silver Gull, Sooty Oystercatcher, Pied Oystercatcher, Black-faced Cormorant and Caspian Tern. Cape Barren Geese also breed on the island. Reptiles present include the Metallic Skink and Bougainville's Skink. Rats are common.

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