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Wamberal Lagoon, an intermittently closed intermediate saline coastal lagoon,[1] is located on the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Wamberal Lagoon is located between the beachside settlements of Forresters Beach and Wamberal, and adjacent to the east coast, about 87 kilometres (54 mi) north of Sydney.

Wamberal Lagoon
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Location	Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33°26′S 151°27′E
Type	Intermittently closed intermediate saline coastal lagoon[1]
Primary inflows	Forresters Creek
Primary outflows	Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean
Catchment area	5.8 square kilometres (2.2 sq mi)[2]
Basin countries	Australia
Surface area	50 hectares (120 acres)[2]
Average depth	1.7 metres (5 ft 7 in) (AHD)[2]
Water volume	880.2 megalitres (31.08×10^6 cu ft)[2]
Surface elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Settlements	Forresters Beach, Wamberal
References	[3]

Features and location

Fed by stormwater runoff that flows into Forresters Creek, the lagoon has a surface area of approximately 50 hectares (120 acres) and a catchment area of 5.8 square kilometres (2.2 sq mi).[2] When full, the Wamberal Lagoon covers an area of around 50 hectares (120 acres).[3] Its outflow is to the Tasman Sea of the South Pacific Ocean that is generally closed, and water levels inside the lagoon are not usually influenced by ocean tides.[4]

The lagoon and the surrounding land comprising 139 hectares (340 acres) form part of the Wamberal Lagoon Nature Reserve, a nature reserve created in 1981, that is under management of the NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service.[5]

Terrigal Lagoon and Avoca Lake are located to the south and are a short distance away.

Wamberal Lagoon Conservation Society

Formed in 1983 and still active, the Wamberal Lagoon Conservation Society (WLCS) was set up to promote conservation of the lagoon and its surrounds in the face of increasing urban development.

The initial charter of the WLCS cited the terms of Section 49(3) of the National Parks and Wildlife Act: Lands within a nature reserve shall be deemed to be dedicated for the purposes of:

• (a) The care, propagation, preservation and conservation of wildlife;
• (b) The care, preservation and conservation of natural environments and natural phenomena.
• (c) The study of wildlife, natural environments and natural phenomena; and
• (d) The promotion of the appreciation and enjoyment of wildlife, natural environments and natural phenomena.

To this end the Society engages in education, co-operation with other bodies having a similar interest, and representations to authorities whose responsibilities affect the nature reserve. Members of the WLCS have been active members in bushcare activities over many years, involving removal of rubbish and invasive plants from environmentally sensitive areas, and replanting of native vegetation.

In 2018 and 2019 the WLCS initiated a habitat-restoration project aimed at improving water quality in inflows to the lagoon, with the ultimate aim of reintroducing an endangered amphibian species (the Green and Golden Bellfrog, Litoria aurea) that once was common in this area but has been extirpated (as it has over most of its former range[6][7]).

The WLCS is working with management authorities (notably, the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Central Coast Council) to identify practicable methods to reduce pollutant input (e.g., via Gross Pollutant Traps on waterways flowing into the lagoon) and to replace invasive weeds with native vegetation to enhance biodiversity.

As part of the habitat-restoration initiative, WLCS assembled a list of vertebrate species that have been recorded to occur within one kilometre of the lagoon, based on unpublished records by WLCS members as well as consultancy reports.[8][9][10] That list confirms the highly biodiverse nature of the site, and hence the importance of its conservation. Species lists below.

AMPHIBIANS

Family	Species	Common name
HYLIDAE	Litoria dentata	Bleating Tree Frog
HYLIDAE	Litoria fallax	Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog
HYLIDAE	Litoria peronii	Peron's Tree Frog
MYOBATRACHIDAE	Adelotus brevis	Tusked Frog
MYOBATRACHIDAE	Crinia signifera	Common Froglet
MYOBATRACHIDAE	Limnodynastes peronii	Striped Marsh Frog

BIRDS

Family	Species	Common name
ACANTHIZIDAE	Acanthiza (Acanthiza) pusilla	Brown Thornbill
ACANTHIZIDAE	Acanthiza (Subacanthiza) lineata	Striated Thornbill
ACANTHIZIDAE	Acanthiza (Subacanthiza) nana	Yellow Thornbill
ACANTHIZIDAE	Gerygone mouki	Brown Gerygone
ACANTHIZIDAE	Sericornis (Sericornis) frontalis	White-Browed Scrubwren
ACCIPITRIDAE	Accipiter (Leucospiza) novaehollandiae	Grey Goshawk
ACCIPITRIDAE	Aviceda (Aviceda) subcristata	Pacific Baza
ACCIPITRIDAE	Haliaeetus leucogaster	White-bellied Sea Eagle
ACCIPITRIDAE	Haliastur sphenurus	Whistling Kite
ACCIPITRIDAE	Milvus migrans	Black Kite
ACCIPITRIDAE	Pandion haliaetus	Osprey
ACROCEPHALIDAE	Acrocephalus (Acrocephalus) australis	Australian Reed Warbler
ALCEDINIDAE	Dacelo (Dacelo) novaeguineae	Kookaburra
ALCEDINIDAE	Todiramphus (Todiramphus) sanctus	Sacred Kingfisher
ANATIDAE	Anas (Anas) platyrhynchos	Mallard Duck
ANATIDAE	Anas (Anas) superciliosa	Pacific Black Duck
ANATIDAE	Anas (Nettion) castanea	Chestnut Teal
ANATIDAE	Anas (Nettion) gracilis	Grey Teal
ANATIDAE	Aythya (Nyroca) australis	Hardhead
ANATIDAE	Biziura lobata	Musk Duck
ANATIDAE	Chenonetta jubata	Australian Wood Duck
ANATIDAE	Cygnus (Chenopis) atratus	Black Swan
ANHINGIDAE	Anhinga novaehollandiae	Australasian Darter
APODIDAE	Hirundapus caudacutus	Spine-Tailed Swift
ARDEIDAE	Ardea (Casmerodius) modesta	Eastern Great Egret
ARDEIDAE	Ardea (Casmerodius) modesta	Eastern Great Egret
ARDEIDAE	Ardea (Mesophoyx) intermedia	Intermediate Egret
ARDEIDAE	Ardea alba	Great Egret
ARDEIDAE	Butorides striatus	Striated Heron
ARDEIDAE	Egretta garzetta	Little Egret
ARDEIDAE	Egretta novaehollandiae	White-Faced Heron
ARDEIDAE	Egretta sacra	Eastern Reef Egret
ARDEIDAE	Ixobrychus flavicollis	Black Bittern
ARDEIDAE	Nycticorax caledonicus	Nankeen Night-Heron
ARTAMIDAE	Artamus (Artamus) leucorynchus	White-Breasted Woodswallow
ARTAMIDAE	Cracticus nigrogularis	Pied Butcherbird
ARTAMIDAE	Cracticus tibicen	Australian Magpie
ARTAMIDAE	Cracticus torquatus	Grey Butcherbird
ARTAMIDAE	Strepera (Strepera) graculina	Pied Currawong
CACATUIDAE	Cacatua (Cacatua) galerita	Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
CACATUIDAE	Cacatua (Licmetis) sanguinea	Little Corella
CACATUIDAE	Cacatua (Licmetis) tenuirostris	Long-Billed Corella
CACATUIDAE	Callocephalon fimbriatum	Gang-Gang Cockatoo
CACATUIDAE	Calyptorhynchus (Zanda) funereus	Yellow-Tailed Black-Cockatoo
CACATUIDAE	Eolophus roseicapillus	Galah
CAMPEPHAGIDAE	Coracina (Coracina) novaehollandiae	Black-Faced Cuckoo-Shrike
CENTROPODIDAE	Centropus (Polophilus) phasianinus	Pheasant Coucal
CHARADRIIDAE	Pluvialis fulva	Pacific Golden Plover
CHARADRIIDAE	Vanellus miles	Masked Lapwing
CICONIIDAE	Ephippiorhynchus (Ephippiorhynchus) asiaticus	Black-Necked Stork
COLUMBIDAE	Columba (Columba) livia	Rock Pigeon
COLUMBIDAE	Columba (Janthoenas) leucomela	White-Headed Pigeon
COLUMBIDAE	Geopelia humeralis	Bar-Shouldered Dove
COLUMBIDAE	Ocyphaps lophotes	Crested Pigeon
COLUMBIDAE	Phaps (Phaps) chalcoptera	Common Bronzewing
COLUMBIDAE	Streptopelia (Spilopelia) chinensis	Spotted Dove
CORACIIDAE	Eurystomus orientalis	Dollarbird
CORCORACIDAE	Corcorax melanorhamphos	White-Winged Chough
CORVIDAE	Corvus coronoides	Australian Raven
CUCULIDAE	Cacomantis (Vidgenia) flabelliformis	Fan-Tailed Cuckoo
CUCULIDAE	Eudynamys orientalis	Pacific Koel
CUCULIDAE	Scythrops novaehollandiae	Channel-Billed Cuckoo
DICRURIDAE	Dicrurus bracteatus	Spangled Drongo
ESTRILDIDAE	Neochmia (Aegintha) temporalis	Red-Browed Finch
FALCONIDAE	Falco (Tinnunculus) cenchroides	Nankeen Kestrel
HIRUNDINIDAE	Hirundo neoxena	Welcome Swallow
LARIDAE	Chlidonias (Pelodes) hybrida	Whiskered Tern
LARIDAE	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	Silver Gull
LARIDAE	Sterna fuscata	Sooty Tern
LARIDAE	Sterna hirundo	Common Tern
LARIDAE	Sterna striata	White-fronted Tern
LARIDAE	Thalasseus bergii	Crested Tern
MALURIDAE	Malurus (Leggeornis) lamberti	Variegated Fairy-Wren
MALURIDAE	Malurus (Malurus) cyaneus	Superb Fairy-Wren
MEGAPODIIDAE	Alectura lathami	Australian Brush-Turkey
MELIPHAGIDAE	Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris	Eastern Spinebill
MELIPHAGIDAE	Anthochaera (Anellobia) chrysoptera	Little Wattlebird
MELIPHAGIDAE	Anthochaera carunculata	Red Wattlebird
MELIPHAGIDAE	Caligavis chrysops	Yellow-Faced Honeyeater
MELIPHAGIDAE	Manorina (Manorina) melanophrys	Bell Miner
MELIPHAGIDAE	Manorina (Myzantha) melanocephala	Noisy Miner
MELIPHAGIDAE	Meliphaga (Meliphaga) lewinii	Lewin's Honeyeater
MELIPHAGIDAE	Melithreptus (Melithreptus) lunatus	White-Naped Honeyeater
MELIPHAGIDAE	Phylidonyris (Meliornis) niger	White-Cheeked Honeyeater
MELIPHAGIDAE	Phylidonyris (Meliornis) novaehollandiae	New Holland Honeyeater
MONARCHIDAE	Grallina cyanoleuca	Magpie-Lark
NECTARINIIDAE	Dicaeum (Dicaeum) hirundinaceum	Mistletoebird
OCEANITIDAE	Pelagodroma marina	White-Faced Storm-Petrel
ORIOLIDAE	Oriolus (Mimeta) sagittatus	Olive-Backed Oriole
ORIOLIDAE	Sphecotheres vieilloti	Australasian Figbird
PACHYCEPHALIDAE	Colluricincla (Colluricincla) harmonica	Grey Shrike-Thrush
PACHYCEPHALIDAE	Pachycephala (Pachycephala) pectoralis	Golden Whistler
PARDALOTIDAE	Pardalotus (Pardalotus) punctatus	Spotted Pardalote
PELECANIDAE	Pelecanus conspicillatus	Australian pelican
PETROICIDAE	Eopsaltria (Eopsaltria) australis	Eastern Yellow Robin
PHAETHONTIDAE	Phaethon rubricauda	Red-Tailed Tropicbird
PHALACROCORACIDAE	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris	Little Black Cormorant
PHALACROCORACIDAE	Phalacrocorax varius	Pied Cormorant
PHALACROCORACIDAE	Phalacrocrorax carbo	Great Cormorant
PODARGIDAE	Podargus strigoides	Tawny Frogmouth
PODICIPEDIDAE	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae	Australasian Grebe
PROCELLARIIDAE	Ardenna grisea	Sooty Shearwater
PROCELLARIIDAE	Ardenna pacificus	Wedge-tailed Shearwater
PROCELLARIIDAE	Ardenna tenuirostris	Short-tailed Shearwater
PROCELLARIIDAE	Pachyptila turtur	Fairy Prion
PROCELLARIIDAE	Pterodroma (Pterodroma) macroptera	Great-Winged Petrel
PROCELLARIIDAE	Puffinus (Puffinus) assimilis	Little Shearwater
PSITTACIDAE	Alisterus scapularis	Australian King-Parrot
PSITTACIDAE	Glossopsitta concinna	Musk Lorikeet
PSITTACIDAE	Parvipsitta pusilla	Little Lorikeet
PSITTACIDAE	Platycercus (Violania) eximius	Eastern Rosella
PSITTACIDAE	Platycercus elegans	Crimson Rosella
PSITTACIDAE	Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus	Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet
PSITTACIDAE	Trichoglossus haematodus	Rainbow Lorikeet
PSOPHODIDAE	Psophodes (Psophodes) olivaceus	Eastern Whipbird
PTILONORHYNCHIDAE	Ptilonorhynchus violaceus	Satin Bowerbird
PYCNONOTIDAE	Pycnonotus (Pycnonotus) jocosus	Red-Whiskered Bulbul
RALLIDAE	Fulica atra	Eurasian Coot
RALLIDAE	Gallinula (Gallinula) tenebrosa	Dusky Moorhen
RALLIDAE	Gallirallus philippensis	Banded Rail
RALLIDAE	Porphyrio (Porphyrio) porphyrio	Purple Swamphen
RHIPIDURIDAE	Rhipidura (Howeavis) rufifrons	Rufous Fantail
RHIPIDURIDAE	Rhipidura (Rhipidura) albiscapa	Grey Fantail
RHIPIDURIDAE	Rhipidura (Sauloprocta) leucophrys	Willie Wagtail
SCOLOPACIDAE	Calidris ruficollis	Red-necked Stint
SCOLOPACIDAE	Callidris ferruginea	Curew Sandpiper
SCOLOPACIDAE	Gallinago hardwickii	Latham's Snipe
SCOLOPACIDAE	Limosa lapponica	Bar-Tailed Godwit
SPHENISCIDAE	Eudyptula minor	Little Penguin
STERCORARIIDAE	Stercorarius parasiticus	Arctic Jaeger
STRIGIDAE	Ninox (Ninox) novaeseelandiae	Southern Boobook
STRIGIDAE	Ninox (Rhabdoglaux) strenua	Powerful Owl
STURNIDAE	Acridotheres tristis	Common Myna
STURNIDAE	Sturnus (Sturnus) vulgaris	Common Starling
SULIDAE	Morus serrator	Australasian Gannet
THRESKIORNITHIDAE	Oplatalea regia	Royal Spoonbill
THRESKIORNITHIDAE	Threskiornis molucca	Australian White Ibis
TIMALIIDAE	Zosterops lateralis	Silvereye
TYTONIDAE	Tyto (Tyto) javanica	Eastern Barn Owl

FISH

Family	Species	Common name
AMBASSIDAE	Ambassus jacksoniensis	Port Jackson Glassfish
ANGUILLIDAE	Anguilla australis	Short-finned Eel
ANGUILLIDAE	Anguilla reinhardtii	Long-finned Eel
ANTENNARIIDAE	Antennarius striatus	Striated Frogfish
ARRIPIDAE	Arripis trutta	Eastern Australian Salmon
ATHERINIDAE	Atherinosoma microstoma	Smallmouth Hardyhead
ATHERINIDAE	Leptatherina presbyteroides	Silver Side
CALLIONYMIDAE	Repomucenus calcaratus	Spotted Stinkfish
CARANGIDAE	Pseudocaranx dentex	White Trevally
CLUPEIDAE	Herklotsichthys castelnaui	Southern Herring
ELEOTRIDAE	Philypnodon grandiceps	Flathead Gudgeon
GERREIDAE	Gerres subfasciatus	Silver Biddy
GERREIDAE	Girella tricuspida	Luderick
GOBIIDAE	Acentrogobius bifrenatus	Bridled Goby
GOBIIDAE	Afuragobius tamarensis	Tamar River Goby
GOBIIDAE	Callogobius sp.	Goby
GOBIIDAE	Favonigobius exquisitis	Exquisite Sand-goby
GOBIIDAE	Favonigobius lateralis	Goby
GOBIIDAE	Gobiopterus semivestita	Goby
GOBIIDAE	Parkraemeria ornata	Goby
GOBIIDAE	Pseudogobius olorum	Pseudogobius olorum
GONORHYNCHIDAE	Gonorhynchus greyi	Beaked Salmon
HEMIRHAMPHIDAE	Hyporhamphus regularis	Eastern River Garfish
ISONIDAE	Iso rhothophilus	Surf Sardine
LABRIDAE	Achoerodus viridis	Eastern Blue Groper
LABRIDAE	Coris sandeyeri	Eastern King Wrasse
MUGILIDAE	Liza argentea	Flat-tail Mullet
MUGILIDAE	Mugil cephalus	Sea Mullet
MUGILIDAE	Myxis elongatus	Sand Grey Mullet
PARALICHTHYIDAE	Pseudorhombus jenynsii	Small-toothed Flounder
PERCICHTHYIDAE	Macquaria colonorum	Estuary Perch
PLATYCEPHALIDAE	Platycephalus fuscus	Dusky Flathead
POECILIIDAE	Gambusia holbrooki	Eastern Gambusia
POMATOMIDAE	Pomatomus saltatrix	Tailor
PSEUDOMUGILIDAE	Pseudomugil signifer	Pacific Blue Eye
RHOMBOSOLEIDAE	Ammotretis rostratus	Long-nosed Flounder
SILLAGINIDAE	Sillago ciliata	Sand Whiting
SPARIDAE	Acanthopagrus australis	Yellowfin Bream
SPARIDAE	Rhabdosargus sarba	Tarwhine
SYGNATHIDAE	Urocampus carinirostris	Hairy Pipefish
TERAPONTIDAE	Terapon jarbua	Crescent Perch
TETRAODONTIDAE	Tetractenos glaber	Smooth toadfish
TETRAODONTIDAE	Tetractenos hamiltoni	Common Toadfish
TETRAROGIDAE	Centropogon australis	Fortescue
TRIGLIDAE	Chelidonichthys kumu	Red Gurnard

MAMMALS

Family	Species	Common name
BALAENIDAE	Eubalaena australis	Southern Right Whale
CANIDAE	Vulpes vulpes	Fox
DASYURIDAE	Antechinus stuartii	Brown Antechinus
FELIDAE	Felis catus	Cat
LEPORIDAE	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Rabbit
MACROPODIDAE	Wallabia bicolor	Swamp Wallaby
MINIOPTERIDAE	Miniopterus australis	Little Bentwing-Bat
MINIOPTERIDAE	Miniopterus schreibersii	Bent-Wing Bat
MOLOSSIDAE	Austronomus australis	White-Striped Freetail-Bat
MOLOSSIDAE	Mormopterus (Ozimops) ridei	Ride's Free-Tailed Bat
MURIDAE	Rattus fuscipes	Bush Rat
MURIDAE	Rattus lutreolus	Swamp Rat
MURIDAE	Rattus rattus	Ship Rat
OTARIIDAE	Arctocephalus tropicalis	Subantarctic Fur-seal
PERAMELIDAE	Isoodon macrourus	Northern Brown Bandicoot
PHALANGERIDAE	Trichosurus vulpecula	Australian Brushtail Possum
PHOCIDAE	Hydrurga leptonyx	Leopard Seal
PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE	Pseudocheirus peregrinus	Common Ringtail Possum
PTEROPODIDAE	Pteropus poliocephalus	Grey-Headed Flying-Fox
TACHYGLOSSIDAE	Tachyglossus aculeatus	Short-Beaked Echidna
VESPERTILIONIDAE	Chalinolobus gouldii	Gould's Wattled Bat
VESPERTILIONIDAE	Chalinolobus morio	Chocolate Wattled Bat
VESPERTILIONIDAE	Nyctophilus gouldi	Gould's Long-Eared Bat
VESPERTILIONIDAE	Vespadelus darlingtoni	Large Forest Bat
VESPERTILIONIDAE	Vespadelus pumilus	Eastern Forest Bat
VESPERTILIONIDAE	Vespadelus vulturnus	Little Forest Bat
VOMBATIDAE	Vombatus ursinus	Bare-Nosed Wombat

REPTILES

Family	Species	Common name
AGAMIDAE	Amphibolurus muricatus	Jacky Lizard
AGAMIDAE	Intellagama lesueurii	Water Dragon
AGAMIDAE	Rankinia diemensis	Mountain Dragon
COLUBRIDAE	Dendrelaphis punctulatus	Green Tree Snake
ELAPIDAE	Cacophis krefftii	Southern Dwarf Crowned Snake
ELAPIDAE	Cacophis squamulosus	Golden Crowned Snake
ELAPIDAE	Demansia psammophis	Yellow-Faced Whip Snake
ELAPIDAE	Hemiaspis signata	Hemiaspis signata
ELAPIDAE	Pseudechis porphyriacus	Red-Bellied Black Snake
GEKKONIDAE	Phyllurus platurus	Leaf-tailed Gecko
PYGOPODIDAE	Pygopus lepidopodus	Common Scaly-Foot
PYTHONIDAE	Morelia spilota	Diamond Python
SCINCIDAE	Bellatorias major	Land Mullet
SCINCIDAE	Ctenotus robustus	Robust Ctenotus
SCINCIDAE	Eulamprus quoyii	Eastern Water Skink
SCINCIDAE	Lampropholis delicata	Dark-Flecked Garden Sunskink
SCINCIDAE	Lampropholis guichenoti	Pale-Flecked Garden Sunskink
SCINCIDAE	Saiphos equalis	Three-toed Skink
SCINCIDAE	Saproscincus mustelinum	Weasel Skink
SCINCIDAE	Tiliqua scincoides	Eastern Blue-Tongue
TYPHLOPIDAE	Ramphotyphlops nigrescens	Common Blind Snake

See also

• List of lakes of Australia

References

External links

• "Gosford Lagoons & Sydney Northern Beaches" (map). Office of Environment and Heritage. Government of New South Wales.
• "Wamberal Lagoon Nature Reserve: Plan of Management" (PDF). NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service. Government of New South Wales. March 1993. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
• McCormack, Robert B. (2010). "Wamberal Lagoon Freshwater Aquatic Biodiversity Survey" (PDF). Australian Aquatic Biological Pty Ltd. Gosford City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

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