Baynes Island


Baynes Island, part of the Waterhouse Island Group, consists of a group of three granite uninhabited islets connected at low tide, with a combined area of, situated in Banks Strait, part of Bass Strait, lying close to the north-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Other islands in the Waterhouse Group include Ninth, Tenth, Waterhouse, Little Waterhouse, Maclean, St Helens, Foster [Islands (Tasmania)|Foster], Swan, Swan Island|Little Swan], Cygnet and Paddys islands and Bird [Rock (Tasmania)|Bird Rock] and George Rocks islets.

Fauna

Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, black-faced cormorant and Caspian tern. The grey teal has also nested on the island.