Port Cygnet Conservation Area
The Port Cygnet Conservation Area is located in Cygnet, Tasmania, approximately southwest of the state's capital city, Hobart. The reserve has an area of. It is an open estuary environment including a listed wetland of state significance, being the only Marine Protected Area in the Bruny Bioregion representing the Open Estuaries Biounit.
Port Cygnet was first proclaimed as a wildlife sanctuary in 1952 for the protection of the foreshore and wetlands. The marine component of the reserve area was proclaimed Port Cygnet Marine Conservation Area under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 on 9 December 2009.
The reserve is significant as a refuge area for numerous bird species including migratory birds such as Latham's snipe, the great egret and the greater crested tern.
The wetland harbours species such as the pied oystercatcher and white-bellied sea eagle.