Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings around Broome’s Roebuck Bay, Cable Beach, the lower Dampier Peninsula, islands, shoals and reefs.
Whale watching magic off Broome’s Cable Beach
A magical interaction with a pod of two juvenile Humpback whales off Broome’s Cable Beach – Kimberley Wildlife Expedition Crusies / Kimberley Whale Watching.
read moreMorning in the mangroves
Broome’s Dampier Creek It’s early morning in the mangroves lining Dampier Creek on the fringe of Broome’s Chinatown, and air is alive with birdsong. A small female Broad-billed flycatcher alights briefly on mangrove pneumataphores, the spiky... read moreWet Season Wildlife in Roebuck Bay
Photographs of wet season wildlife in Roebuck Bay, south of Broome.
read moreSpring Tide Sandbank Walk
On a humid February evening, we took the boat out to a sandbank in the middle of Roebuck Bay to photograph the tropical marine life that is only exposed on this vast expanse of fine, silty sand on a very low spring tide. Brightly coloured sponges, Comb stars, Brittle... read moreGhost crab
A feisty Horn-eyed Ghost Crab (Horn-eyed Ghost Crab (Ocypode ceratophthalmus) adopts a defensive position on Broome’s Cable Beach. Ghost crabs are named for their pale carapace, and this particular species for the protrusions from its eye stalks. Ocypode... read moreTiny wet season moth
A tiny moth, photographed in the wet season in Broome. © Kimberley Media
read moreSea snake with a broken back
We spotted this Stokes’ sea snake (Astrotia stokesii) swimming near the surface off Cable Beach today, with what seemed to be a broken back. Whilst still able to stay afloat, the snake displayed difficulty in submerging or turning over, and was probably the... read more3 August 2013 – Whales and sea snakes
Interesting day with a variety of whales, and several mating Stokes’ Sea Snakes on the surface off Cable Beach. read more23 July 2013 – Whales, birds and dolphins
read more9 July 2013 – Dolphins and juvenile whale
Dolphins and Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) were seen with a juvenile whale, not far off Broome’s Cable Beach.
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Whale and Dolphin sightings off Broome’s Cable Beach – Kimberley Wildlife Expedition Cruises & Kimberley Whale Watching
read moreFlatback Turtle with transmitter
This Flatback turtle (Natator despressus) was spotted out in the middle of Roebuck Bay.
read moreBulls on the move
This pair of Humpback whale bulls were spotted not far offshore at Coconut Wells, north of Broome. There were several pods, including cows with calves in the area.
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