Samphire Cove Nature Reserve

Samphire Cove Nature Reserve is a coastal wetland reserve on the eastern shore of the Peel-Harvey Estuary at Halls Head in Mandurah, Western Australia. It protects an important samphire saltmarsh and mudflat habitat known for migratory shorebirds and waterbirds. The reserve features a boardwalk and bird hide overlooking the estuary, offering opportunities for birdwatching, photography and nature walks within a sensitive estuarine ecosystem close to residential areas.

Visitors can expect a small, tranquil coastal reserve with a timber boardwalk leading through samphire saltmarsh to a bird hide overlooking the Peel-Harvey Estuary. The setting is open and flat with expansive estuary views, mudflats and low saltmarsh vegetation. There are interpretive signs about the wetland ecology and birds. Visitors can walk the short trails, observe waterbirds and migratory waders from the hide, and photograph the estuary landscape. The reserve is natural and undeveloped with no shops or built facilities beyond the boardwalk and hide.