Saddle Island is an island located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. The island is situated approximately 1 km (0.621372736649807 mi) off shore and is about 26 ha (64.2 acre) in area.

Situated in the Southern Ocean

Southern Ocean

The Southern Ocean comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60°S latitude and encircling Antarctica. It is usually regarded as the fourth-largest of the five principal oceanic divisions...

, the island is adjacent to Nornalup Inlet

Nornalup Inlet

Nornalup Inlet is an estuarine body of water on the south coast of the South West of Australia, approximately from Perth.It is approximately in extent, and up to deep...

 and the Walpole-Nornalup National Park

Walpole-Nornalup National Park

Walpole-Nornalup National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia , 355 km south of Perth. It is famous for its towering Karri and Tingle trees. Red Tingle trees are unique to the Walpole area.-Tourism:...

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Saddle Island is the largest of the nearby islands that are all gazetted as part of part of Class A Reserve 31362. Other islands that make up part of the reverve are Goose Island (directly South of Saddle Island) and the Casurina Islands.

The flesh-footed Shearwater

Flesh-footed Shearwater

The Flesh-footed Shearwater, Puffinus carneipes, is a small shearwater. Its plumage is black. It has pale pinkish feet, and a pale bill with a black tip. Together with the equally light-billed Pink-footed Shearwater, it forms the Hemipuffinus group, a superspecies which may or may not have an...

 and the little shearwater

Little Shearwater

The Little Shearwater is a small shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data indicates that the former North Atlantic Little Shearwater group is closer to Audubon's Shearwater , and myrtae being closer to the Newell's and possibly Townsend's Shearwater...

are both known to inhabit the island and use it as a breeding ground.