Right and easy, rarely the same thing
Heartbreaking morning. Half way through the nesting and a predator took the eggs, third time over two years. The bird was not on nest...
Oystercatcher Diary - Day 11 - All Clear
It is so good to be able to report a stress free day for both birds and I. Sunday, when it was rainy, we thought it was going to be okay...
Diary day 8: Nesting birds, duck!
This is very obviously borrowed from a northern European oystercatcher nesting site that has breeding pairs. So very different to us with...
Diary day 7 - Foxy oystercatchers!
Our birds had to apply the skills they unfortunately obtained last year during the night. I was doing my check of the traps this morning...
Oystercatcher Diary - Day 5
The weather started out rainy. This probably makes for a very boring day for the birds sitting on nest because they have nothing to look...
Oystercatcher Diary - Day 4
Confirmation! Our Oystercatchers have put down their second egg. They are a great advert for diversity; one white, one brown. It was a...
Oystercatcher Diary 2016 Days 1 -3
Welcome everyone to another exciting season of Pied Oystercatcher nesting for Deeban Spit, Maianbar, Port Hacking! Our Oystercatchers...
Thank you Sutherland Shire Council
Give thanks when thanks is due! Thanks to the help of Sutherland Shire Council and the efforts they have undertaken to obtain grants to...
Our Curlews survived migration!
Today's high tide count saw 18 curlews. The same number as we had before they left in March for their migration to breed in Russia!...
2015 Nesting season published in BirdLife Australia Word About the Hood
Our efforts at fighting to get beach nesting birds starting to nest again on Sydney beaches outside of Towra Nature Reserve was...
