Oystercatchers building their test scrape
I would have loved to have been able to capture a better video of how nest building happens but you can't get too close causing them to...
An impossible challenge
At our recent National Conference (June 13-14 2014), I gave a talk called ‘Conquering the Impossible: Eight years of recovering the...
The very early birds
If you were down on the beach today, you might have seen a surprise, If you were down on the beach today, it was certainly in disguise....
The double-banded plovers survived!
I hadn't sighted them since the east coast low that ripped our beach apart. I had occasionally seen little foot prints that I figured...
December 2015 Birdlife Australia BNB
Latest Beach Nesting Birds newsletter. Copy and paste the following link into your browser. http://birdlife.org.au/documents/BNB-Word-abo...
The birds knew a bad storm was coming
These photos were taken just before the storm. Looks like the Oyks were practising freestyle swimming in preparation for what was to...
One last stand for an endangered species
So many wildlife stories these days are about species rapidly disappearing. We have a story about to play out in Port Hacking, part of...
The unseasonal weather is causing confusion
High tide bird count this morning at 9.00am. There were 5 eastern curlews and 1 pied oystercatcher at the Deeban Spit end. They were...
Eastern curlews departed, Double-banded plovers arrived
The changeover between summer and winter migratory birds has occurred. Only 4 eastern curlews plus 3 double-banded plovers were spotted...
Possible solution for the fox problem?
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive-species/publications/feral-cat-fox-exclusion-fence Australian Wildlife Conservation...
