BirdLife Community

A call to action for Australian birds

Sunday, October 2, 2011

The Action Plan for Australian Birds describes the populations of species at greatest risk and outlines ways they can be turned around.

Aussie eyrie internet hit

Thursday, September 15, 2011

1 Comment

Birds Australia’s nest monitoring camera of a family of White-bellied Sea-Eagles has been an online hit since its launch in August.

Dial M for Merger

Friday, September 2, 2011

0 Comments

Members of Birds Australia (BirdLife Partner) and Bird Observation & Conservation Australia (BOCA) recently voted for their merger to create 'BirdLife Australia'.

Protection for National Parks in Oz

Friday, September 2, 2011

0 Comments

Birds Australia welcome government plans to give greater protection to areas with high biodiversity.

The eagles have landed (online)

Friday, July 29, 2011

0 Comments

Birds Australia (BirdLife Partner) have launched EagleCAM - a live 24-hour remote video feed brought to you from the Discovery Centre in Sydney...

Offshore islands yield a seabird surprise

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

1 Comment

Offshore islands yield a seabird surprise

Australasian Seabird Group visit to the Broughton Islands uncovers new treasures.

Seabirds and rodents on Australia’s outlying islands

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

0 Comments

Birds Australia has identified Macquarie Island as an IBA. Measures to reduce the number of introduced mammals on the island are crucial for seabird conservation...

Community conservation project wins award in Oz

Monday, May 9, 2011

2 Comments

Birds Australia (BirdLife Partner) has won the 'Natural Environment' category of the Victorian Coastal Awards for its Beach Nesting Birds project, which has recruited local communities and land managers to improve the breeding success of the Near Threatened Hooded Plover.

Ruddy marvellous! turnstone flies 27,000 km – twice!!

Monday, January 31, 2011

0 Comments

Ruddy marvellous! turnstone flies 27,000 km – twice!!

Researchers from the Victorian Wader Study Group - a special interest group of Birds Australia [BirdLife Partner] - have just recaptured a Ruddy Turnstone which has completed a 27,000 km round trip migration for the second time.

Australia’s biodiversity arks

Monday, December 6, 2010

0 Comments

Today Australia’s leading national bird conservation organisation, Birds Australia (BirdLife Partner), has launched its annual State of Australia’s Birds report. This year’s theme, Islands and Birds, provides just a snapshot as more than 8,300 islands occur within Australia’s jurisdiction...

Hope for Tasmania’s forests

Thursday, November 4, 2010

0 Comments

Birds Australia (BirdLife Partner) have just reported that there is a ray of hope for Tasmania’s beleaguered forests and the birds and other creatures that call them home.

Australian Painted Snipe Surveys

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

0 Comments

Birds Australia's (BirdLife Partner) Threatened Bird Network has announced that it’s time once again to start looking for Australia’s most rare and cryptic wetland species; the Australian Painted Snipe (APS).

Birds Fly into the Red

Thursday, June 3, 2010

1 Comment

The worst fears of shorebird experts in Australia were realised recently when it became clear that reclamation of the extensive mudflats at Saemangeum in the Yellow Sea had caused alarming declines in populations of migratory waders which use the area as a stopover on their annual pilgrimage to Australia. Without these mudflats, the waders had nowhere to stop over and feed on invertebrates to refuel for their arduous journey.

Regent Honeyeaters at home in the wild

Thursday, May 27, 2010

3 Comments

Thirty-six of the 44 captive-bred Regent Honeyeaters released in the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park two weeks ago have been confirmed at home in the wild.