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An aerial view of two Hooded Plovers on the beach. To the right of the frame, two tiny adult Hooded Plover walk along the wet sand of an ocean beach, just above the tideline.
Photographed by Tom Hunt
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BirdLife Australia in the media: February

Monday, 3 March 2025

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BirdLife Australia in the media: February 2025

Find out more about our bird conservation work around the country with our monthly multimedia round-up.

Birdwatching and twitchers pump billions into Australia’s tourism industry (ABC News)

Australian and international birdwatchers spend billions on travel involving birdwatching every year in Australia, prompting calls to better promote the undervalued sector.

 

In the centre of the frame, two volunteers are standing in a woodland with their binoculars raised, surveying birds.
Despite its economic contribution, birdwatching remained largely overlooked as a nature-based tourism industry in Australia.


Dr Holly Parsons on the Weekend Birder Podcast

Host of the popular Australian birding podcast Weekend Birder Kirsty Costa caught up with our very own Manager of Priority Sites Dr Holly Parsons to chat all things Gang-gang Cockatoo.

A photograph of two smiling women against a blue background, below the white text 'Weekend Birder'


Rising seas swamp endangered Hooded Plover habitat in south-west Victoria (ABC News)

In south-west Victoria, BirdLife Australia has spent decades working with local volunteers to help bring the eastern subspecies of Hooded Plover back from the brink of extinction – and with great success. But now, these vulnerable beach-nesting birds are facing growing pressure from climate change-fuelled storms and rising seas.

To the right of the frame, an adult Hooded Plover with a black head and neck, white front and red eyes and beak is perched behind some seaweed in the foreground among the sand of the beach. In the background, out of focus, is the blurry shape of a human walking along the shore and the blue water of the ocean.
Hooded Plovers lay their eggs directly onto the exposed sand of Australia’s ocean beaches. Photo by Larissa Hill

 

Lethal second-generation rat poisons are killing endangered quolls and Tasmanian devils (The Conversation Australia)

BirdLife Australia’s Manager of Priority Threatened Birds Michael Lohr was the lead author on the research behind this article, which revealed that it’s not just birds of prey that are suffering secondary poisoning from lethal and widely accessible rodenticides.

 

Robbins Island wind farm a step closer after Supreme Court appeal dismissed (ABC News)

A proposal to build a 100-turbine wind farm on a remote island off Tasmania’s north-west coast is a step closer to realisation, despite concerns about its potential impact on Critically Endangered Orange-bellied Parrots. However, Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has since delayed her decision until after the Federal election.

To the left of the frame, a brightly coloured Orange-bellied Parrot is perched on an exposed branch against a grey-brown background.
If approved, the wind farm turbines would be built in the migration path of the Critically Endangered Orange-bellied Parrot. Photo by John Barkla

Birds in the media:

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