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Lapwing Alert

Birdlife Australia
Thursday, 9 October 2025

Lapwing Alert

Australian Bird of the Year 2025

Watch the magic of the Red Goshawk

Birdlife Australia
Thursday, 9 October 2025

Australia's rarest bird of prey...

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Birds to look out for in October

Birdlife Australia
Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Find out more about birds to look out for around Australia this month

Bird of the month

October bird of the month: Australian Reed-Warbler

Birdlife Australia
Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Five things you may or may not know about your October Bird of the Month, the Australian Reed-Warbler!

Australian Birdlife magazine

The sounds of recovery

Birdlife Australia
Monday, 6 October 2025

Two sound recordings made thirty years apart in an area devastated by the Black Summer fires tell an unexpected story.

Australian Bird of the Year 2025

Bird of the Year 2025: vote for Baudin's Black-Cockatoo

Birdlife Australia
Monday, 6 October 2025

Western Australia’s most endangered black-cockatoo, Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo, is in the running for Bird of the Year.

Australian Bird of the Year 2025

Bird of the Year 2025: vote for the Fairy Tern

Birdlife Australia
Sunday, 5 October 2025

The Fairy Tern is a small but fiercely determined bird, known to dive-bomb predators much larger than itself. Plus, they're in the running for Bird of the Year!

Aussie Bird Count

What Bird is That? Ravens and Crows

Birdlife Australia
Friday, 26 September 2025

In the leadup to this year’s Aussie Bird Count we're explaining the difference between commonly confused birds: Ravens and Crows.

Aussie Bird Count

What bird is that? Starlings vs Blackbirds

Birdlife Australia
Friday, 26 September 2025

In this video, we’re learning all about Starlings – and the easiest ways to tell them apart in different seasons and at different ages.