BirdLife Castlemaine District eNews September 2025 https://birdlife.org.au/news/birdlife-castlemaine-district-enews-september-2025/ …on a section of the Goldfields Track, from the Leanganook Camping Area at the Mt Alexander Regional Park, Harcourt North. The habitat is open with Manna Gums, grassy woodland and scattered wattles. If the weather is relatively warm, we might see some early spring arrivals. Birds may include Varied Sitella,…Read more
BirdLife WA relaunches Birds on Farms https://birdlife.org.au/news/birdlife-wa-relaunches-birds-on-farms/ BirdLife WA relaunches Birds on Farms BirdLife WA relaunches its bird monitoring project in the wheatbelt BirdLife Western Australia are excited to announce that we are officially relaunching the Birds on Farms project in WA after 25 years! The Birds on Farms Project is a targeted citizen science monitoring program…Read more
Support BirdLife Southern Queensland with a purchase from our store https://birdlife.org.au/news/shop-to-support-birdlife-southern-queensland/ …A great addition to your Birds of South East Queensland book. You now have available all recorded birds from the coast to the back of Birdsville. Pin Badges: Eastern Curlew and Eastern Spinebill Help us support these rare species under threat by purchasing a pin badge. Choose from three species:…Read more
BirdLife Australia in the Media: Sep-Oct 2025 https://birdlife.org.au/news/birdlife-australia-in-the-media-sep-oct-2025/ …special presence birds have in our lives and reminds us that Bird of the Year is both a “joyous celebration of the birds that save us” and a “rallying cry for us to work harder to save them”. Orange-bellied Parrots have swelled back from imminent extinction – but now they…Read more
Artificial intelligence finds Eastern Bristlebirds https://birdlife.org.au/news/artificial-intelligence-finds-eastern-bristlebirds/ …Australian Government. “Eastern Bristlebirds haven’t been seen in Queensland since the 2019 drought and bushfires,” said Callan Alexander, Preventing Extinctions Project Officer at BirdLife Australia. “We’ve been constantly searching for the birds since then, doing both on-ground surveys and acoustic monitoring, but we hadn’t had any luck [until now].” A…Read more
Celebrating a decade of the Aussie Bird Count with Sean Dooley https://birdlife.org.au/news/celebrating-a-decade-of-the-aussie-bird-count-with-sean-dooley/ …I’m always on the lookout for birds. Yet even I was surprised by what I saw the first time I did the Count. Not the birds themselves but the rhythms of nature that became evident when you just sit still even for just 20 minutes. It was all the more…Read more
Thanks for taking a local action, to help us save Australia’s birds! https://birdlife.org.au/campaign/thanks-for-taking-local-action/ …Australia’s birds! Thanks for taking a local action, to help us save Australia’s birds! By taking meaningful actions in local communities across the country, we can show the Government the depth of Australia’s support for strong nature laws that actually work for nature. Other ways to support our Aussie birds…Read more
BirdLife Castlemaine District eNews November 2021 https://birdlife.org.au/news/birdlife-castlemaine-district-enews-november-2021/ …– Feeding Birds To provide food and water for birds, or not, has long been a contentious issue. Done in the wrong way it can be potentially harmful; however science tells us there are safe ways to provide resources for birds and Damian Kelly writes a balanced article on the…Read more
Avian Influenza update https://birdlife.org.au/news/avian-influenza-update-june-2024/ …data collected by BirdLife including Birdata and others on the movements and timing of migratory birds and congregations of waterbirds. What can you do? Refer to the DAFF and WHA websites for fact sheets, guidance and up to date information. Familiarise yourself with the visible symptoms. Infected live wild birds…Read more
Birds to look out for this month https://birdlife.org.au/news/birds-to-look-out-for-this-month/ Birds to look out for this month December Birds to look out for in December What birds might you see this month? Here are a few to keep a lookout for… Fork-tailed Swifts in south-western Australia Brown Songlarks displaying in southern Australia White-throated Needletails in south-eastern Australia Hooded Plovers with…Read more
Meet the Gang-gang: the bush’s most charming cockatoo https://birdlife.org.au/news/meet-the-gang-gang-the-bushs-most-charming-cockatoo/ …from 20-minute two-hectare surveys across the same period was only 15 per cent. Despite this discrepancy, the Black Summer megafires have pushed any hesitancy about the species conservation status aside. Like other wet forest species such as Superb Lyrebirds and Pilotbirds, the extent of the bushfires correlates closely with the…Read more
Shop the Nest gift guide 2023 https://birdlife.org.au/news/shop-the-nest-gift-guide-2023/ …Bird Mobiles featuring Superb Fairy-wren, Spotted Pardalote, and Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo designs. Constructed from robust layered plywood, each mobile showcases intricate bird details hand-printed from meticulously crafted lino plates. Picture books Explore the interactive and engaging world of Bridget Farmer’s delightful books, ‘The Beach Birds’ and ‘The Bush Birds’, featuring birdy…Read more