We’re BirdLife Australia’s Beach-nesting Birds team! Working to give beach-nesting birds a chance at successful breeding. Follow us for all beach bird things and #PloverAppreciationDay 🐥🐦🏖️
Beach-nesting Birds
Loading...
Ruth Cope from Adelaide University presented very exciting and promising results from the first ever GPS tracking of Australian Fairy Terns. They were able to track adults and juveniles and identified roosting and foraging areas in the Coorong and movements to SE SA.
#bnbconference2026
Green Adelaide’s Tony Flaherty on the importance of improving planning to better respond to unpredictable emergencies like the algal bloom in SA and improve resilience of coastal bird populations.
#bnbconference2026
Our super talented 14 yo @birdlifeoz.bsky.social's volunteer from regional SA, Zephyr, has an #art exhibition showcasing #shorebirds at the Elliston Town Hall SA til 20th Feb 2026! She's collecting golden coin donations to buy signage for her local breeding Hooded Plover pair!
📸 Art by Zephyr Jones
It’s on! We’re kicking off the 10th National Beach-nesting Birds Conference in beautiful Ngarrindjeri Country, Goolwa, SA. We’re also celebrating 20 years of this successful @birdlifeoz.bsky.social program! Huge thanks to everyone involved! #bnbconference2026
📣 Registrations are OPEN!
Join us at the 2026 National Beach-nesting Birds Conference
📍 Goolwa, SA
📅 22–24 May 2026
Talks, workshops & field trips focused on coastal bird conservation and management across Australia.
Program + registration:
bit.ly/BNBConferenc...
⏰ Closes 30 April
#2026BNBConference
Margaret River WA is thrilled to have the 1st #HoodedPlover fledgling of the season! A major milestone for the region given no fledglings were recorded last season!
A HUGE thank you to @birdlifeoz.bsky.social vols and land managers!
📸: Boodjidup Beach family (when their chick was a few days old)
Calling all #seabirders! Australian Bird of the Year is back and we NEED you to give Australian Fairy Terns some love! it's not looking so good for this tiny seabird in the polls (so far!) or in the environment, so please vote for them! @worldseabirdunion.bsky.social shorturl.at/OCA21
Get involved in this @waderquest.bsky.social's initiative this weekend to raise awareness of #shorebirds and shorebird #conservation wherever you are!
Our managers Grainne Maguire and Meg Cullen showcase 20 years of @birdlifeoz.bsky.social Beach-nesting Birds Program.
It all started in 2006 and we’re so fortunate to have more than 1200 #citizenscientists collecting crtical data and advocating for these ting birds that nest on our beaches!
From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll
📣 Call for Abstracts — Deadline Extended!
If you work on beach-nesting bird conservation or coastal management, we want to hear from you!
Share your research, projects, or on-ground conservation experience 🐦🌊
Submit here:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/2026BNBabs...
⏰ Closes 2 March
#2026BNBConference
