The survival rate of Hooded Plovers has increased by 400% on some beaches in Australia thanks to effective monitoring and stewardship by staff and volunteers from the BNB project.

Funding for conservation is becoming increasingly difficult to secure, so it is with great pride that BirdLife Australia (BirdLife Partner) can announce that the efforts of our successful and highly regarded ‘Woodland Birds for Biodoiversity’ and ‘Beach-nesting Birds’ projects have both been recognised as outstanding by the Australian Government, which has agreed to fund them for another year through the Caring For Our Country program.

This funding will allow both projects to continue to enhance the survival of the threatened birds of the bush and the beach through a combination of informed management of these habitats and the effective engagement and education of local communities, backed up by rigorous research and regular monitoring.

Both projects have been particularly successful in achieving their aims in recent years, with flocks of Endangered Regent Honeyeaters and Swift Parrots recently recorded on land that has been covenanted with the assistance of the WBfB project specifically for the conservation of threatened woodland birds.

Hooded Plover

The Hooded Plover or Hooded Dotterel - Thinornis rubricollis - is endemic to southern Australia and Tasmania and is endangered.

Swift Parrot

The Swift Parrot - Lathamus discolor - breeds in Tasmania and migrates north to south eastern Australia. It is endangered with only about 1000 pairs remaining in the wild.

Regent Honeyeater

The Regent Honeyeater - Anthochaera Phrygia - is critically endangered and an Australian endemic.