10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

Carpet Shark washed up Carpet shark being returned to the sea I hope you have enjoyed this little insight into our varied wildlife here in the north of Australia. She also monitors Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach by bicycle and on foot. I loved your post, I have to visit Australia someday.

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OCTOBER 13, 2013

This time it was stood amongst the Greater Sand Plovers and one Lesser Sand Plover that still had breeding plumage and several Red-necked Stint. Oriental Plover with Greater Sand Plovers , a Lesser Sand Plover in breeding plumage and Red-necked Stint. Sanderling marked in South Australia stopping off in Broome.

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Turtles Sea Turtles Australia Japan 160

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JULY 22, 2012

This is our thirteenth year of observing Pied Oystercatchers breed along the coast near Broome and it gets easier every year! They always nest from the end of June and they always nest in the same place or within a few metres if there is disturbance around the breeding territory. They are so predictable!

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Eggs Turtles Feral Cats Investigation 185

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JUNE 7, 2015

The tidal range in Broome is one of the largest in Australia and offers excellent reef walking at low tide. The Pied Oystercatcher pairs are all in their breeding territories and we can expect to find eggs laid in the first week of July along the coast here.

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Turtles Fish Eggs Breeding 168

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

Surrounded by coral reefs filled with fish, sea turtles of three species plus the common visits of Manta Rays: it is a pretty exciting place for anyone who likes to skin dive. On Lady Elliot Island in our southern Barrier Reef, where I visited in late 2020, the Black Noddies began breeding recently in 1985.

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DECEMBER 16, 2012

I have observed Pied Oystercatchers breeding in an area on Cable Beach since July 2000. There have been successes some years at this location, but sadly this year the birds lost both of their attempts at breeding to predation. She had chosen our Pied Oystercatcher breeding site!

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