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The first Pied Oystercatcher chicks of 2018

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One pair of Pied Oystercatchers nest just north of the rocks on Cable Beach and have to deal with the four-wheel drive vehicles and camels on the beach, but as soon as the eggs have hatched out they move the family approximately two kilometres further north through the dune system. Pied Oystercatcher feeding a day old chick.

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Pied Oystercatcher breeding has started!

10,000 Birds

We monitor the Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach each year and it can all be covered on foot or by bicycle-tide dependant! There have been over 60 eggs lost to predation each year from these 16 pairs of birds and only one successful breeding where the chick has been flying and dependant each year.

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