waterbirds

Pelicans breed at north-western NSW's Narran Lakes for the first time in over 20 years

30 Mar 2023

A research team at UNSW Sydney has been monitoring water bird breeding events in real time for the last four months.

Current floods essential for long-term future of waterbirds: annual survey

17 Dec 2021

The UNSW scientists observed fewer waterbirds but greater flooding than last year, which they hope will help to offset long-term declines.

Murray-Darling water targets bring boom time for waterbirds in the Gayini wetlands

10 Mar 2021

Tens of thousands of breeding waterbirds, including the endangered Australasian bittern, are thriving in the culturally important Gayini (Nimmie-Caira) wetlands in south-west NSW.

Explore NSW's new wetland national park

08 Jul 2020

At the end of June, the NSW government declared a massive new national park in north-western NSW - a welcome and timely development, according to UNSW ecologist Professor Richard Kingsford, who did the first comprehensive aerial surveys of the area’s waterbirds in the 1990s.

Long-term study of Murray-Darling Basin wetlands reveals impact of dams

05 Jun 2017

A 30-year-long UNSW study of wetlands in eastern Australia has found that construction of dams and diversion of water from the Murray-Darling Basin have led to a more than 70 percent decline in waterbird numbers.

ANSTO Feather Map Citizen Science Project

16 Dec 2016

Calling all citizen scientists! Get involved with ANSTO and UNSW's Feathermap of Australia project, collect feathers from waterbird habitats, send them in for for analysis and help protect Australia's wetlands.

Counting waterbirds to monitor wetland health

21 Nov 2016

This year’s annual waterbird survey by UNSW scientists coincides with concerns that the Murray-Darling Basin Authority is about to announce a cut to water allocations to the environment.

Birds of a Feather

17 Jun 2016

Photographer Nick Cubbin has captured the often-overlooked beauty of waterbird feathers for a project that aims to plot the movements of Australia’s wetland birds.

Australia’s waterbirds are disappearing – but nuclear physics can help save them

15 Apr 2016

Knowing the movements of waterbirds helps identify wetlands that are important habitats. But traditional tracking methods have had limited success and can be expensive, so we've developed a more effective way, writes Kate Brandis.

Citizen scientists supporting the future of Australia's wetland birds

06 Apr 2016

Australians are being asked to collect wetland bird feathers to help scientists create the first ‘Feather Map of Australia’ to show the health of our wetland birds.

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