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)
What better way to celebrate National #ThreatenedSpeciesDay than with the first #HoodedPlover chicks of the season in south west WA? The tiny fluff balls were seen foraging along the beach with their parents. Remember to give birds space!
📷 @birdlifeoz.bsky.social Project Officer Tegan Knowles
Envirogain have been busy removing Sea Spurge from #hoodedplover sites on Bass Coast and South Gippsland beaches this winter. Getting #habitat ready for nesting! 🥚🙌
This project is funded by the @ausgov.bsky.social under Saving Native Species and delivered by @birdlifeoz.bsky.social
📸: envirogain
Hooded Plover
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Hooded Plover treking through strong winds
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Join #Inktober webinar on Monday 2nd Oct at 6pm! Our very own @SonSanchez9 will be chatting about beach-nesting birds with @RTW_Aus and artist by Vanda Cummins from #LokiLoves while drawing a #HoodedPlover! @BirdlifeOz
Check out the other #LokiLovesInktober2023 themes & webinars!
We're kicking off our workshops for bushwalkers! With @Coastcare_Vic's support, we want to engage hikers to record sightings of the #threatened #HoodedPlover and #EasternGroundParrot along remote stretches of VIC coast. Join our online workshop on Dec 15!
Why does the Biennial Count matter?
It provides our best estimate of Eastern #HoodedPlover population size and informs our conservation efforts. Data demonstrated a population decline since the 80s leading to the species species’ listing as Nationally Threatened in 2014.
Almost #hoodiecount time!
The Eastern #HoodedPlover Biennial Count is approaching! The main weekend count this year will be 19-20 Nov and we need you! Register for our workshop on 8 Nov 6-8pm AEDT @ 🧵1/4
@BirdlifeOz @GHCMA @LClandscapeSA @AusLandcare
Are you on the Yorke Peninsula SA? Join our #HoodedPlover workshop on Nov 5 in Marion Bay and Inneston! Learn about hoodie behaviour and how to monitor them safely just in time for the Hooded Plover Biennial Count! Details below 😊
🧵1/3 Our @BirdlifeOz Project Officer @SonSanchez9 captured this #HoodedPlover performing a broken wing display as she moved away from a nest after setting up a camera.
#PloverAppreciationDay #MyPloverStory
Our @BirdlifeOz BNB Project Coordinator, @ReneeMead10, shares her #MyPloverStory - 11 years ago she was an Honours student who struggled finding nests (her first nest in pics!). Today, she's a skilled #HoodedPlover nest searcher!
#PloverAppreciationDay
This #PloverAppreciationDay learn about some of the great work being done in AUS and around the world to help #plovers like the #HoodedPlover & #PipingPlover. Register at and watch the talks from our last #BNBConference for free until 16th Oct!
@BirdlifeOz
Today is #NationalThreatenedSpeciesDay. @BirdlifeOz's Beach-nesting Birds Program has been working with tireless volunteers & land managers since 2006 to improve the success of #HoodedPlover & other beach nesters. Learn about our work👉
Calling all #PloverLovers - STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND GO VOTE FOR HOODED PLOVERS in this year’s @guardian’s #BirdOfTheYear!!! #HoodedPlover are at the bottom and we can’t let this happen!
What an athlete!
Download the template at and show off your favourite plover profiles! Do we have a #HoodedPlover yet? @BirdlifeOz @BCRAG1
#PloverAppreciationDay #PloverOlympics
The report for the 2020 Biennial Hooded Plover Count if here!
Excitingly, results suggest the mainland population of the eastern #HoodedPlover is stable overall. Nonetheless, threats on some beaches are growing at concerning rates. Read more 👉
#CitSci
Our BNB Program, @GrainneMaguire7, & Program Coordinators, Meg & @ReneeMead10, highlighting the amazing things achieved for the conservation of #beachnestingbirds in Australia, from increasing awareness to halt #HoodedPlover decline, with help from great vollies!
#15YearsBNB
Heading to the beach this long weekend? #MindTheHoodies if you do! This is the busiest weekend on AUS beaches and there are many flightless #HoodedPlover chicks on the ground!
Give them a chance by walking on the water’s edge and keeping your dog on the lead.
📷Craig Greer
Each #HoodedPlover is also measured, weighed and a drop of blood is taken from the tarsal vein (in the bird’s “leg”) for #genetic sampling.
📷 PV White, Shipwreck Coast, during bandind and with its chicks few days after being banded. @kerrybv1
The Biennial Count is not just a beach walk! Our skilled #citizenscientists make it possible to survey thousands of km of suitable #HoodedPlover habitat. This data demonstrated species decline, leading to its listing as #NationallyThreatened in 2014!
Share your #hoodiecount 📷!
The highlight was finding #HoodedPlover chicks in this stretch, possibly fledglings! This is the first time we've recorded hoodie chicks at Discovery Bay in VIC! Exciting news!
#hoodiecount
It's #hoodiecount time! Our Project Officers Dan and Sonia have just surveyed Discovery Bay, from Nelson to Cape Bridgewater (VIC) for the Eastern #HoodedPlover Biennial Count -- almost 60 km of suitable habitat, good post-lockdown exercise! Dave from @GHCMA also joined them!
Hot off the press and #OpenAccess until 9th Dec! New paper on #HoodedPlover foraging behaviour shows that hoodies rely on all levels of the beach to find food, but the upper beach seems the most successful area & more! Download a copy👉
📷@DeanIngwersen
The hardest decision of 2020! We have the "Draw a Hoodie" winners! Maya (9), Lucas (9), Rumi (6). All drawings are amazing and these kids are all champions, so they all will get #HoodedPlover goodies! Check all entries -
#PloverAppreciationDay #LoveAPlover
Do you #LoveAPlover? Which one/s? Tell us all about it! Of course, our favourite one is the #HoodedPlover! Did you know their breeding season has just kicked off? Make sure to give them space and follow the signs when you're on the beach!
#PloverAppreciationDay
📷@DanRuficapillus
If this is the first time you see this kind of numbers of and have no idea whether these are good or bad, check out our long-term figure to put this #HoodedPlover breeding season into context!
#ThinkBeachBirds #MindTheHoodies #CitSci
Low #HoodedPlover success in VIC contrasts with SA. What a season in SA! Volunteers monitored 93 breeding pairs & confirmed 56 fledglings, which means an excellent year with 0.6 fledglings/pair. This year’s record goes to the Yorke Peninsula with 0.77 fledglings/pair!
