Hooded plover count reveals rare bird boost on Yorke Peninsula
Submitted by Chickowee on 12 Jan 2015.
A survey of Yorke Peninsula's hooded plover population has found increased numbers of the endangered birds.
More than 230 of the rare birds were spotted during a survey of a 320 kilometre stretch of coastline where the birds nest.
Natural Resources community team leader, Deborah Furbank, said these numbers show a five year high in Yorke Peninsula's hooded plover population.
"Two years ago in the last survey we counted 212 birds, and two years prior to that we counted 156.
