National workshop highlights plight of hooded plovers in the south-west
Submitted by Chickowee on 22 Jun 2014.
THE south-west’s contribution to halting the decline of the hooded plover has been highlighted at a national workshop in Warrnambool about beach-nesting birds.
Birdlife Australia’s beach-nesting birds project manager Dr Grainne Maguire said a big volunteer effort to protect the nests of the vulnerable birds had allowed 25 chicks from nests along the coast between Warrnambool and Yambuk to survive this year.
The survivors included one chick from a nest at Lady Bay and two from nests at Logans Beach.
Read the full story at the website of The Standard (Warrnambool).
