We need strong, new national environmental laws

BirdLife Australia, as a founding member of the Places You Love alliance, has joined a call for a suite of new environmental laws which will adequately protect Australia’s natural heritage, to replace the current system which is failing us all.

#Vote4birds

In just over a month, Australians will head to the polls to decide on the future we want to create. BirdLife Australia is working hard to ensure threatened birds and their habitats are part of the policy agenda, but we need your help. Pledge your support today at birdsyoulove.org and don’t forget to #vote4birds.

2016 Congress and Campout

This year’s BirdLife Australia Congress will be held on 9 July at the University of Queensland in St Lucia; the Campout will be held from 10–13 July at Murphy’s Creek, ideal for trips to some of south-eastern Queensland’s best birding sites. Click here to register or for more information.  

Conservation & Threatened Species

Threatened species listings
A number of Australian birds were officially recognised as threatened species recently, thanks in part to data collected by BirdLife Australia’s members. However, Muir’s Corella of Western Australia was removed from the list — it’s no longer a threatened species.

Swift Parrot habitat
The recent 'uplisting' of the Swift Parrot from Endangered to Critically Endangered recognises the ongoing loss of its habitat, but logging of their breeding habitat continues under a deal between the Tasmanian and Commonwealth Governments which exempts Swift Parrots from protection.

Spectacular autumn migration
Every autumn, the mass migration of honeyeaters in eastern Australia is “a true wildlife spectacle that's happening right on our doorstep”. Click here to witness it. 

Old bird, new record
A Great Egret was found in South Australia last month. There’s nothing remarkable about that—except that it was found 51 years after it was banded.

Shorebird islands officially recognised
Two sandbanks in the Gold Coast’s Broadwater have been officially named after the threatened shorebirds that they support.

Winter’s here, and there are plenty of activities for you to enjoy over the next few weeks. Click here to find out what’s on.

The great outdoors is waiting to be explored at BirdLife Australia’s bird observatories at Eyre or Broome in WA, and reserves at Gluepot in SA and Clarkesdale in Victoria. 

AFO and you
Purple Swamphens feeding in trees, Eastern Spinebills as nest predators and vast numbers of Flock Bronzewings. Click here for a sneak peek at some of the latest articles in Australian Field Ornithology. If you’d like to read the full articles, simply become a member and enjoy free access to AFO.

More Great Reasons
Join BirdLife Australia and make a difference to over 200 threatened birds. As a member, not only do you add volume to our voice, but you get some great benefits like 10-20% off Canon Australia gear and equipment, 20% off books from CSIRO Publishing, as well as that good feeling that you are saving Australia's birds for future generations.

Penguins and diving-petrels are set to benefit from the Australasian Seabird Group’s 2016 student awards.

Millions of birds—ranging from tiny songbirds to storks and birds of prey—are killed illegally every year as they migrate across the Mediterranean Sea.

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