Bird enthusiasts in South Australia are delighted to see a boost in numbers of migratory species and local shorebirds after 18 months of wetter conditions.
abc.net.au/news/shorebirds-survey-western-eyre-peninsula-reveals-bumper-numbers/102104660When Libby Hunt arrived with a team of bird counters on Eyre Island near Smoky Bay in South Australia, she was delighted to be greeted by a noisy chorus of 5,000 crested terns feeding and fossicking along the shoreline.
There were some concerns birds had declined on several popular beaches frequented by vehicles and people during the COVID pandemic but this year's count has been a bumper result. "To see a high number of red caps this year has been really good and we're attributing that to good seasonal conditions." Many of them had made incredibly long journeys from the northern hemisphere to reach SA's Western Eyre Peninsula.
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