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)
A HUGE thank you to @birdlifeoz.bsky.social vols and land managers!
📸: Boodjidup Beach family (when their chick was a few days old)
October 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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)
A HUGE thank you to @birdlifeoz.bsky.social vols and land managers!
📸: Boodjidup Beach family (when their chick was a few days old)
Beachgoers warned to 'keep their distance' after discovery along Aussie coastline https://au.news.yahoo.com/beachgoers-warned-to-keep-their-distance-after-discovery-along-aussie-coastline-060548359.html
#environment #hoodedplover #protectedbirds
#environment #hoodedplover #protectedbirds
Beachgoers warned to 'keep their distance' after discovery along Aussie coastline
Authorities are urging beachgoers to give the nests a wide berth.
au.news.yahoo.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Beachgoers warned to 'keep their distance' after discovery along Aussie coastline https://au.news.yahoo.com/beachgoers-warned-to-keep-their-distance-after-discovery-along-aussie-coastline-060548359.html
#environment #hoodedplover #protectedbirds
#environment #hoodedplover #protectedbirds
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
📷 @birdlifeoz.bsky.social Project Officer Tegan Knowles
September 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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
📷 @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
This project is funded by the @ausgov.bsky.social under Saving Native Species and delivered by @birdlifeoz.bsky.social
📸: envirogain
August 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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
This project is funded by the @ausgov.bsky.social under Saving Native Species and delivered by @birdlifeoz.bsky.social
📸: envirogain
Hooded Plover
#australianwildlife #wildlife #nature #birds #australia #ausbirds #picoftheday #plover #hoodedplover
#australianwildlife #wildlife #nature #birds #australia #ausbirds #picoftheday #plover #hoodedplover
January 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Hooded Plover
#australianwildlife #wildlife #nature #birds #australia #ausbirds #picoftheday #plover #hoodedplover
#australianwildlife #wildlife #nature #birds #australia #ausbirds #picoftheday #plover #hoodedplover
December 31, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Hooded Plover treking through strong winds
#australianwildlife #wildlife #nature #birds #australia #ausbirds #picoftheday #plover #hoodedplover
#australianwildlife #wildlife #nature #birds #australia #ausbirds #picoftheday #plover #hoodedplover
December 30, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Hooded Plover treking through strong winds
#australianwildlife #wildlife #nature #birds #australia #ausbirds #picoftheday #plover #hoodedplover
#australianwildlife #wildlife #nature #birds #australia #ausbirds #picoftheday #plover #hoodedplover
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!
Check out the other #LokiLovesInktober2023 themes & webinars!
August 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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!
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!
Identification and recording of coastal birds for bushwalkers
BirdLife Australia's Coastal Birds team is training bushwalkers to record sightings of Hooded Plovers and Eastern Ground Parrot in VIC
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August 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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.
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.
August 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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.
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
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
August 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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
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 😊
August 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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
#PloverAppreciationDay #MyPloverStory
August 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🧵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
#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
#PloverAppreciationDay
August 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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
#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
@BirdlifeOz
August 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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
@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👉
August 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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!
August 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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
Download the template at and show off your favourite plover profiles! Do we have a #HoodedPlover yet? @BirdlifeOz @BCRAG1
#PloverAppreciationDay #PloverOlympics
August 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
What an athlete!
Download the template at and show off your favourite plover profiles! Do we have a #HoodedPlover yet? @BirdlifeOz @BCRAG1
#PloverAppreciationDay #PloverOlympics
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
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
August 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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
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
#15YearsBNB
August 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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
#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
Give them a chance by walking on the water’s edge and keeping your dog on the lead.
📷Craig Greer
August 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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
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
📷 PV White, Shipwreck Coast, during bandind and with its chicks few days after being banded. @kerrybv1
August 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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
📷 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 📷!
Share your #hoodiecount 📷!
August 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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 📷!
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
#hoodiecount
August 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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
#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!
August 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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!