The world's migratory shorebirds are in trouble

Effective from 5 May 2016 Australia’s Minister for the Environment, the Hon Greg Hunt MP has agreed to list under Australia’s national environmental law a further six migratory shorebirds as threatened in addition to those already listed.

Nine of the twelve species listed under State and Commonwealth legislation are regular visitors to the Shoalhaven area where they rely on important habitats including Lake Wollumboola (Culburra Beach) and Shoalhaven Heads to fulfill their lifecycle requirements.

Habitats at both these areas are now threatened by development pressures from proposed golf courses, housing estates, sea walls and dredging as well as ongoing local cumulative impacts.

Red Knot_Matthew Jones_9245_1200_Endangered

Lesser-sand-plover_Matthew Jones_4000_1200_endangered

Bar-tailed Godwit_Matthew Jones_0098_1200_Vulnerable

Great Knot_Matthew Jones_0542_1200_critically endangered

Little-tern_Matthew Jones_8367_1200_Endangered

Hooded-Plover_Matthew Jones_9348_1200_Critically endangered

Eastern Curlew_Matthew Jones_6924_Critically endangered

Curlew Sandpiper_Matthew Jones_0876_1200

Beach Stone Curlew_Matthew Jones_5736_1200_critically endangered

Whose next

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For the birds!