Our Partners
Canberra Ornithologists Group
CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
Our People
Nicki Taws Nicki is Greening Australia's birdo extraordinaire and was the coordinator of the Birdwatch and Bringing Birds Back projects.
Sue StreatfieldSue is Business Development Manager with Greening Australia Capital Region. She conceived and developed the Birdwatch project.
Birdwatch: Bringing birds back
Greening Australia’s Birdwatch project began in 2000 when, with help from the Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG) and CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, we surveyed birds on 132 sites across the NSW Southern Tablelands.
Designed to investigate native bird use of revegetated habitat, the survey results were both surprising and encouraging, with 9,500 sightings of over 100 different bird species being recorded in four seasons! Greening Australia turned the Birdwatch results into a popular booklet called ‘Bringing Birds Back” which found its way into the hands of 10 000 farmers and bird enthusiasts alike. A second edition of Bringing Birds Back- a glovebox guide has now been printed.
Project Achievements
- Successful research partnership between Greening Australia, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems and the Canberra Ornithologists Group recognized in 2004 with an ACT Research Award (Finalist).
- Advanced the knowledge and understanding of bird use of revegetation.
- Major contribution to National Bird Atlas records.
- Production and distribution of 10 000 copies of ‘Bringing Birds Back’.
Bringing Birds Back: a glovebox guide
A glovebox guide for bird identification and habitat restoration in the ACT and SE NSW.
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