Broome Bird Observatory

We love shorebirds. We've been facilitating research since 1988. We're self-funded and affiliated with @BirdLifeOz. Open for camping, tours and accommodation.

[Wagtail, servant of Lord Thoth @AngryWagtails]

Celebrating this #WorldMangroveDay with the #Roebuck Bay mud flats, much of which is recognised as a Ramsar wetland and which supports extensive stands of glorious mangroves #OzPlants

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

The view from our kitchen. What better way to spend a few days than #camping at the BBO and watching this great cast of creatures visit the Shadehouse baths?

https://t.co/iLA6ZjJJFL

[Victorian Wader Study Group @vwsg_web]

Don't forget to keep tabs on the @GlobalFlyway Godwits. While most were tagged in New Zealand, there are 2 birds from NW Australia which are currently in Siberia!

Data from this project are easy to browse on their website: https://t.co/y7MPNI0PE2

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

25 of them on one of our beaches this morning!

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

A reminder you can see wonderful migratory #shorebirds here at the BBO ALL YEAR (because younger ones don't migrate north to breed).

We've had some brilliant views of Asian Dowitcher on recent Shorebird tours.

[Ben Wyatt @benwyatt]

In 1879 Alexander Forrest saw these great Kimberley ranges and, in awe, named them after Belgian King Leopold.

Today we officially renamed them the Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges - the names they have held well before that King was born.

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

New blog up: check out what we've been seeing this year https://t.co/qVHKWOrD7a

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

A young White-bellied Sea-Eagle sees off a Whistling Kite from its sea-snake meal. Filmed on the mudflats just in front of the BBO.

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

Masses of Plumed Whistling-Ducks at #Broome water treatment ponds at the moment!

@watercorpwa Barndarlmarda Hut is a great lookout to watch them from.

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

@BroomeShire Mosquitoes really bad out here, a lot worse than in town prob because we are close to flooding areas of Crab Ck saltmarsh. Don't know what our options are, but I thought worth contacting as we have campers out here who it is affecting. We have a decent supply of Rid.

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

What a superb effort by the team @GlobalFlyway, continuing to collect invaluable long-term data on migratory #shorebirds despite all the challenges you'd expect doing this in 2020, and more!

Read Kath's brilliant report here 👇

[Global Flyway Network @GlobalFlyway]

Last week, 11th memorable 2020 red knot field season by GFN/BFU/BNU at Nanpu, Luannan, Bohai Bay, came to end. Summary report by Katherine Leung here: https://t.co/uvmWvpaS9c
On behalf of GFN & all interested, Chris & Theunis are very grateful to Kath & Hebo for making it happen.

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

We've loved seeing and been inspired by the posts from #BlackBirdersWeek, and it's fantastic to see positive impacts like this. Great work @BlackAFinSTEM

[National Wildlife Federation @NWF]

#BecauseOfBlackBirdersWeek, the National Wildlife Federation is expanding its Conservation Fellowship & Intern Programs to create opportunities dedicated specifically for young biologists of color (students & recent grads) to help more #BlackBirders launch careers in conservation

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

Tours are back at the BBO and we can't wait to show you some of the amazing environments around Roebuck Bay.

We run half-day shorebird, mangrove and plains tours, and a full-day tour of the Roebuck Plains lakes - which looks a bit like this https://t.co/WuXUkBDvcO

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

New blog about how we survey local habitats for birds using @BirdlifeOz's super easy Birdata app.

Why not download it yourself and try surveying your area - it makes a massive contribution to our understanding of native birds and how they're doing.

https://t.co/wCpqPuYn2p

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

See you tomorrow world

[ShireOfBroome @BroomeShire]

Important information here - #Broome and the #Kimberley are open to tourists and free travel is allowed again from midnight tonight.

Non-essential travel to Indigenous communities will remain prohibited.

Thank you @MarkMcGowanMP

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

Great to see this from Robin Leppitt @CDUni on his fascinating study of Yellow Chats @KakaduNationalP https://t.co/HEGuRdMbiD

It was a privilege to help Robin with fieldwork in Broome alongside @YawuruAU rangers last November.

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

So exciting to see these birds arrive at likely breeding areas.

[Global Flyway Network @GlobalFlyway]

The two bar-tailed #godwits from NW #Australia, 5RBLL staging in #Qingdao and 5YRRB staging at #Jiangsu coast, arrived at known tundra areas. Both are within a few km of sites used in previous summers.
If breeding goes well, fewer movements are expected @: https://t.co/h0yuMmdZNa

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

Excited to announce we'll be able to start up our regular TOURS again from Sat 6 June!

We can't wait to share the wonders of our beaches, mangroves, lakes and plains with you all.

Full schedule at https://t.co/UfwDrFcWNJ

@VisitBroome @austnorthwest

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

Great webinar yday from Richard Seaton @awconservancy on working with birds of prey, in particular the elusive and imperious Red Goshawk.

AW Mattea gripped the rest of us by finding one at home in central Kimberley last summer - see her blog about it here https://t.co/nENSBqpLkq

[Broome Bird Observatory @BroomeBirdObs]

Crab Creek Road (our access road) is currently CLOSED for, well, obvious reasons. For updates, visit https://t.co/N9WfTINZuE

See you when things dry out in a few days!