BirdLife Top End organised an enjoyable “Farewell Shorebirds” event at Sunset Park, Nightcliff on 5pm Sunday 16 March.
Fig 1. Some of the people who came to view the shorebirds at Sunset Park.
Fig 2. Scopes were provided to help people get a better look at the shorebirds.
Fig 3. Migratory shorebirds late afternoon.
Each year these migratory shorebirds fly an amazing round trip (~20,000km) to places like Siberia to breed. They cannot take off on water and must fly long distances between stops.
Migratory shorebirds are under threat, ABC footage from Lee Point explains why.
They are in Darwin from Aug/Sept to Mar/April (7 months).