A wonderful morning to mark World Migratory Bird Day on island with Conservation Volunteers Australia and local bird expert Frank Burch a member of Birds Queensland and the Queensland Wader Study Group.

After a fascinating presentation on the extraordinary journeys of migratory waders we headed to the north-eastern mudflats armed with binoculars and telescopes for an hour of bird-watching.
We spotted the magnificent Eastern Curlew and Bar-Tailed Godwit along with Oystercatchers, White-faced Heron, Great and Little Egrets, Little Heron, Mangrove Gerygones, Torresian Kingfishers, Brown Honeyeaters, Caspian Terns and Pacific Koel while our resident White-bellied Sea-Eagle and Brahminy Kites soared overhead.

Events like this remind us why protecting Coochie's wetlands, mudflats, mangroves and foreshores matter so much!

Reproduced from Coochiemudlo Island's Coastcare's Facebook post. 6 November 2026