Hello Birders I’m following your amazing reports with great interest from the UK; 16 weeks until my annual birding visit so it may all have blown over by then. However one of your colleagues mentions the Parrots getting as far as Alice. (! Jokingly).  While this would be ideal for a UK visitor only hiring through … Read more

Birds Australia – Victoria Portland Pelagic Trips 2011 Rohan Clarke and I organise pelagic trips from Portland for BA-Vic. We use two boats from there. The first, Southern Pride, is similar to the one we used in Port Fairy and takes 12 people. It will cost around $150 if the boat is full. This boat … Read more

Can anyone tell me if it’s common to see skua and albatross off the coast of Western Australia near Kalbarri – I was on a whale watching trip there a couple of weeks ago and saw both. I had always imagined them to be found in more southerly regions and never dreamed of seeing them … Read more

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Hi all, I have just had a request from the Central Land Council to inform birders that the locations in which the Princess Parrots have been sighted is primarily on Aboriginal freehold land. To visit such areas without a special purpose permit is illegal under the Land Rights Act and incurs a hefty fine. The … Read more