PHOTO: Short nosed Ibis. Image: Federal Government.
Promising new evidence has emerged of waterbirds in the Narran Lakes and Macquarie Marshes are finally breeding again in high numbers.
River ecologist and Director of the Centre for Ecosystem Science at UNSW Sydney Richard Kingsford told the Western Plains App recent aerial surveys indicated that the recent floods had indicated waterbirds across all species have been breeding high numbers in this season.
“We have 40 years of data, so we are able to see and we have significantly more breeding this season, but we won’t know what really means until we get new data next October” he said…