Turtle Monitors Appeal for Assistance
Help prevent turtles dying in crab pots by retro-fitting your pots with turtle excluders. This article was written by Coochie resident, Chris Leonard.
Category: Fauna
New lease of life for shore bird signage at local jetties
Over the holidays new shorebird information signs were erected at both Victoria Point and Coochiemudlo jetties thanks to sponsorship by Kim Richards, Member for Redlands. Coochiemudlo island is surrounded by important shorebird feeding mudflats...
Tracking shorebirds around Coochiemudlo Island
At our 2021 AGM, Dr Robert Bush shared fascinating tracking data on the movement of migratory shorebirds around the Bay and Coochiemudlo Island.
24th Coochie Curlew Count
Our highest count to date! Thank you to all our Curlew counters who took part in the count this year. Fifty volunteers — including 16 island residents — counted a total of 233 birds...
2017 Curlew Count
A hot humid weekend didn’t deter volunteers who participated in Coochie’s annual curlew count at the weekend. After a briefing at Main Beach by Indigiscapes, teams were dispatched to search every nook and cranny on...
