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Online Shop - https://broomebirdobservatoryshop.square.site The BBO is located on Yawuru country, sitting along the shores of Roebuck Bay, a Ramsar-listed wetland. Thousands of migratory shorebirds use the bay as their feeding grounds. This unique location offers one of the best shorebird viewing sites in the world.

18/10/2026

When a bird flys over the mudskippers they hit their mud burrows quickly. It helps with having periscopic eyes on the top of their head to watch for predators!

Every time the birds get pushed in by the tide, it’s always a different experience. Here more birds dropped in to join t...
17/10/2026

Every time the birds get pushed in by the tide, it’s always a different experience. Here more birds dropped in to join the flock at the roost on the Pindan rich red soils of Roebuck Bay. It’s a mixed flock of Great Knots, Godwits and a few other migratory shorebird species.

15/10/2026

For those that have been requesting natural audio on my videos… here it is - volume up. On still days this is as good as it gets. When there is wind you can’t hear anything. Either way enjoy watching the migratory shorebirds hop, walk and skip away from the incoming tide.

What you can see here is the next generation of shorebird ambassadors! Year 5’s getting to experience the magic of Shore...
14/10/2026

What you can see here is the next generation of shorebird ambassadors! Year 5’s getting to experience the magic of Shorebirds in Roebuck Bay and learning how to avoid disturbing the birds. Our shorebird education and community outreach continues this year with thanks to the WA State NRM Grant program!

Watching these Brolgas fly off in the sunset to their roosting site, was just too beautiful not to share. Such stunning ...
13/10/2026

Watching these Brolgas fly off in the sunset to their roosting site, was just too beautiful not to share. Such stunning birds on the ground and also in the sky, they stand up to 1.5m tall and can have up to a 2.4m wingspan!

Some of the migratory shorebirds in Roebuck Bay can look very similar. Image 1 - Grey Plover Image 2 - 2x Pacific Golde...
12/10/2026

Some of the migratory shorebirds in Roebuck Bay can look very similar. Image 1 - Grey Plover Image 2 - 2x Pacific Golden Plovers. Both of these images show these birds with some remnant breeding plumage post returning from breeding in the Arctic. The Grey Plover is a bigger and more bulky bird ( if sports references are your thing, think of the Grey Plover as a Rugby Union Forward). The Pacific Golden Plovers are a more dainty shorebird with golden flecks on its back feathers ( sport reference the pacific Golden Plover is like a Rugby Union Back). ID when not side by side can be tricky but the body shape and bill are the big differences and the golden flecks. Hope this helps to ID the larger plovers in the bay!

There’s a whole world beneath the mud of Roebuck Bay! 🦀🐚We’ve been pleased to host researchers from Edith Cowan Universi...
11/10/2026

There’s a whole world beneath the mud of Roebuck Bay! 🦀🐚

We’ve been pleased to host researchers from Edith Cowan University at Broome Bird Observatory while they investigate the tiny animals living on and within the bay’s mudflats.

Working alongside Yawuru Rangers, Country Managers, Environs Kimberley and community volunteers, the team has been collecting mud samples to identify and record benthic invertebrates — animals without backbones, including worms, crabs and shellfish.

These often unseen creatures are an essential part of the bay’s food web and provide food for the migratory shorebirds that travel thousands of kilometres to feed here.

Our BBO team also joined in the muddy work, discovering just how much effort it takes to collect samples across the soft mudflats!

It’s been wonderful to have the ECU researchers staying with us at BBO and to support work that helps build our understanding of Yawuru Nagulagun (Roebuck Bay) and the life it sustains.

Size isn’t everything. The Great Egret is huge in comparison to the Great Knots, Red Knot and Bar-tailed Godwit, but the...
09/10/2026

Size isn’t everything. The Great Egret is huge in comparison to the Great Knots, Red Knot and Bar-tailed Godwit, but these small migratory shorebirds fly to the Arctic and Back each year - 24,000km. That is a lot of power and endurance in small little bodies! We celebrate World Migratory Bird Day tomorrow on Oct 10th! But really BBO we celebrate migratory shorebirds year round!

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Crab Creek Road
Broome, WA
6725

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