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Waterbirds numbers rally as breeding numbers cause concern

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Waterbirds are not breeding at anywhere near their historic levels even as they stage a slow recovery from a mysterious drop in population last year. New data from an annual waterbird survey led by UNSW’s Centre for Ecosystem Science with the NSW Department of Environment counted 375,419 birds across a third of the continent this year. Last year, there were 287,231 birds compared to 579,641 birds in 2023: the 2025 population is the 12th highest …
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NewsCop broke the news in on Sunday, December 28, 2025.
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