For over 60 years, volunteers have tirelessly given their time to count migratory shorebirds on Australia’s coasts and important inland ecosystems. These high quality, repeated surveys have enabled identification of important migratory shorebird habitat across Australia.

Birdata is thrilled to introduce The Australian National Directory of Important Migratory Shorebird Habitat, hereby referred to as “the Directory”. This is BirdLife Australia’s newest and most comprehensive assessment of critical migratory shorebird areas within Australia. Designed as a tool to support habitat protection and land management for conservation organisations, government, and land managers, the Directory includes 15 years of data from dedicated volunteers.