Warrnambool home to nation's highest concentration of vulnerable Hooded Plovers, latest BirdLife survey finds

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Updated August 1 2021 - 1:57pm, first published 1:00pm
COMEBACK: Two tagged adult Hooded Plovers at Rutledge Cutting. Photo: Peter Barrand.
COMEBACK: Two tagged adult Hooded Plovers at Rutledge Cutting. Photo: Peter Barrand.

After a horror year of breeding in 2014 led to the subspecies being listed as vulnerable, Warrnambool's beaches are proving a stronghold for the nation's highest concentration of Hooded Plovers.

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Jessica Greenan

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Journalist at The Warrnambool Standard covering both Moyne Shire and Corangamite Shire Council. Sometimes court. Special interest in all things environment.

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