Habitat for coastal wetland birds

New South Wales coastal highways from the Mid North Coast to the Northern Rivers have giant traffic roundabouts. Most have a lot of masked lapwings and some white-faced herons huddled in the middle looking lost. Some are hanging out in the road drains that used to be small creeks. 

Image: Highway roundabouts for birds, Promted by Bellingen Area and ChatGPT 

Freshwater Ecosystems and Cattle

"Today it's simply socially unacceptable to let stock in rivers; people view it in the same way as it's unacceptable to smoke in restaurants"  Conservation group raises alarm over river protection, 22.02.2016  

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Bellingen graffiti: Cattle standing in the Bellinger river

Livestock grazing of riparian vegetation #1