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  • Straw-necked Ibis (Image ID 36102)

    Straw-necked Ibis.   Photographer: Rodger Scott

  • Caspian Tern (Image ID 32499)

    Caspian Tern.   Photographer: Jill Wilson

  • Grey Fantail (Image ID 30001)

    Grey Fantail.   Photographer: Emmy Silvius

  • Black-shouldered Kite (Image ID 49938)

    Black-shouldered Kite.   Photographer: Paul Jensen

  • Australian Ringneck (Image ID 26389)

    Australian Ringneck.   Photographer: Bill Harding

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The next BirdLife Photography Biennial Conference will be held in Hahndorf, SA, at the Adelaide Hills Convention Centre, on 23rd & 24th March 2024.

Visit the dedicated BirdLife Photography Biennial Conference website for details.  Ticket sales are now open.

The final cut-off dates for conference attendance and conference dinner bookings are Saturday 9th of March for the dinner and Saturday 16th of March for the conference itself. No bookings can be accepted after the cut-off dates

BirdLife Photography would like to acknowledge Adelaide Optical Centre and Twin City Cameras for their generous sponsorship of our conference.

This Search facility will search all website content, uploaded documents, and images.  Some content on this site is restricted to BLP members; visitors may not be able to access all the items found.  The search options button on the All Photos page (on the Photo Gallery drop-down menu), and on individual gallery pages, provides more options for searching images only.

Latest Images

Welcome Swallow (Image ID 62201)
Welcome Swallow
Glenn Pure
Viewed: 39
Australasian Grebe (Image ID 62200)
Australasian Grebe
Glenn Pure
Viewed: 33
Welcome Swallow (Image ID 62199)
Welcome Swallow
Rob Solic
Viewed: 24
Grey Butcherbird, Noisy Miner (Image ID 62198)
Grey Butcherbird, Noisy Miner
Angela Farnsworth
Viewed: 15
Grey Butcherbird, Noisy Miner (Image ID 62197)
Grey Butcherbird, Noisy Miner
Angela Farnsworth
Viewed: 12
Far Eastern Curlew (Image ID 62196)
Far Eastern Curlew
Tony Willis
Viewed: 18
Australian Brush-turkey (Image ID 62195)
Australian Brush-turkey
Angela Farnsworth
Viewed: 13
Striated Heron (Image ID 62194)
Striated Heron
Angela Farnsworth
Viewed: 17
Crested Pigeon (Image ID 62193)
Crested Pigeon
Diana Womersley
Viewed: 29
White-winged Chough (Image ID 62192)
White-winged Chough
Diana Womersley
Viewed: 26
Black Swan (Image ID 62191)
Black Swan
Ian Wilson
Viewed: 30
Grey Plover (Image ID 62190)
Grey Plover
Glenda Gore
Viewed: 18
Masked Lapwing (Image ID 62189)
Masked Lapwing
Glenda Gore
Viewed: 12
Fairy Tern (Image ID 62188)
Fairy Tern
Glenda Gore
Viewed: 16
Western Spinebill (Image ID 62187)
Western Spinebill
Glenda Gore
Viewed: 17
Pacific Black Duck (Image ID 62145)
Pacific Black Duck
John Gitsham
Viewed: 16

The Birds in their Habitat (excluding waterbirds) competition was hel in June-August 2021.  The challenge was to photograph the bird in its habitat.  The bird needs to be clearly identifiable, as does the habitat in which it lives.  For example, what is the habitat, why is it important, and is it a typical or unusual location for the species.  No birds on sticks with clear backgrounds required here.  Examples are fruit-doves in rainforest trees, finches feeding on grass seeds, chats in heath, kingfishers by streams, honeyeaters on flowering shrubs or trees, emus in woodland, Glossy Black Cockatoos in casuarina trees, etc.  Waterbirds which are excluded are those listed in the Australian Bird Guide in the categories of Marine and Coastal Birds, and Freshwater Birds.

The results of member voting for the top five images in each category are listed here.  This competition received good support from our members, with 253 images entered across the 3 competition levels by 79 photographers.  The Winner is the image which received the most votes; and we also show the next four highest placed images, rating them as Highly Commended if they received at least 90% of the votes for the winning image, and Commended for scores less than that.

Advanced Level – Birds in Their Habitat

This category attracted 86 entries, from 25 photographers. 37 members voted, with the following result:

Intermediate Level – Birds In Their Habitat

This category attracted 108 entries, from 35 photographers. 40 members voted, with the following result:

Entry Level – Birds in Their Habitat

This category attracted 49 entries, from 16 photographers. 33 members voted, with the following result:

Recent Picks

Grey-backed Storm-Petrel (Image ID 62071)
Grey-backed Storm-Petrel
Chris Young
Viewed: 110
Pink Robin (Image ID 61955)
Pink Robin
Rob Solic
Viewed: 107
Australasian Gannet (Image ID 61793)
Australasian Gannet
Valerie Misa
Viewed: 103
Superb Fairy-wren (Image ID 61802)
Superb Fairy-wren
Shane Little
Viewed: 88
Galah (Image ID 61731)
Galah
Rob Solic
Viewed: 115
Australasian Darter (Image ID 61648)
Australasian Darter
Stephen Garth
Viewed: 119
Plumed Whistling-Duck (Image ID 61612)
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Shane Little
Viewed: 153
Pied Stilt (Image ID 61516)
Pied Stilt
Patrick Kavanagh
Viewed: 138
Australasian Gannet (Image ID 61497)
Australasian Gannet
Stephen Garth
Viewed: 212
Australian White Ibis (Image ID 61471)
Australian White Ibis
Angela Farnsworth
Viewed: 165

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The Our People page, in the About Us section, contains email links to each of the committee members.