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BIRD STUDIES AT EYRE
These include bird banding, a weekly count of shorebirds and seabirds along 13 km of beach, and regular bird counts in the mallee. Special studies have been made of Malleefowl, White-browed Scrubwren, Red-capped Plover, Southern Scrub-robin and some of the many honeyeaters. Other biological studies concern Western Pygmy-possums, Chocolate Wattled Bats (in the Nullarbor caves) and whales.

Over 240 species of birds have been recorded at Eyre, including Major Mitchell Cockatoos spectacular in flocks on the mobile white sand dunes or coming in to drink at the observatory, or doing somersaults on the telegraph wire. Brush Bronzewings often come in to water at the observatory, as do some of the 12 honeyeater species recorded at Eyre. Malleefowl, Chestnut Quail-thrush and Southern Scrub-robins are regularly seen in the mallee vegetation nearby. Waders and terns usually occur in relatively small numbers, but some interesting vagrants have been recorded at Eyre, including Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Red-necked Phalarope. Visitors to the Arubiddy area to the north also stand a chance of seeing Nullarbor Quail-thrush, Slender-billed Thornbill or Naretha Blue Bonnet.