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From heritage site to bat refuge: how citizen science helped spotlight Joker’s Tunnel
April 17, 2026
April marks Citizen Science Month, and with Bat Appreciation Day on 17 April, it’s a fitting time to reflect on how community involvement can drive meaningful conservation outcomes.
Read More ShareGreat Southern Bioblitz 2025
October 02, 2025
What is the Great Southern Bioblitz? The Great Southern Bioblitz (GSB) event was an idea created back in 2020 right here in Australia to encourage countries in the southern hemisphere to showcase their amazing...
Read More ShareFinding My Wings: Discovering a Passion for Bat Conservation in WA
July 21, 2025
While completing my degree in Wildlife Conservation, I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to volunteer with the CCWA’s Citizen Science Program. This has given me a valuable hands-on experience and insight...
Read More ShareGood Intentions Gone Wrong
May 16, 2024
Today, citizen science has grown increasingly popular for those interested in conserving and collecting data for various species, especially those endangered or with limited habitats. The contributions of citizen scientists are invaluable, as they...
Read More ShareFeeling artsy? Submit a design to our bat logo competition!
July 24, 2023
To give you the chance to show off your design skills - and because the community is such an important part of this program - we thought we’d take this opportunity to run a...
Read More ShareCitizen Science update: Preliminary biodiversity assessment in Bowgada
June 20, 2022
CCWA’s Citizen Science team was back in the field at the end of May - this time surveying the biodiversity values of a property in Bowgada, located in the Shire of Perenjori (Badimia country)...
Read More ShareCitizen Science update: Bird banding and conservation in Karakin
May 30, 2022
CCWA’s latest Citizen Science programme - Living with Nature - has begun with a busy May weekend in Karakin, a peri-urban suburb approximately 120km north of Perth on Yued Noongar country.
Read More ShareA flying start for Citizen Science in 2022: seabird monitoring at Rat Island
April 14, 2022
CCWA’s Citizen Science program for 2022 is off to a flying start!
Read More Share‘Another good tern out’ – Conservationists hail successful year for WA Fairy Terns as breeding season comes to a close
March 16, 2022
Conservationists are celebrating another successful breeding season for one of WA’s most iconic and vulnerable species as efforts continue to protect the Australian Fairy Tern.
Read More ShareInside the night-time operation to tag and track vulnerable Fairy Terns
February 09, 2022
Under normal circumstances, the sight of a dozen-or-so torchlit figures stalking silently across a suburban beach, in the dead of night, might be a little concerning.
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