Counting waterbirds from the air in eastern Australia – video

In October each year, waterbirds in eastern Australia are counted from the air. Now in its 39th year, the Eastern Australian Waterbird Survey is one of the world’s longest continuous bird counts. It is also among the largest, spanning 2.7m square km and covering up to 2,000 wetlands.

Guardian Australia's Peter Hannam joins the survey team onboard a small Cessna Caravan aircraft as they weave their way back and forth across the Murray-Darling Basin


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