Towards zero extinctions: protecting Eastern Hooded Plovers

Eastern Hooded Plovers – affectionately known as “Hoodies” – are tiny shorebirds that nest along the Victorian coastline where the adults, their eggs and chicks are highly vulnerable to disturbance by humans, coastal weeds, rough weather, off-lead dogs and their number one predator -foxes. 

Toward Zero Extinctions: Protecting the Eastern Hooded Plover is a four-year project aimed at saving this threatened species from extinction.

The project focuses on the coastline between San Remo and Sandy Point in South Gippsland, that is home to the second largest population of Hoodies in Victoria.

It involves:

• protecting nests during breeding season
• controlling foxes and other introduced pests
• engaging the community about the plight of the plovers – and how they can help their survival.