Courses offered will vary from year to year.
They usually run for 6 nights from Sunday evening to Saturday morning. Fees for courses cover transport within the nature reserve for course outings, tuition by experienced leaders, accommodation in shared rooms, and hearty meals!
All courses are booked through our friendly caretakers. There is no discount of any kind on courses.
Eyre Bird Observatory
PMB 32, Cocklebiddy via Norseman WA
Ph: 08 9039 3450
Email: eyre@birdlife.org.au
We have our own time zone! Eyre Bird Observatory runs one hour ahead of Perth.
The following courses are available. Click on the Event ‘title’ to read more.
Bird Week at Eyre 2026
October 18, 2026 – October 24, 2026 AWST
This course is held bi-annually with Peter Sandilands sometime in October as determined by Birdlife Australia in conjunction with their national bird week.
2026 – 6 nights. Price for this course is $775
With almost ten years having passed since the devastating fires around Eyre, we will visit again to see how the vegetation is recovering and what birds have returned. To do this we will visit burnt and unburnt sites and walk through them comparing the results with data recorded before the fires as well as that gathered during previous courses.
Some specific groups of mallee birds will be looked at in the context of the fires as well as aspects of the fire’s behaviour.
Other activities include conducting one count per day during the week for the Aussie Backyard Bird Count and participating in Australia’s longest running beach count of shorebirds.
All courses are booked through our friendly caretakers:
Eyre Bird Observatory
PMB 32, Cocklebiddy via Norseman WA
Ph: 08 9039 3450
Email: eyre@birdlife.org.au
There is no discount of any kind on courses.
We have our own time zone! Eyre Bird Observatory runs one hour ahead of Perth.