Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
🙌 GOOD NEWS: Bilby populations have quadrupled on our properties across Australia in the last five years!
We have even more to celebrate this Easter, with our annual census on the threatened Greater Bilby's population revealing how strongly species can come back when the conditions are right.
Data compiled from bilby populations across Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia and NSW estimates a total of 5,330 individuals - four times the population recorded in 2021 (1,230).
AWC Ecologist Dr Tim Henderson explains the boom:
“Bilbies will breed up successfully when conditions are good and food resources are plentiful. Pair the resource rich environment brought by wet years with the protection of our feral predator-free fenced areas, and the population has been able to thrive.”
“We expect the population to continue increasing over the next three to six years. The boom-and-bust nature of the desert means numbers may fluctuate with changing conditions, but the resilience we’re seeing now gives us real confidence in the long-term future of the species."
Find out more: 👉 bit.ly/AWC-Bilbycensus2026
📹 B Leue/AWC
🙌 GOOD NEWS: Bilby populations have quadrupled on our properties across Australia in the last five years!
We have even more to celebrate this Easter, with our annual census on the threatened Greater Bilby's population revealing how strongly species can come back when the conditions are right.
Data compiled from bilby populations across Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia and NSW estimates a total of 5,330 individuals - four times the population recorded in 2021 (1,230).
AWC Ecologist Dr Tim Henderson explains the boom:
“Bilbies will breed up successfully when conditions are good and food resources are plentiful. Pair the resource rich environment brought by wet years with the protection of our feral predator-free fenced areas, and the population has been able to thrive.”
“We expect the population to continue increasing over the next three to six years. The boom-and-bust nature of the desert means numbers may fluctuate with changing conditions, but the resilience we’re seeing now gives us real confidence in the long-term future of the species."
Find out more: 👉 bit.ly/AWC-Bilbycensus2026
📹 B Leue/AWC
