Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Major rainfall in Central Australia refilled the claypans and waterholes on Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary in the first half of 2024. Over the months that followed, resident ecologist Dr Tim Henderson documented an influx of interesting birdlife, from nomadic honeyeaters to unlikely waders and Australia's rarest bird of prey, the Red Goshawk. Watch this conversation with Dr Henderson to hear about the exceptional flurry of recent bird activity at Newhaven.
Major rainfall in Central Australia refilled the claypans and waterholes on Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary in the first half of 2024. Over the months that followed, resident ecologist Dr Tim Henderson documented an influx of interesting birdlife, from nomadic honeyeaters to unlikely waders and Australia's rarest bird of prey, the Red Goshawk. Watch this conversation with Dr Henderson to hear about the exceptional flurry of recent bird activity at Newhaven.










