Werribee River Association has welcomed a unique agreement to help wetland birds at a bluestone quarry.
According to Werribee riverkeeper John Forrester, Holcim Quarries and BirdLife Australia have signed a three-year national agreement to work together to improve awareness of threats to wetland birds.
“Werribee has been chosen as a trial project under the agreement for all Holcim sites across Australia and … urban wetland birds will be the focus,” Mr Forrester said.
He said Werribee was an important site because it was close to suburbia where birdlife could be easily identified and data could be added to BirdLife Australia’s knowledge about newly created wetlands and the habitat.
Holcim quarry staff will this year take part in bird identification workshops, visit sites of importance and assist in a planting day along Cheetham Creek in Point Cook. The community will also have the chance to be involved.
