From the Rainforest
Stories, wildlife encounters, and tips for your Far North Queensland adventure.
news16/09/2026 (Thu) · 3 min read
What's About: Cairns & Tablelands Birding, 10 - 16 September 2026
The Kelp Gull has become a fixture on the Cairns Esplanade, the Redshank bows out for good, and spring migration is pouring in.
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What's About: Cairns & Tablelands Birding, 31 August - 9 September 2026
An extended edition: the Cairns Birders Festival, a Kelp Gull on the Esplanade to cap it, spring migration in full swing, and the Redshank bowing out.
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news30/08/2026 (Mon) · 3 min read
What's About: Cairns & Tablelands Birding, 24 - 30 August 2026
The Redshank eases as spring migration arrives in force: waders, monarchs, seabirds and a swag of new arrivals across Cairns and the Tablelands.
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news23/08/2026 (Mon) · 6 min read
What's About: Cairns & Tablelands Birding, 17 - 23 August 2026
The Common Redshank that would not leave: eight days on the Cairns Esplanade and still drawing crowds, as the shorebird season hits its peak.
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What's About: Cairns & Tablelands Birding, 10 - 16 August 2026
The week the Common Redshank arrived: a genuine rarity drew birders to the Cairns Esplanade all day, plus a yellow figbird influx and more flagged records.
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news10/08/2026 (Mon) · 3 min read
What's About: Cairns & Tablelands Birding, 3 - 9 August 2026
A better week for quality around Cairns and the Tablelands: a rich run of Tablelands rarities, fresh arrivals, and six species flagged as unusual by eBird.
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news03/08/2026 (Mon) · 2 min read
What's About: Cairns & Tablelands Birding, 27 July - 2 August 2026
A quieter, wetter week around Cairns and the Tablelands: more spring migrants arriving, and five records flagged as unusual by eBird.
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news27/07/2026 (Mon) · 3 min read
What's About: Cairns & Tablelands Birding, 20 - 26 July 2026
The week around Cairns and the Tablelands: the first returning migrants, a shorebird build-up on the Esplanade, and a few flagged rarities worth watching.
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news20/07/2026 (Mon) · 4 min read
What's About: Cairns & Tablelands Birding, 13 - 19 July 2026
The first of our weekly Cairns and Tablelands birding wraps: early cuckoo arrivals, dry-country birds on the move, and a rare seabird off the reef.
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news25/02/2026 (Wed) · 3 min read
We've Been Awarded Tourism Funding to Launch Our Premium Birding Expeditions
Kuranda Transfers has been awarded funding through the Regional Tourism Infrastructure Fund to launch multi-day birding expeditions targeting the 15 endemics found nowhere else on Earth, endemic to the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area
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