In a record-breaking drought, bush birds from around Perth flocked to the city
- Written by Harry Moore, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia
Western spinebillMartin Pelanek/ShutterstockPerth is no stranger to hot and dry summers, but the period from October 2023 to April 2024 was exceptional. The city’s rainfall for these seven months was only 23 millimetres, the lowest since records began in the 1870s. It was also one of the warmest summers on record, with temperatures 1.7°C...





