Dr Andrew Hingston
About Andrew
Dr Andrew Hingston is an expert in Tasmanian birds.
Background
Andrew grew up on a farm in northern Tasmania, and from a very early age developed a love of birds. He saved enough money from collecting and recycling beer-bottles at the age of 10 to buy his first binoculars, and has been fascinated and committed to birds ever since. He completed a bachelor of science in forest ecology before going on to complete an honours and PhD on aspects of bird ecology in Tasmania. He is currently Honorary Research Associate at the University of Tasmania, has published 30 research papers on the ecology of Tasmanian birds, works as a guide with Inala Nature Tours, and on the conservation of birds with the Bruny Island Environment Network.
Articles by Andrew
The open water migration of three rare parrots
It is unusual that there's only three species of parrot that migrate across open water in the world. They all migrate across Bass Strait, and they're ...
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From discarded bottles to a lifelong love of nature
Dr Andrew Hingston collected discarded beer bottles as a kid on the east Tamar highway to save up money for a second-hand pair of binoculars. From the...
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The incredible diversity of Bruny Island
Bruny Island is a really special place. It's got an incredible diversity of habitats. It's relatively undeveloped, relatively undamaged. So on Bruny I...
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A hopeful road-map for saving the Forty Spotted Pardalote
There is a lot of positive stuff and a nice road map laid out to recover the endangered Forty Spotted Pardalote, including through a project that's be...
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The Swift Parrot - An incredible bird
The Swift Parrot is a little bright green parrot, it's about 60 grams or so - about half the size of a Rosella, that flys at very high speeds - up to ...
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Why old trees are so important for endangered woodland birds
Why are old trees so important for endangered woodland birds? It takes a tree 100 years or more, generally, to start developing hollows. These hollows...
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8 critical challenges for saving the Swift Parrot
Do we want to have a world with Swift Parrots, or don't we? If we do, we've got to act right now because we're running out of time fast. Here are 8 cr...
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Helping Forty Spotted Pardalotes nest
An extraordinary conservation project on Bruny Island is building nest boxes tailored to help one of the world's rarest birds. The project is figuring...
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Bruny and Maria Island critical for Swift Parrot's survival
Swift Parrots are critically endangered. The one thing that has kept the Swift Parrot going, is that there are two islands, Bruny Island and Maria Isl...
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Ecology of the Forty-Spotted Pardalote
The 40-spotted Pardalote is a very specialised bird and one of the rarest on planet Earth. Expert Dr Andrew Hingston explains some of this beautiful e...
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Saving Forty Spotted Pardalote chicks from blood-sucking maggots!
A critical problem for Forty Spotted Pardalotes breeding is a native fly which lays its eggs inside their nests. When the eggs hatch, the maggots come...
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