Thirst is the title of this image, ­winner of the Backyard Birds ­category in the BirdLife Australia Photography Awards.

This patch of remnant bush on the edge of the West Australian wheatbelt is a place loved by one of Australia’s rarest bird species and the man who has studied the site for more than 50 years.

Leila Jeffreys is a fine art photographer famous for her Australian bird portraits ... On this episode she talks about how she ended up in photography, what motivated her to focus on bird portraits ...

I write about the world of biology. Bird populations in mainland Australia have proved surprisingly resilient against a wide range of ... [+] pressures. But they will continue to perish if we don ...