Calendar of events
Swift Parrot (Critically endangered).
February is the start of the Swift Parrot migratory season from Tasmania to mainland Australia. Flight across Bass Strait is usually carried out in small flocks during daylight hours without stopping, a journey which could take about five hours.
In Victoria, the preferred habitat for Swift Parrots is eucalypt forests and woodlands, particularly the box ironbark woodlands of central Victoria.
See the February bio-calendar to see what some of our native plants and animals are doing this month.
Events in February 2026
Advance notice - Red-tailed Black-cockatoo count Saturday 2 May 2026 South West Victoria, SE South Australia
Sunday 1st12:00am - 12:00am
Advance notice - registration open for South-eastern Red-tailed Black-cockatoo count, Saturday 6 May 2026.
Volunteers needed to help with the count - help save the Red-tailed Black-cockatoo.
There are around 60 sites in stringybark forest to be covered on the day from Keith to Mount Gambier in South Australia and from Little Desert National Park to Nelson in Victoria. Landholders within the Red-tail range are also welcome to survey their own patches of stringybark on the day.