The Great Cocky Count (GCC) is a long-term citizen science survey and the biggest single survey for black cockatoos in Western Australia. On Sunday 2 April at sunset, volunteers monitor known roost sites and count black cockatoos as they come into their evening roosts. Records submitted from across the southwest provide a snapshot of black cockatoo populations, and over time this has helped quantify the changes in their numbers.

The talk will give you all the information on how to register and participate in the count in April. A key aim of the GCC is to survey as many roost sites as possible. We need your help to make the 2023 survey the most comprehensive survey yet!

The GCC originally started as a survey method for Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos and focused on the roost sites around the Perth Metropolitan area. Over recent years it has expanded to include Forest Red-tailed Cockatoos as well as sites across the southwest.