The 2026 Darwin-Garramilla Shorebird Festival is a community celebration of the remarkable migratory shorebirds that visit northern Australia each year.

Presented by BirdLife Top End, the festival features a week of guided bird walks, citizen science surveys, interactive talks, creative workshops and family-friendly events from 20–27 September, connecting people with the birds, the arts, and the science that helps protect them. The Darwin-Garramilla Shorebird Festival is a community festival held annually at multiple locations around Darwin-Garramilla in September.

We hope that the events engage and ignite a lifelong passion for the protection of shorebirds

Come along and be part of the shorebird community - all welcome