With autumn in the air, many birds are on the move.

Unprecedented numbers of Mallee fowl are being observed along roadsides in Victoria's north-west, feeding on spilt grain.

After a long cool and wet spring, summer is definitely here in Victoria. Rare waders are popping up, the first White-throated Needletails have been sighted, and there are young birds of most species everywhere after such a good breeding season.

Breaking news is of a Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Lake Murdeduke near Winchelsea, west of Melbourne. This is a national rarity, and does not occur every year. Remarkably Lake Murdeduke played host to the very same species way back in 1987 !