Ibis’ are fantastic creatures, and don’t deserve the scorn you’ve heaped upon them!

Their bin-chicken status is testament to their adaptability, but it’s essentially our fault they’re that way.

They really are bin chickens for a reason. I remember in Lakemba in Sydney watching a young child trying to shoo an ibis from a bin where it was having its lunch. For a very long time I believed that they had migrated from Egypt because of their long beak - I think I asked my Mum once and she in tiredness just affirmed it.