Magpie wins Australian bird of the year poll – as it happened

Australian magpie pips the ibis and laughing kookaburra in the Guardian Australia/BirdLife Australia poll after weeks of controversy, a powerful owl voting hack and a strong #teambinchicken social media push

11.28pm GMT

There is a magpie carolling outside my window, calling time on our live coverage of the 2017 Australian bird of the year vote. Thank you so much for your enthusiastic campaigning for our avian friends. We really do have an astonishing variety of birds in Australia and we should celebrate them more often.

I will leave you with some soothing words from Dr John Martin for the ibis lobby, who are still smarting from their shock loss this morning.

Their colonisation of urban areas, and associated shift to a fast-food diet, is a remarkable example of their adaptability "

Truly, if you asked anyone a month ago if the Australian white ibis would come second in a popular vote as the bird of the year I struggle to imagine even one person seriously predicting this result. I would have said it was unlikely to place in the top 50. This is a stunning result.

Related: The mighty ibis did not win Australian bird of the year but it's still a winner | John Martin

11.20pm GMT

More scenes from behind the scenes of the bird of the year vote.