VWSG FIELDWORK PROGRAMME
January to July 2017
| DATE | PLACE AND OBJECTIVES | Tide time and height (m) | |
| Thur 19 Jan | Mud Islands Fairy Tern chicks Team restricted to 4 people |
n/a |
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| Fri 20 Jan to Sat 21 Jan |
Barrallier Island, Western Port Red-necked Stint & Curlew Sandpiper By boat from Warneet 3PM Friday net setting 6.15AM Saturday catching (Stay overnight on 20th at Harewood House) |
1884 (Sat) |
2.81 |
| Tue 31 Jan | Rhyll Bar-tailed Godwit |
1704 |
2.84 |
| Sun 5 Feb | Corner Inlet count (Nooramunga) | n/a |
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| Mon 6 Feb to Thur 9 Feb |
Corner Inlet Stay at Village Hall, Manns Beach Set nets PM 5 Feb |
0823 to 1038 |
2.65 to 2.53 |
| Sat 18 Feb to Sun 19 Feb |
Barry Beach Red-necked Stint & Curlew Sandpiper Stay at Davidson’s House, Yanakie |
0717 to 0745 |
2.52 to 2.51 |
| Mon 27 Feb to Sat 4 Mar |
Thompson Beach, South Australia Attempts to put further satellite transmitters on Grey Plover or on Bar-tailed Godwit Contact Maureen Christie: 0427 380 014 |
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| Sun 12 Mar | Friends of Shorebirds SE, South Australia AGM at Mt. Gambier. Contact Maureen Christie FOSSE is the South Australian activities of VWSG |
n/a | |
| Mon 13 Mar to Wed 22 Mar |
South Australia Ruddy Turnstone and Sanderling Stay at Paul Feast’s cottage and Iain and Sandy Stewarts’ Farm |
1404 to 1758 |
0.77 to 0.85 |
| Tue 28 Mar to Thur 6 Apr |
King Island Ruddy Turnstone |
1257 to 1826 |
1.40 to 1.41 |
| Wed Apr 12 | Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatcher |
1442 | 3.00 |
| Sat 29 Apr to Sun 30 Apr |
Barry Beach & Roussacs Pied & Sooty Oystercatcher Stay at Davidson’s House, Yanakie |
1545 1645 |
2.71 2.84 |
| Sat 13 May | Rhyll Pied Oystercatcher |
1412 |
1.67 |
| Wed 21 June | Corner Inlet count (Nooramunga) | 0901 |
2.43 |
| Thur 22 June to Sun 25 June |
Corner Inlet SPied and Sooty Oystercatcher and overwintering Bar-tailed Godwit and Red Knot Stay at Davidson’s House, Yanakie |
1008 to 1354 |
2.44 to 2.68 |
PARTICIPATION ARRANGEMENTS
The meeting time is normally 5 hours before high tide.
Please try and let Penny or Rob know, by email or by phone, several days before each fieldwork activity if you are planning to participate. This greatly helps reduce the number of phone calls which organizers have to make to complete a satisfactory team for each activity.
| Penny Johns | pennyjohns@hotmail.com 0419 366 507 |
| Rob Patrick | rob@farmingminds.com.au 0408 429 944 |
OTHER VWSG CONTACTS
| Clive Minton | 165 Dalgetty Rd, Beaumaris. 3193. 9589 4901 (h) 0427 831 080 (field only) mintons@ozemail.com.au |
Roz Jessop | 0427 521 857 moonbird39@gmail.com |
| Susan Taylor | 5182 5470 (h) 5183 9104 (w) 0428 839 104 susan.taylor@delwp.vic.gov.au |
Birgita Hansen | 0428 591 810 b.hansen@federation.edu.au |
| Ken Gosbell | 9878 9722 0429 804 524 (field only) ken@gosbell.id.au |
Robyn Atkinson | 5251 3177 (h) 0429 965 271 atkinson@hugonet.com.au |
| Prue Wright | 9489 7508 (h) 0404 002 745 prue327@gmail.com |
