VWSG FIELDWORK PROGRAMME
January to July 2019
| DATE | PLACE AND OBJECTIVES | Tide time and height (m) | |
| Fri 11 Jan | Yallock Creek Small waders Meet 1300 to set net Stay overnight at Harewood House |
18:07 | 2.71 |
| Sat 12 Jan | Yallock Creek Small waders Meet 0600 Following catch, set net at Stockyard Point Stay overnight at Harewood House |
06:34 | 3.06 |
| Sun 13 Jan | Stockyard Point Small waders Meet 0530 Jam Jerrup |
07:03 | 3.01 |
| Thur 24 Jan | Barrallier Island, Western Port Small waders By boat from Tooradin Depart Tooradin 0900 (Low tide 0948) |
16:45 |
2.84 |
| Thur 14 to Mon 18 Feb |
Corner Inlet Bar-tailed Godwit and Red Knot Set net Thursday afternoon (meet at Manns Beach) (Stay overnight at Manns Beach Hall) |
09:01 09:45 |
2.57 2.57 |
| Sat 23 Feb | Rhyll (Observation Point) Bar-tailed Godwit |
16:59 | 3.05 |
| Fri 22 to Sunday 31 March |
King Island |
n/a |
n/a |
| Fri 5 to Sun 14 April |
South Australia Travel days Fri 5 March and Sun 14 April |
n/a |
n/a |
Note:
This Program is for the early part of 2019 as there are no suitable tides for Corner Inlet during May to July. Additional fieldwork will be considered for this period and you will be advised accordingly. So far there are likely to be:
- A further attempt will be made to catch Eastern Curlew at Inverloch to deploy satellite transmitters.
- A return visit to Werribee to catch Red-necked Stint – likely later in January.
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 |

