January to June 2014
| DATE | PLACE AND OBJECTIVES | Tide time and height (m) | |
| Sat 4 Jan and Sun 5 Jan | Yallock Creek and Stockyard Point Small waders and Red-necked Avocet | 15.41 16.41 | 2.73 2.82 |
| Wed 22 Jan | Yallock Creek Small Waders and Red-necked Avocet | 17.59 | 2.66 |
| Sat 25 Jan | Barralliar Island Small waders | 07.14 | 2.77 |
| Mon 3 Feb | Rhyll Bar-tailed Godwit | 16.34 | 2.88 |
| Sat 8 Feb to Tues 11 Feb | Corner Inlet Bar-tailed Godwit, Red Knot, Oystercatchers (Stay at Manns Beach Hall) | 07.19 to 08.43 | 2.59 to 2.35 |
| Sun 16 Feb to Sun 9 Mar | AWSG NWA 2014 Wader and Tern Expedition Broome and 80 Mile Beach | ||
| Mon 17 Mar to Tues 25 Mar | King Island Ruddy Turnstone | 12.38 to 17.29 | 1.31 to 1.52 |
| Sun 30 Mar to Mon 7 Apr | South Australia Ruddy Turnstone and Sanderling | 13.40 to 17.20 | 0.96 to 1.09 |
| Wed 16 Apr | Fairhaven Pied Oystercatcher | 13.52 | 2.78 |
| Tues 29 April | Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatcher | 12.51 | 2.86 |
| Thur 15 May | Rhyll Pied Oystercatcher | 13.21 | 2.88 |
| Sat 17 May and Sun 18 May | RoussacĪs and Barry Beach Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher (Stay at Yanakie) | 15.29 16.20 | 2.60 2.72 |
| Sun 22 Jun to Tues 24 June | Charles Hall Road (22nd) Corner Inlet (23th and 24th) Oystercatchers and overwintering waders (Stay at Yanakie) | 08.15 09.08 10.02 | 2.53 2.46 2.40 |
| Sat 28 Jun to Sun 29 Jun | Corner Inlet Oystercatchers and overwintering waders (Stay at Yanakie) | 1401 1454 | 2.45 2.52 |
Please note that the Corner Inlet catching in June is split into two parts, each of two days duration. This is to optimise the tides. Additional fieldwork will be added to the programme if reccies show potential eg at Sandy Point and Queenscliff. Also, Penny Johns will be organising catching of Turnstone and Sooty Oystercatchers at Flinders, and dates will be circulated when finalised.
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@ballarat.edu.au |
| Doris Graham | 9482 2112 (h) phone and fax grahamdm@melbpc.org.au Messages 0409 230 341 |
Rosemary Davidson | 9885 8231 (h) 5687 1322 (Yanakie) rosiedavidson@iprimus.com.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 |
| Dave Cropley | 9763 6073 (h) scropley7@bigpond.com |
Prue Wright | 9489 7508 (h) 0404 002 745 prue327@gmail.com |
