VWSG FIELDWORK PROGRAMME
July to December 2013
| DATE | PLACE AND OBJECTIVES | Tide time and height (m) | |
| Sun 7 Jul | Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatchers & overwintering migratory waders | 12.15 | 2.71 |
| Tue 23 Jul to Wed 24 Jul | Barry Beach, Roussac Point, Charles Hall Rd Pied & Sooty Oystercatchers | 12.54 14.06 | 2.53 2.60 |
| Sat 10 Aug | Inverloch Sooty Oystercatchers | 14.24 | 1.58 |
| Sat 17 Aug | VWSG Annual General Meeting at Cliveπs house, 165 Dalgetty Rd, Beaumaris 10am net-mending, 4pm AGM, 5.30pm BBQ, 7-10pm Talks-Pictures | ||
| Sat 21 Sept | Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatchers & newly arrived migratory waders | 14.00 | 2.84 |
| Sun 20 Oct | Queenscliff, Mud Island Red Knot & Bar-tailed Godwit | 13.28 | 1.43 |
| Fri 1 Nov to Wed 6 Nov | Nene Valley / Blackfellows Caves (SA) Retrieving geolocators from Ruddy Turnstone [Stay at Maureen & Ianπs place at Carpenter Rocks] (dates include travel) | 12.17 to 14.41 | 0.79 0.67 |
| Thurs 7 Nov | Mud Islands Crested & Caspian Tern chicks | 15.15 | 1.47 |
| Fri 15 Nov to Wed 20 Nov | Eyre Peninsula (SA) Sanderling, Ruddy Turnstone & Oystercatcher chicks (dates include travel) | ||
| Sun 17 Nov to Mon 25 Nov | Thompsons Beach (SA) Red Knot (first catching day 20th Nov) (dates include travel) | 06.13 to 08.28 | 2.62 2.14 |
| Mon 18 Nov to Sun 24 Nov | King Island retrieving geolocators from Ruddy Turnstone | 12.54 to 16.54 | 1.34 1.34 |
| Sat 7 Dec | Yallock Creek Red-necked Stint & Curlew Sandpiper | 16.48 | 2.76 |
| Thurs 12 Dec | Mud Islands Crested & Caspian Tern chicks | 13.36 Low-tide | 0.34 |
| Fri 20 Dec | Corner Inlet Crested & Caspian Tern chicks | 10.02 Low-tide | 1.15 |
| Mon 23 Dec | The Nobbies, Phillip Island Crested Tern chicks | 10.29 Low-tide | 0.49 |
| Sat 28 Dec to Mon 30 Dec | Werribee SF Small waders | 10.25 to 11.59 | 0.87 0.85 |
In addition to the above further fieldwork is likely to be arranged during this period. This will depend on recce information. Members will be notified by email of any activities added to the programme.
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 |
Additional 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 moonbird@waterfront.net.au |
| Susan Taylor | 5182 5470 (h) 5183 9104 (w) 0428 839 104 susan.taylor@dse.vic.gov.au/a> |
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 Robyn.Atkinson@sjog.org.au |
| Dave Cropley | 9763 6073 (h) scropley7@bigpond.com |
Prue Wright | 9489 7508 (h) 0404 002 745 prue327@gmail.com |
