DATE	PLACE AND OBJECTIVES	Tide time and height (m)
Sun 9 Jul	Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatcher	1315	2.85
Sat 22 Jul to Tue 25 Jul	Barry Beach, Roussac Point, Charles Hall Rd Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher (Stay at Davidson’s house at Yanakie)	1104 to 1437	2.50 to 2.67
Tue 8 Aug	Fisherman’s Point, Rhyll Pied Oystercatcher	1327	2.81
Sat 26 Aug	A.G.M. At Clive and Pat Minton's house 165 Dalgetty Rd, Beaumaris 10am net mending 4pm AGM 6pm BBQ 7-10pm presentations	NA	NA
Sat 8 Sep	Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatcher	1504	2.92
2nd half Sep to 2nd half Oct (To be advised)	Corner Inlet Visits to look for flags on Bar-tailed Godwit and Red Knot	TBA	TBA
Mon 13 Nov to Tue 21 Nov	South Australia Travel to SA Monday 13 November. Catch 14 to Monday 20th – 7 days catching.	1051 to 1308	0.75 to 0.75
Tue 21 Nov	South Australia Travel to Thompsons Beach, catch 22 to 25 November, return home 27 November. (Accommodation at Village Hall, Mann's Beach)	0649	2.60
Wed 8 Nov	Mud Islands Caspian Tern chicks and Crested Tern adults (previously banded)	0915	0.52 low tide
Mon 4 Dec to Wed 13 Nov	King island Retrieval of geolocators from Ruddy Turnstone	1200 to 0655	1.25 to 1.60
Thur 7 Dec	Mud Islands Caspian and Crested Tern chicks Fairy Tern nests	0857	0.56 low tide
Wed 20 Dec	Corner Inlet Caspian and Crested Tern chicks	0925	1.25 low tide
Thur 21 Dec	The Nobbies Crested Tern chicks	0925	1.25 low tide
Thur 28 Dec to Sat 30 Dec	Western Treatment Plant Red-necked Stint, Curlew Sandpiper and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Stay at WTP Offices, Werribee	1008 to 1132	0.90 to 0.88

 

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
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