VWSG FIELDWORK PROGRAMME
July to December 2018
| DATE | PLACE AND OBJECTIVES | Tide time and height (m) | |
| Fri 13 Jul to Mon 16 Jul | Barry Beach, Roussac Point, Charles Hall Rd Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher Stay at Davidson’s house at Yanakie | 1238 to 1538 | 2.51 to 2.80 |
| Fri 27 Jul | Rhyll, Fisherman's Point Oystercatchers | 1240 | 2.76 |
| Sat 18 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 | ||
| Tue 11 Sep | Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatcher | 1355 | 2.95 |
| Sun 7 Oct to Wed 10 Oct | Corner Inlet Flags sightings | ||
| Tue 16 Oct to Thu 18 Oct | Yallock Creek Deployment of satellite transmitters on Eastern Curlew Net set Monday 15th Stay at Harewood House | 0644 to 0752 | 2.96 to 2.75 |
| Thu 1 Nov | Mud Islands Caspian Tern chicks and Crested Tern adults | 1143 | 0.57 |
| Sat 10 Nov to Sat 17 Nov | South Australia, Thompsons Beach Travel days 10th and 17th | ||
| Sat 17 Nov to Sat 24 Nov | South Australia, Carpenter Rocks Travel days 17th and 24th | ||
| Sun 2 Dec | Yallock Creek Retrieval of geolocators from Curlew Sandpiper Net set Saturday 1st Stay at Harewood House | 0827 | 2.82 |
| Thu 6 Dec to Fri 14 Dec | King Island Retrieval of geolocators from Ruddy Turnstone | ||
| Tue 11 Dec | Mud Islands Caspian and Crested Tern chicks | 0916 | 0.59 |
| Mon 17 Dec | The Nobbies Crested Tern chicks | 1257 | 0.54 |
| Fri 21 Dec | Corner Inlet Caspian and Crested Tern chicks Stay at Davidson house | ||
| Fri 28 Dec to Sun 30 Dec | Western Treatment Plant Red-necked Stint, Curlew Sandpiper and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Net set Thursday 27th | 0812 to 0929 | 0.95 to 0.94 |
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 |
