VWSG FIELDWORK PROGRAMME
May to December 2010
| DATE | PLACE AND OBJECTIVES | Tide time and height (m) | |
| Sat 1 May | Charles Hall Road Sooty Oystercatcher | 14.55 | 2.58 |
| Sat 15 May | Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatcher | 14.07 | 2.97 |
| Sat 12 June Roz Jessop, Jon Fallaw | Rhyll Pied Oystercatcher & Bar-tailed Godwit | 12.38 | 2.83 |
| Sun 13 June | East Corner Inlet Count (Nooramunga NP) (Clive Minton) | 12.35 | 2.33 |
| Mon 14 June | West Corner Inlet Count (Peter Dann) | 13.33 | 2.40 |
| Fri 25 to Mon 28 June Susan Taylor | Corner Inlet (Nooramunga NP) Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher and overwintering Bar-tailed Godwit (Stay at Rosemary Davidsonπs) | 10.56 to 13.50 | 2.35 to 2.37 |
| Tues 13 July | Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatcher | 14.02 | 2.99 |
| Sun 25 July Roz Jessop, Jon Fallaw | Rhyll Pied Oystercatcher & Bar-tailed Godwit | 12.12 | 2.70 |
| Sat 14 August | Barry Beach Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher (Stay at Rosemary Davidsonπs) | 15.10 | 2.53 |
| Sun 15 August | Roussac Point Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher | 15.57 | 2.61 |
| Sat 28 August | VWSG AGM (Clive & Patπs house) 10am – 10pm 10am Equipment maintenance, 4pm AGM, 7-10pm Talks Small charge to cover meal costs applies | ||
| Sat 11 September | Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatcher | 14.47* | 2.91 |
| Sun 31 October | Flinders Ruddy Turnstone – geolocator retrieval | 06.15 | 1.48 |
| Thurs 4 November | Mud Islands Crested and Caspian Tern | 09.49 | 1.31 |
| Fri 5 to Wed 10 November | King Island Ruddy Turnstone – geolocator retrieval | 10.53 to 14.31 | 1.32 to 1.44 |
| Fri 12 to Mon 15 November | Queenscliff Bar-tailed Godwit, Red Knot | *05.03 to 06.57 | 1.60 to 1.39 |
| Tues 30 November Dave Cropley | Mud Islands Crested and Caspian Tern | 12.24 | Low tide |
| Sat 11 December Susan Taylor | Sandy Point, near Wilsonπs Prom Sanderling | 16.25 | 1.34 |
| Wed 15 December Dave Cropley | Mud Islands Crested and Caspian Tern | 12.53 | Low tide |
| Tues 21 December Roz Jessop, Jon Fallaw | The Nobbies, Phillip Island Crested Tern | 18.08 | Low tide |
| Wed 22 December Susan Taylor | Clonmel Island, Corner Inlet Caspian & Crested Tern | 12.09 | 2.10 |
| Tues 28 to Thurs 30 December | Werribee SF Small waders | 08.43 to 09.57 | 0.90 to 0.90 |
*at Port Phillip Heads, Two hours later in Swan Bay
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 |
Birgita Hansen | 0428 591 810 Birgita.Hansen@sci.monash.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@bigpond.net.au |
The meeting time is normally 5 hours before high tide.
Please contact relevant team leader several days before each fieldwork date to check on details.
Activities listed are dependent on satisfactory recce information. Other catching will be added to the programme at short notice if opportunities/needs arise.
