VWSG FIELDWORK PROGRAMME
May to December 2016
| DATE | PLACE AND OBJECTIVES | Tide time and height (m) | |
| Tue 24 May to Wed 25 May | Roussac Point and Charles Hall Road Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher (Stay at Rosemary’s house in Yanakie) | 15.35 16.15 | 2.59 2.62 |
| Wed 22 Jun | Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatcher | 14.33 | 3.05 |
| Fri 1 Jul | Count of Nooramunga part of Corner Inlet | 09.00 | 2.49 |
| Sat 2 Jul to Tue 5 Jul | Corner Inlet Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher and wintering Bar-tailed Godwit and Red Knot (Stay at Rosemary’s house at Yanakie) | 10.04 to 13.35 | 2.49 to 2.61 |
| Tues 19 July | Rhyll, Phillip Island Pied Oystercatcher and Bar-tailed Godwit | 12.16 | 2.73 |
| Fri 29 July to Sun 31 July | Barry Beach, Roussac Point, Charles Hall Rd. Pied and Sooty Oystercatchers Stay at Yanakie | 8.06 to 09.53 | 2.57 to 2.52 |
| Sat 6 Aug | Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatcher | 15.38 | 3.05 |
| Sat 27 Aug | A.G.M. At Clive’s house, 165 Dalgetty Rd, Beaumaris 10am net mending, 4pm AGM, 6.00pm barbecue, 7–10pm Talks/Pictures | ||
| Sat/Sun 8-9 Oct Tues/Wed 18/19 Oct Sun/Tues 23/25 Oct Tues/Thurs 8/10 Oct | Yallock Creek Retrieval of geolocators from Red-necked Stint. Actual dates will depend on recce information on returned birds. | 18.03 & 06.53 15.02 & 15.52 07.09 to 08.39 07.04 to 08.21 | 2.70 & 2.86 2.82 & 2.87 3.08 to 2.70 2.87 to 2.70 |
| Wed 9 Nov | Mud Islands Crested Tern adults & Caspian Tern chicks | 12.28 low tide | 0.6 |
| Tues 15 Nov to Thurs 24 Nov | King Island Ruddy Turnstone – geolocator retrieval | 12.14 to 07.52 | 1.33 to 1.44 |
| Fri 25 Nov to Sat 3 Dec | South Australia Ruddy Turnstone – geolocator retrieval | 08.51 to 14.02 | 0.76 to 0.73 |
| Sat 3 Dec to Thurs 8 Dec | Thompson Beach (SA) Deployment of satellite transmitters | 06.22 to 07.53 | 2.49 to 2.10 |
| Wed 14 Dec | Mud Islands Crested Tern & Caspian Tern chicks | 12.04 | 1.39 |
| Wed 21 Dec | The Nobbies – Phillip Island Crested Tern chicks | 11.54 low tide | 0.41 |
| Thurs 22 Dec | Corner Inlet – Clonmel Island Caspian & Crested Tern chicks | 14.38 low tide | 0.53 |
| Wed 28 Dec to Fri 30 Dec | Werribee S F Small waders Stay at WTP Headquarters, Werribee | 14.10 to 05.18 | 0.79 to 0.89 |
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 |
| Prue Wright | 9489 7508 (h) 0404 002 745 prue327@gmail.com |
Robyn Atkinson | 5251 3177 (h) 0429 965 271 atkinson@hugonet.com.au |
| Ken Gosbell | 9878 9722 0429 804 524 (field only) ken@gosbell.id.au |
Dave Cropley | 9763 6073 (h) scropley7@bigpond.com |
