Fieldwork 2026 July-December

DATE	PLACE AND OBJECTIVES	TIDE TIME	TIDE HEIGHT (m)
Wed 1 July	Rhyll Double banded Plover or Pied and Sooty Oystercatchers	1409	2.95
Sat 12 Sept	AGM to be held at Brighton Philatelic Society Buildings 80 Gardenvale Road, Gardenvale. Equipment repairs 10.00 Lunch 1.00 AGM 2.00
Mon 12 Oct	Yallock Creek Red-necked Stint, Curlew Sandpiper and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Only a small, experienced team is required for this first catch of returning shorebirds	1448	2.69
Sat 31 Oct to Sun 8 Nov	South Australia, Carpenter Rocks Retrieve geolocators on Ruddy Turnstone and collect percent juvenile data on Ruddy Turnstone and Sanderling	0933 to 1201	0.83 to 0.77
Thu 12 Nov	Mud Islands Caspian Tern chicks banding and Crested Tern adults.	0830	0.69 (low)
Wed 2 to Thu 3 Dec	Yallock Creek Red-necked Stint, Curlew Sandpiper and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. Set net Wednesday around 2pm. Catch early Thursday. Stay overnight at Harewood House	0809	2.83
Fri 4 December to Sat 12 December	Kangaroo Island Pied Oystercatcher chick banding Only a small team required.
Thu 10 Dec	Mud Island Caspian & Crested Tern chicks banding	0725	0.82
Wed 16 to Fri 18 Dec (Dependent on water levels at WTP)	Western Treatment Plant (Werribee S.F) Red-necked Stint, Curlew Sandpiper and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Set nets Wednesday afternoon catch Thursday and Friday	0904 0933	0.93 0.93
Tue 22 December (Dependent on breeding attempts)	Nobbies, Phillip Island Crested Tern chick banding	0358	1.37 (low)
TBA. Dependent on breeding attempts. Late December or early January	Corner Inlet Caspian & Crested Tern chicks banding

Additional fieldwork will be considered for this period and you will be advised accordingly.