To find out more about the upcoming happenings in the Perth Metro Area as well as at our 6 Regional Groups, please check out the latest edition of our BirdLife WA eNews here.
Our electronic newsletter is published on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month.
A copy of the ‘Calendar’ section of the 15 July 2026 edition below:
Plastic-Free July: Begin your Plastic-Free Journey here
Friday, 17 July – Healthy Lakes, Healthy Lives, Lake Monger Recreation Centre, Wembley, start 6.00pm. Speakers: Don McFarlane & George Crisp (details and flyer in this edition, RSVP here)
Saturday, 18 July – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 8.00am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Sunday, 19 July – Half-day excursion, Yanchep Bush Area, Yanchep, start 8.30am. Leader: Chris Beebe
Tuesday, 21 July – Albany Bird Group, half-day outing, Kamballup Nature Reserve, start 8.00am (details on website here)
Friday, 24 July – Mandurah Bird Observers Group, Excursion to Goegrup Lake Nature Reserve, start 8.30am. Leader: Bill Howard (details here)
Saturday, 25 July – Half-day excursion, Wungong Gorge, Wungong, start 9.00am. Leader: Steve Lofthouse
Saturday, 25 July – Cape to Cape Bird Group, Excursion to Margaret River, start 9.00am. Leader: Christine Wilder (email here to register)
Sunday, 26 July – Albany Bird Group, Lake Seppings walk, start 8.30am (details on website here)
Sunday, 26 July – National Tree Day 2026, hosted by City of Mandurah, Peel Parade, from 9.00am to 12.00pm (the Mandurah Bird Observers Group will be there)
Tuesday, 28 July – Using Scientific Data to Protect Seabirds, Webinar, start 4.00pm (register here)
Friday, 31 July & Saturday, 1 August – Perth Ageing Well Expo, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, 9.30am to 4.00pm (we will have a stall with GOOD and Wildflower Society of WA)
Sunday, 2 August – Half-day excursion, Fred Jacoby Park/Portagabra Track, Mundaring, start 8.15am. Leader: Peter Sandilands (BirdLife Members only)
Wednesday, 5 August – BirdLife Bunbury, August Leschenault Inlet Shorebird Survey, start 7.45am (details in this edition)
Saturday, 8 August – Half-day excursion, Bungendore Park, Bedfordale, start 9.00am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Saturday, 8 August – Winter Class (for Beginners), Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, from 10.00am to 12.00pm. Speakers: Brendan Kinsella, Sue Mather and Rochelle Steven (workshop details & tickets here)
Thursday, 13 August – Half-day excursion, Lake Claremont, Swanbourne, start 8.30am. Leader: David Free
Friday, 14 August – Malleefowl, the most unlikely of birds (Perth Screening), Luna Leederville, start 6.30pm (details & tickets here)
Friday, 14 August to Monday, 17 August – Wheatbelt Avon Bird Group, Camel Soak Perenjori Shire. Leader: C. Smyth (email here for more details)
Saturday, 15 August – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 8.00am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Sunday, 16 August – Half-day excursion, Queens Park Bushland, East Cannington, start 8.00am. Leader: Sian Mawson
Sunday, 23 August – Half-day excursion, Sloans Reserve, Leda, start 8.00am. Leader: Pauline Woolley
Saturday, 29 August – Half-day excursion, Ellis Brook, Martin, start 8.30am. Leader: Sue Abbotts
Wednesday, 2 September – BirdLife Bunbury, September Mangrove Cove Bird Survey, start 7.45am (details in this edition)
Saturday, 5 September – Wheatbelt Avon Bird Group, half-day excursion to Grass Valley (email here for more details)
Sunday, 6 September – Half-day excursion, John Forrest National Park, Mundaring, start 8.15am. Leader: Peter Sandilands (Members only)
Saturday, 12 September – Half-day excursion, Lightning Swamp, Noranda, start 8.00am. Leader: Pete White
Saturday, 12 September & Sunday, 13 September – Little Quokka’s Big Birthday Weekend, Rottnest Island (we will be there, event details here)
Thursday, 17 September – Half-day excursion, Star Swamp, North Beach, Noranda, start 8.30am. Leader: Stella Stewart-Wynne
Saturday, 19 September – Half-day excursion, Beekeeper Road, Wandoo National Park, Mundaring, start 8.30am. Leaders: Andrew and Jill Hobbs
Saturday, 19 September – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 8.00am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Sunday, 20 September to Sunday, 27 September – Darwin-Garramilla Shorebird Festival, hosted by BirdLife Top End (details here)
Tuesday, 22 September to Sunday, 26 September – Birds of the Broome Region (4 Night Bird Course Retreat), Broome Bird Observatory (details on website here)
Friday, 25 September to Monday, 28 September – Wheatbelt Avon Bird Group, Owl Surveys Moora Shire. Leader: P. Lewis (email here for more details)
Sunday, 27 September – Half-day excursion, Douglas Road, Martin, start 8.15am. Leader: Peter Sandilands (Members only)
Saturday, 3 October – Half-day excursion, Badgerup Reserve, Wanneroo, start 8.00am. Leader: Pete White
Tuesday, 7 October to Sunday, 11 October – Birds of the Broome Region (4 Night Bird Course Retreat), Broome Bird Observatory (details on website here, sold out)
Saturday, 10 October – Half-day excursion, Collins Road, Flint, start 8.30am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Sunday, 18 October to Sunday, 25 October – Wheatbelt Avon Bird Group, Denmark and surrounds 5 day excursion. Leaders: J. Donegan and M. Howard (email here for more details)
Monday, 19 October to Sunday, 25 October – Aussie Bird Count, National Event, details here
Sunday, 1 November to Friday, 6 November – Campout, Bremer Bay. Leader: Peter Sandilands (details and tickets here)
Friday, 13 November to Sunday, 15 November – BIGnet 2026 Meeting, Bundanoon & Penrose NSW, hosted by BirdLife Southern Highlands (details here)
Saturday, 5 December to Tuesday, 8 December – Bremer Canyon Pelagic Trips, Naturaliste Charters (details & bookings here)
Tuesday, 16 February to Thursday, 18 February 2027 – Australasian Ornithological Conference 2027, Auckland, New Zealand
Please see a summary of our excursion on our website and on our Facebook page.
All over Western Australia.
