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 20 May 2026 edition below:
Thursday, 21 May – Wilbinga National Park film screening, Luna Palace Cinemas, Leederville, start 6.30pm (further details and registration here)
Friday, 22 May – Mandurah Bird Observers Group, Excursion to Lake Pollard, start 8.00am. Leader: Bill Howard (details in this edition and on website here)
Saturday, 23 May – Family Bird Walk and Nature Discovery morning at Baigup Wetland – Wonderful Bayswater Wetlands, start 9.00am (including bird walk led by BirdLife WA volunteers)
Saturday, 23 May – Big Jarrah Tour, hosted by Jarrahdale Forest Protectors, WA Forest Alliance and Ricky England, start 8.30am (details and registration here)
Sunday, 24 May – Half-day excursion, Jandakot Regional Park, Harrisdale, start 8.30am. Leader: Debbie Walker
Sunday, 24 May – Environmental Volunteering Exhibition, Bold Park, Bird Walk at 7.30am, Exhibition from 9.00am to 2.00pm (link to flyer with program here, registration here)
Saturday, 30 May – Bird Talk 10 – What Bird is That?, Denmark Bird Group, Denmark, start 2.00pm (details & flyer here, registration here)
Sunday, 31 May – Bird Talk 10 – Bird Walk, Denmark Bird Group, Denmark, start 8.30am (details & flyer here)
Sunday, 31 May – Half-day excursion, Tom Bateman Reserve, Thornlie, start 8.00am. Leader: Peter White
Thursday, 4 June – BirdLife Bunbury, Mangrove Cove & Leschenault Inlet Avifauna Project, start 5.30pm. Speaker: Tegan Douglas (details in this edition and May BirdChatter, page 11, link here)
Saturday, 6 June – Half-day excursion, Ray Marshall Park, Viveash, start 8.30am. Leader: Peter White
Thursday, 11 June – Half-day excursion, Tomato Lake, Kewdale, start 8.30am. Leader: Ian Wallace
Saturday, 13 June – BirdLife Bunbury, June Excursion – Watson Reserve, Eaton, start 9.00am (details in this edition)
Sunday, 14 June – Half-day excursion, Manning Lake, Spearwood, start 8.30am. Leader: Pauline Woolley
Monday, 15 June – An Evening with Rick Dawson, Mundijong, start 6.00pm (details and registration here)
Saturday, 20 June – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 8.00am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Saturday, 20 June – Christine Groom speaking at Eastern Hills Branch of the Wildflower Society of WA meeting, details to be confirmed
Sunday, 21 June – Half-day excursion, Beenyup Swamp, Woodvale, start 8.30am. Leader: Nigel Sutherland
Friday, 26 June – Mandurah Bird Observers Group, Excursion to Wellard Wetlands, start 8.00am. Leader: Bill Howard (details in this edition and on website here)
Saturday, 27 June – Two-Hour excursion, Bannister Creek, Lynwood, start 8.30am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Saturday, 27 June & Sunday, 28 June – The Great Black Cockatoo Release 2026, Perth Wildlife Hospital & others, details here
Saturday, 27 June – Return to the Old Gould League & Heart of Gould Opening Night, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 2.00pm (details and registration 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, Wildflower Society of WA and Friends of Bold Park Bushland)
Saturday, 4 July – Half-day excursion, The Spectacles, Kwinana, start 8.30am. Leaders: Chris and Belinda Van Haeften
Sunday, 5 July – Winter PeliCount 2026, Save the Date, details to follow (link to COAST Rescue Facebook page here)
Thursday, 9 July – Half-day excursion, Piney Lakes, Winthrop, start 8.30am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Sunday, 12 July – Half-day excursion, Herdsman Lake (North), Herdsman, start 8.30am. Leader: Lou Scampoli
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)
Saturday, 25 July – Half-day excursion, Wungong Gorge, Wungong, start 9.00am. Leader: Steve Lofthouse
Sunday, 26 July – Albany Bird Group, Lake Seppings walk, start 8.30am (details on website here)
Sunday, 1 November to Friday, 6 November – Campout, Bremer Bay. Leader: Peter Sandilands (details and tickets 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.
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