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 3 June 2026 edition below:
Now until 23 June – NACC ReConnect to Country Project, hosted by City of Greater Geraldton, various locations (supported by BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, details and registration here)
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
Saturday, 6 June – Creating Black Cockatoo Friendly Suburbs, Ethel Warren Bullsbrook Community Centre and Library, start 9.00am. Speakers: Christine Groom and Dean Arthurell (further details and registration here)
Sunday, 7 June – BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, Bird Watching Excursion, White Peak, from 3.00 to 5.30pm (email here for more details)
Monday, 8 June to Friday, 12 June – BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, Winter Shorebird Monitoring, Osprey Monitoring
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)
Saturday, 13 June – Friends of Melville Bird Sanctuary, Walk at Alfred Cove, start 8.30am. Leader: Lesley Macauley (details here)
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, 20 June – BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, Boxthorn Blitz Workshop with CGG, Cape Burney, from 9.00am to 11.00am (details and registration here)
Sunday, 20 June – Cape to Cape Bird Group, Bird Excursion: Castle Bay-Meelup-Gannet Rock, start 9.00am. Leader: Christine Wilder (booking essential, email here)
Sunday, 21 June – Half-day excursion, Beenyup Swamp, Woodvale, start 8.30am. Leader: Nigel Sutherland
Sunday, 21 June – Wonderful Bayswater Wetlands – Community Discovery Morning, Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary, Bayswater, start 9.00am. Bird walk led by BirdLife WA Volunteers (further information and registration here)
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. Leader: Sue Abbotts
Sunday, 5 July – Winter PeliCount 2026, Save the Date, details to follow (link to COAST Rescue Facebook page here)
Sunday, 5 July – BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, Bird Watching Excursion (email here for more details)
Thursday, 9 July – Half-day excursion, Piney Lakes, Winthrop, start 8.30am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Saturday, 11 July – BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, Greenough Dune Planting, Greenough River Mouth (email here for more details)
Sunday, 12 July – Half-day excursion, Herdsman Lake (North), Herdsman, start 8.30am. Leader: Lou Scampoli
Sunday, 12 July to Wednesday 15 July – BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, School Holiday Bird Walks, 8.00am or 3.30pm start (email here for more details)
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, 2 August – Half-day excursion, Fred Jacoby Park/Portagabra Track, Mundaring, start 8.15am. Leader: Peter Sandilands (BirdLife Members only)
Saturday, 8 August – Half-day excursion, Bungendore Park, Bedfordale, start 9.00am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Thursday, 13 August – Half-day excursion, Lake Claremont, Swanbourne, start 8.30am. Leader: David Free
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
Saturday, 5 September – Wheatbelt Avon Bird Group, half-day excursion to Grass Valley (email here for more details)
Saturday, 19 September – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 8.00am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Friday, 25 September to Monday, 28 September – Wheatbelt Avon Bird Group, Owl Surveys Moora Shire. Leader: P. Lewis (email here for more details)
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)
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.
