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 6 May 2026 edition below:
Until Sunday, 17 May – Submissions for 2027 BirdLife WA Calendar open
Until Sunday, 10 May – Gero Tree Festival, BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, detailed event schedule here – plus Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo Photography Display at Geraldton Regional Library
Wednesday, 6 May – BirdLife Bunbury, Mangrove Cove Avifauna Survey, start 7.30am (details in this edition and April newsletter on page 9)
Wednesday, 6 May – Half-day excursion, Ascot Waters, Ascot, start 8.00am. Leader: Betty Bryant
Thursday, 7 May – Quiz Night, hosted by BWA and Wildflower Society of WA, WA Ecology Centre, Floreat, start 7.00pm (details and tickets here)
Thursday, 7 May – Discovery Session – 2040 Screening, hosted by City of Joondalup, start 6.00pm (details and tickets here)
Saturday, 9 May – Half-day excursion, Lake Goollelal, Kingsley, start 8.00am. Leaders: Lesley Macauley and Lou Scampoli
Saturday, 9 May – Creating Black Cockatoo Friendly Suburbs, hosted by City of Rockingham, start 10.30am. Speaker: Christine Groom (details & registration here)
Sunday, 10 May – Gero Tree Festival, Birdwatching with BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, start 7.30am (link to flyer here)
Tuesday, 12 May – Albany Bird Group, half-day bird outing to Cheynes Beach / Waychinicup area, start 8.00am (details in this edition and on website here)
Wednesday, 13 May – Amending the Cat Act, hosted by Urban Bushland Council, West Perth, start 6.00pm (details and registration here)
Wednesday, 13 May – Friends of Bold Park Bushland AGM, WA Ecology Centre, start 7.00pm. Guest speaker: Ian Abbott talking about ‘Changes in bird species composition in Bold Park and surrounding areas, 1829-2020s’ (details here)
Saturday, 16 May – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 8.00am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Saturday, 16 May – Half-day excursion, Flynn Road, Mundaring, start 9.00am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Saturday, 16 May – Christine Groom speaking at APACE WA, North Fremantle, details to be confirmed
Sunday, 17 May – BirdLife Bunbury, Donnybrook Bird Walk, start 8.30am (details in this edition and April newsletter on page 10)
Sunday, 17 May – Submissions for 2027 BirdLife WA Calendar closing
Monday, 18 May – Federal Budget Breakdown for Nature, Webinar hosted by Biodiversity Council, start 1.00pm (details and registration here)
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 this edition and on website 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)
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 April newsletter on page 10)
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
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
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, details to be confirmed, save the dates
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, 1 November to Friday, 6 November – Campout, Bremer Bay. Leader: Peter Sandilands (details and tickets 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.
