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 1 April 2026 edition below:
Until Sunday, 17 May – Submissions for 2027 BirdLife WA Calendar open
Saturday, 4 April – Half-day excursion, Bold Park, City Beach, start 8.00am. Leader: Steve Lofthouse
Wednesday, 8 April – City of Cockburn, Citizen Science Talk, Success Library, start 10.00am. Speaker: Rochelle Steven (details & registration here)
Thursday, 9 April – Half-day excursion, Blackwall Reach, Bicton, start 8.30am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Saturday, 11 April – City of Vincent, Bird Habitats by the River, start 8.00am. Leader: Rochelle Steven (details & registration here)
Saturday, 11 April – Friends of Bold Park Bushland, guided walk: Bold & Beautiful Banksias, start 9.00am (details here)
Saturday, 11 April – Samson Tree and Wildlife Festival 2026, Samson Park – City of Fremantle, from 11.00am to 4.00pm (sadly, we will not be there)
Saturday, 11 April – BirdLife Bunbury, Excursion to Old Backwater, Treendale, start 8.00am (details in this edition or March newsletter on page 9)
Saturday, 11 April – Cape to Cape Bird Group, Beenup Wetlands Bird Excursion, exact details to follow (full information in latest newsletter on page 3, booking by email here essential)
Saturday, 11 April – Albany Bird Group, Lake Seppings walk, start 8.30am (details on website or in latest newsletter here)
Sunday, 12 April – Half-day excursion, Victoria Reservoir, Canning Mills, start 8.00am. Leader: Betty Bryant
Sunday, 12 April – Great Cocky Count, south-western WA (registrations close on 22 March, details here)
Tuesday, 14 April – Albany Bird Group, half-day outing, Twin Creeks Conservation Reserve, start 8.00am (details on website or in latest newsletter here)
Wednesday, 15 April – Friends of Bold Park Bushland, guided walk: Bold Park Family Nocturnal Tour, start 6.00pm (details here)
Thursday, 16 April – Living Green – Guided Birdwalk, hosted by City of Kwinana, Sloans Reserve, start 9.00am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers (details and registration here)
Friday, 17 April to Sunday, 19 April – Bremer Bay Bird Expedition, run by Naturaliste Charters, single day trips leaving from Bremer Bay Harbour – start 7.00am (details and bookings here)
Saturday, 18 April – Lake Herdsman Bird Walk, Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre, start 8.00am. Leaders: BirdLife WA Volunteers
Saturday, 18 April – Half-day excursion, Lake Leschenaultia, Chidlow, start 9.00am. Leader: Charles Merriam
Saturday, 18 April – ReWild for Carnaby’s Cockatoos, hosted by City of Melville, start 9.00am (details & tickets here)
Saturday, 18 April – Urban Greening and Black Cockatoos, hosted by City of Stirling, start 9.00am. Speakers: Simon Blackwell & Christine Groom (details & registration here)
Sunday, 19 April – Friends of Bold Park Bushland, guided walk: Banksia Explorer Walk, start 9.00am (details here)
Wednesday, 22 April – Serventy Memorial Lecture 2026, Social Sciences Lecture Theatre – UWA, Crawley, start 7.30pm (details & tickets here)
Thursday, 23 April to Sunday, 26 April – Wings on King, Autumn 2026 Bird Surveys on King Island (details and registration here)
Friday, 24 April – Mandurah Bird Observers Group, Creery Wetlands Nature Reserve, Mandurah, start 7.30am. Leader: Bill Howard (details in this edition and on website here)
Saturday, 25 April to Tuesday, 28 April – MukinBIRDin’ Campout 2026, Mukinbudin Caravan Park (detailed flyer here)
Sunday, 26 April – Half-day excursion, Herdsman Lake, Moondine Drive, start 8.30am. Leader: Steve Lofthouse
Sunday, 26 April – BirdLife Bunbury, Excursion to Remnant Wetlands of Preston River, Bunbury, start 8.00am (details in this edition or March newsletter on page 9)
Thursday, 30 April – Discovery Session – Creating cockatoo friendly suburbs, hosted by the City of Joondalup, start 6.00pm. Speaker: Christine Groom (details & tickets here)
Saturday, 2 May – 2026 River Guardians Family Festival, Sir James Mitchell Park, South Perth, from 9.00am to 12.00pm (details here, BirdLife WA will be there)
Saturday, 2 May to Sunday, 10 May – Gero Tree Festival, BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton, detailed event schedule to follow
Saturday, 2 May – Gero Tree Festival Opening Day, Geraldton, 10.00am to 1.00pm (BirdLife Midwest-Geraldton & NACC will share a stall)
Sunday, 3 May – Half-day excursion, Ashfield Flats, Bassendean, start 8.00am. Leader: Peter White
Sunday, 3 May – Love the Lesch Festival, Ridley Place, Australind, 10.00am to 2.00pm (BirdLife Bunbury bird walk from 9:15am, festival details here)
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 (save the date, tickets will go on sale very soon)
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)
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 – Submissions for 2027 BirdLife WA Calendar closing
Sunday, 24 May – Half-day excursion, Jandakot Regional Park, Harrisdale, start 8.30am. Leader: Debbie Walker
Sunday, 31 May – Half-day excursion, Tom Bateman Reserve, Thornlie, start 8.00am. Leader: Peter White
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
Sunday, 14 June – Half-day excursion, Manning Lake, Spearwood, start 8.30am. Leader: Pauline Woolley
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
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.
