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BirdLife Castlemaine District Calendar 2019

Tuesday, 1 January 2019

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The BirdLife Castlemaine District bird walks are on the first Saturday of each month, with the occasional additional activity.  All levels of experience are welcome – the walks are a great chance to learn from and have fun with fellow birdwatchers. Each walk we will also use the Birdata app to do a survey to record the birds observed. This is in order to collect data to be added to BirdLife Australia’s database, and teach birdwatchers about becoming citizen scientists.  Data collected is essential to support the conservation efforts of BirdLife Australia.

Full details about the walk time, location, what to bring, walk duration, birds we expect to see, etc. will be sent to our email mailing list and posted on the BirdLife Castlemaine District Facebook page and included in our eNews in the lead up to each walk.  Become a BirdLife member http://birdlife.org.au/support-us/join-us/ to subscribe to our mailing list, or email castlemaine@birdlife.org.au.

Standard things to bring along to each walk include water, snacks, binoculars, hat, sunscreen, sturdy shoes, long pants during snake season, and other weather-appropriate gear.  Walks will be cancelled if the temperature is forecast to be 35 degrees or more during the time of the walk, severe weather warnings are forecast, or if the day has been declared a Total Fire Ban.

For more information, email castlemaine@birdlife.org.au, or call Judy Hopley (0425 768 559) or

Asha Bannon (0418 428 721).

 

DATE DETAILS
January 5 Leader: Tanya Loos

Location: Wombat State Forest, Blackwood

February 2 Leader: Jane Rusden

Location: Warburtons Bridge, Glenluce

Other details: Breakfast with the birds

March 2 Walk cancelled due to extreme weather conditions
April 6 Leader: Damian Kelly

Location: Coliban Main Channel – Tyquins Road, Taradale

Sunday April 14 Leader: Jane Rusden

Location: Bald Hill Reserve, Kyneton

Other details: Joint walk with Friends of Bald Hill Reserve

May 4 Leader: Asha Bannon

Location: Muckleford Forest

Other details: Swift Parrot count followed by BirdLife Castlemaine District Branch AGM

Sunday May 19 Joint workshop with Connecting Country: Birdata app and 2Ha/20Min surveys

Location: TBC

Sunday May 26 Leader: Jane Rusden

Location: Rise and Shine Bushland Reserve, Sandon

Other details: Joint walk with Birdlife Ballarat

June 1 Leader: Peter Turner

Location: Barkers Creek Reservoir, Harcourt

July 6 Leader: Tanya Loos

Location: Tipperary Springs, Daylesford

August 3 Leader: Asha Bannon

Location: Lakeys Road and Railway line walk, Shelbourne

September 7 Leaders: Jenny Rolland and Euan Moore

Location: Pilchers Bridge Nature Conservation Reserve

October 5 Leader: Community-led

Location: Rise and Shine Bushland Reserve, Sandon

Other details: Joint excursion with South East Australia Naturalists Association

November 2 Leader: Sue Boekel

Location: Muckleford Forest Newstead: Mia Mia Track /South German Track

December 7 Leaders: Judy and Philip Hopley

Location: Mount Alexander – Leanganook Camping Ground loop track

Walk followed by end-of-year lunch