DATE	PLACE AND OBJECTIVES		HIGH TIDE
Sat 9 May Birgita Hansen	Fairhaven, French Island Pied Oystercatcher		1317		2.89
Sun 10 May Roz Jessop	Roussacπs, Charles Hall Road (Corner Inlet) Pied & Sooty Oystercatcher		1339		2.42
Sun 24 May Roz Jessop & Jon Fallaw	Rhyll Pied Oystercatcher		1229		2.82
Sun 7 June	Barry Beach Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher		1209		2.34
Sat 20 and Sun 21 June	West Corner Inlet Count East Corner Inlet Count (Nooramunga NP)		0827 0932		2.29 2.32
Mon 22 June to Thur 25 June	Corner Inlet (Nooramunga NP) Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher, Bar-tailed Godwit, Red Knot (Stay at Rosemary Davidsonπs at Yanakie)		1044 to 1405		2.36 to 2.52
Thur 9 July	Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatcher		1435		2.89
Sat 25 & Sun 26 July	Barry Beach & Roussac Point Pied and Sooty Oystercatcher (Stay at Rosemary Davidsonπs at Yanakie)		1434 1526		2.48 2.55
Sat 22 Aug	Rhyll Bar-tailed Godwit		1415		2.91
Sat 5 to Sun 6 Sept	AWSG Conference Hobart
Sat 12 Sept	VWSG AGM (Clive & Patπs house) 10am – 10pm 10am Equipment maintenance 4pm AGM 7-10pm Talks Small charge to cover meal costs applies
Sun 20 Sept	Stockyard Point Pied Oystercatcher	1342		2.76
Sat 24 to Sun 25 Oct	Queenscliff Bar-tailed Godwit & Red Knot * at The Heads, two hours later in Swan Bay (Camp at Swan Island)	0452* 1629* 0527*		1.59 1.39 1.52
Sat 31 Oct to Sun 21 Nov	AWSG NWA Wader and Tern Expedition
Wed 4 Nov Robyn Atkinson Dave Cropley	Mud Island Caspian & Crested Tern	1324		1.32
Sat 21 Nov Susan Taylor	Sandy Point Sanderling	1526		1.35

Thur 26 Nov Robyn Atkinson Dave Cropley	Mud Islands Caspian & Crested Tern	12.30 Low tide	0.54
Sat 12 Dec Birgita Hansen	Yallock Creek Red-necked Stint, Curlew Sandpiper & Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Set nets previous evening and camp or stay at Harewood House, Tooradin)	0857	2.66
Tues 15 Dec	Mud Islands Caspian & Crested Tern	1153	1.25
Mon 21 Dec	Clonmel Island, Corner Inlet Caspian and Crested Tern	1559	2.00
Tues 22 Dec	The Nobbies Crested Tern chicks (Meet at 08.00am)	Low tide 10.25	0.52
Wed 23 Dec	Rhyll Bar-tailed Godwit (Set nets previous evening and stay at Roz Jessopπs house)	0605	2.84
Mon 28 to Wed 30 Dec	Werribee SF Red-necked Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Stay overnight at Cocoroc Hall)	1051 1135 1230	0.85 0.84 0.82

Provisional Dates for 2010

Corner Inlet counts – Friday 29^th Jan (West) and Sat 30^th Jan (East)

Corner Inlet Monday 8^th to Thursday 11^th February.

South Australia Mon 1^st to Mon 8^th March (travel over on 1^st back on 8^th)

King Island –Tuesday 16^th to Tuesday 23^rd March (fly over am 16^th back pm 23^rd)

Contacts:

Clive Minton	165 Dalgetty Rd, Beaumaris. 3193. 9589 4901 phone 0427 831 080 mobile (field only) mintons@ozemail.com.au	Roz Jessop	03 5952 1857 (H) 0427 521 857 Mobile (field only) moonbird@waterfront.net.au
Susan Taylor	5182 5470 (H) 5183 9104 (W) 0428 839 104 susan.taylor@dse.vic.gov.au	Birgita Hansen	0428 591810 Mobile (try first) 03 9905 5661 (H) Birgita.Hansen@sci.monash.edu.au
Doris Graham	9482 2112 (h) phone and fax grahamdm@melbpc.org.au Messages 0409 230341	Rosemary Davidson	9885 8231 (h) 5687 1322 (Yanakie) rosiedavidson@iprimum.com.au
Ken Gosbell	9729 5524 (H) 0429 804524 (field only) ken@gosbell.id.au	Robyn Atkinson	5251 3177 (h) 0429 965271 Robyn.Atkinson@sjog.org.au
Dave Cropley	9763 6073(h) scropley7@bigpond.com

The meeting time is normally 5 hours before high tide.

Please contact relevant team leader several days before each fieldwork date to check on details.

Activities listed are dependent on satisfactory recce information. Other catching will be added to the programme at short notice if opportunities/needs arise. In particular attempts to recapture Ruddy Turnstone carrying geo-locators (data loggers) will be made at Flinders and in South Australia when observers (Penny John and Maureen Christie) locate returned birds.