2015 Waterbird Survey Map

Date Location Description
18/11/2015 Day 25, the Macquarie Marshes to Sydney

 

Observer: Terry Korn With the threat of high temperatures into the 40’s over the coming days we were keen to get an early start from Bourke and head…

 

17/11/2015 Day 24, Moree to the Paroo

 

Observer: Terry Korn Westwards today, leaving behind the rich cropping country of Moree with its diminished, stressed wetlands to the largely…

 

16/11/2015 Day 23, Sydney to the Gwydir Wetlands

 

Observer: Terry Korn Everyone has unfinished business and so it was for us today. Before we could head to the Darling part of the Murray-Darling…

 

10/11/2015 Day 22, Swan Hill to Hume Dam

 

Observer: Richard Kingsford Long day today – about seven hours of flying across the southern part of the Murray-Darling Basin. We set off west of…

 

9/11/2015 Day 21, Sydney to the Cumbung system

 

Observer: Richard Kingsford We began by surveying Band 3, the eastern part of the our eastern Australian waterbird survey, because we low cloud had…

 

07/11/2015 Day 20, Lake Alexandrina to Sydney

 

Observer: Richard Kingsford Mist and low cloud greeted us when we set off early back to Sydney. First survey was to repeat our hour and half or so…

 

06/11/2015 Day 19, Goolwa to Lake Alexandrina

 

Observer - Richard Kingsford We have a routine for the Coorong – get in the air early before the wind and heat get up. So up and in the air by 6.…

 

05/11/2015 Day 18, Mildura to Goolwa

 

Observer: Richard Kingsford We just beat the huge storm front which came through Mildura where we stayed last night. We decided to get away early in…

 

04/11/2015 Day 17, Sydney to the Hattah Lakes

 

Observer: Richard Kingsford On our way down the Murray this week – it is always a treat to fly down the river, something I never tire of. It was…

 

29/10/2015 Day 16, Warrnambool to Sydney

 

Observer: Richard Kingsford Up at dawn for a stunning flight over the King, Ovens, Kiewa and Mitta Mitta Rivers. The early morning sun and wisps of…

 

28/10/2015 Day 15, Warrnambool to Wangaratta

 

Observer: Richard Kingsford A crisp clear morning greeted us today, with a cold southeasterly off the ocean. We took off and flew over the unique…

 

27/10/2015 Day 14, Sydney to Warrnambool

 

Observer - Richard Kingsford We headed south from Sydney to do the two most southerly survey bands over this week. Band 2 runs from around Bermagui…

 

22/10/2015 Day 13, Griffith to Sydney

 

Observer - Richard Kingsford Another lovely cool morning. We started by surveying two lakes near Griffith. One was Barrenbox Swamp. This large…

 

21/10/2015 Day 12, Menindee Lakes to the Murrumbidgee

 

Observer - Richard Kingsford Overnight thunderstorms and a southerly change had considerably cooled the outback – surveying in low temperatures out…

 

20/10/2015 Day 11, Sydney to Menindee Lakes

 

Observer: Richard Kingsford New blogger on survey today. Terry did a wonderful job surveying and writing about our northern survey. Today we headed…

 

16/10/2015 Day 10, Armidale to Sydney

 

Observer - Terry Korn Today we were in the home straight. Just a short run from Armidale down to the Upper Hunter to count some small storages…

 

15/10/2015 Day 9, William Creek to Sydney

 

Observer: Terry Korn Much like yesterday’s early morning start in Cunnamulla, the drive to the White cliffs airport in the dawn light was a “dodge…

 

14/10/2015 Day 8, Cunnamulla to Tibooburra

 

Observer: Terry Korn A newly washed Cunnamulla greeted us as the day dawned with a sparkling sky to take us west into the Strzelecki Desert to count…

 

13/10/2015 Day 7, Quilpie to St George

 

Observer: Terry Korn “It was a dark and stormy night” is considered the worst beginning of a story ever by a novelist but tonight in Cunnamulla it…

 

12/10/2015 Day 6, Windorah to Quilpie

 

12/10/15 Observer - Terry Korn Few people have the privilege to cross Cooper’s Creek, the Diamantina River, King’s Creek, Eyre Creek, Bulloo River,…

 

11/10/2015 Day 5, Rockhampton to Windorah

 

Observer: Terry Korn An early start from Rockhampton took us south to Band 8 for a track west to Windorah for an overnight stay. Shortly after…

 

9/10/2015 Day 4, Mt Isa to Rockhampton

 

Observer: Terry Korn We had a long day in the plane today but only a few wetlands, as we headed east along band 9, before overnighting in…

 

8/10/2015 Day 3, Airlie Beach to Mt Isa

 

Observer: Terry Korn Today we headed west to Mt Isa, along the most northern band 10. Sixty two per cent of the wetlands we visited today were dry.…

 

07/10/2015 Day 2, Maroochydore to Airlie Beach

 

Observer: Terry Korn A strong tailwind shunted us up the Sunshine coast today and we headed north to tackle surveys on the coastal wetlands of bands…

 

06/10/2015 Day 1, Sydney to Maroochydore

 

Observer: Terry Korn We left a very hot Sydney behind us, grateful to be heading north along the coast and away from the mid thirty temperatures,…