2021 Waterbird Survey Map

Date Location Description
02/12/2021 Day 25, Remaining wetlands and the big finale! Observers:  Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: Tim Dugan Today was our last leg – and what a relief for us all. It had been a long survey…
24/11/2021 Day 24, Birdsville to Sydney Observers:  Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: Tim Dugan We left Birdsville under cloudy skies on sunrise. We had a big day in front of us…
23/11/2021 Day 23, Rockhampton to Birdsville Observers:  Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: Tim Dugan An early start out of Rockhampton again – with a bright outlook for the day until…
22/11/2021 Day 22, Mt Isa to Rockhampton Observers:  Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: Tim Dugan   This Mount Isa to Rockhampton leg is always one of our most taxing. It starts…
21/11/2021 Day 21, Airlie Beach to Mount Isa Observers: John Porter & Richard Kingsford Pilot: Tim Dugan   We were one of the first vehicles out to the airport early in the morning,…
20/11/2021 Day 20, Townsville to Airlie Beach Observers: John Porter & Richard Kingsford Pilot: Tim Dugan   Today, we headed up the coast - all the way up to Cairns, surveying the…
19/11/2021 Day 19, Gladstone to Townsville Observers: John Porter & Richard Kingsford Pilot: Tim Dugan It was about 20 minutes from Gladstone to the Fitzroy River near Rockhampton - up…
18/11/2021 Day 18, Sydney to Gladstone Observers: John Porter & Richard Kingsford Pilot: Tim Dugan   Today was a big day, one that we didn't think we would ever make. On Thursday we…
10/11/2021 Day 17, Goolwa to Sydney Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: Tim Dugan   We decided to get away early because the rain was coming, setting off from…
09/11/2021 Day 16, The Coorong and the Lower Lakes Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell   Our morning started slowly. Regulations for our ‘essential worker’ status in…
08/11/2021 Day 15, Sydney to Goolwa Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell   The last two weeks had been difficult as we have waited to find out whether…
28/10/2021 Day 14, Deniliquin to Sydney Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell From Deniliquin, we headed straight northeast to pick up Band number 3 just…
27/10/2021 Day 13, Warrnambool to Deniliquin Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell After we jumped in the plane at Warrnambool, we headed a little further west,…
26/10/2021 Day 12, Sydney to Warrnambool Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell We headed south out of Sydney, down the coast straight towards Bermagui on the…
21/10/2021 Day 11, Swan Hill to Sydney Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell   We got away early in the morning because we knew we had a fairly long survey…
20/10/2021 Day 10, Deniliquin to Swan Hill Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter   Pilot: James Barkell   We left Deniliquin on the Edward River early in the morning and headed…
19/10/2021 Day 9, Sydney to Deniliquin Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell We headed from Sydney to the south. The first waterbodies we surveyed were the…
15/10/2021 Day 8, Griffith to Sydney Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell We left Griffith under overcast conditions with showers coming across from the…
14/10/2021 Day 7, Broken Hill to Griffith Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell We headed out of Broken Hill in a southeastern direction, back to the Menindee…
13/10/2021 Day 6, Sydney to Broken Hill Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell   We headed out from Sydney in inclement weather. There were early signs that…
10/10/2021 Day 5, Gwydir wetlands Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell We spent the day surveying the Gwydir wetlands, each surveyed twice. Our…
09/10/2021 Day 4, Bourke to Moree Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell We left Bourke early and headed to the northwest to the Paroo River wetlands -…
08/10/2021 Day 3, Tibooburra to Bourke Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell We headed south from Tibooburra, down towards Band 5, which runs from south of…
07/10/2021 Day 2, Bourke to Tibooburra Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell On an overcast day, we headed north out of Bourke, towards survey band 6 over…
06/10/2021 Day 1, Sydney to Bourke Observers: Richard Kingsford & John Porter Pilot: James Barkell This is our 39th aerial survey of waterbirds across eastern Australia and very…
05/10/2021 Get ready for the 39th Aerial Survey 2021! As our team gears up for this years Eastern Australian Waterbird Survey project lead Prof. Richard Kingsford leaves us with a departing message -…