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Date Status Details
12 Jun 2021 Approved Notes:

Red capped plovers, Swan, Double banded plovers, Pacific gull, Pied oyster catchers.

8 May 2021 Approved
10 Apr 2021 Approved Notes:

Silver gulls, Immature Pacific gull, Great Cormorant.

20 Mar 2021 Approved Notes:

greater cormorant

20 Feb 2021 Approved Notes:

Bird and other Observations: Hooded Plovers fenced off areas. 

3 Horse floats in car park.

9 Jan 2021 Approved
12 Dec 2020 Approved
14 Nov 2020 Approved
9 Oct 2020 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheehan called into site on way home after work on Friday the 9th October and took photos i will endeavour to load. No monitoring took place on Saturday. Photo point site unavailable.

11 Jul 2020 Approved Notes:

Pelican (1)

Cormorants black and pied (several)

Hooded plovers (lots)

Swans

20 Jun 2020 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheehan co-monitor.

Hooded Plovers, Swans.

Signs of sea inundation.

Estuary opened recently artificialy.

14 Mar 2020 Approved Notes:

Beach closed for hooded plover protection, no berm measurements taken.

 

pacific gull (juv)

swans...many

8 Feb 2020 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheahan part of monitoring group.

No Berm measurements due to nesting birds exclusion zone.

Birds observed: Hooded plovers

Swans-6

11 Jan 2020 Approved Notes:

Unable to access area to measure berm due to extent of river and berm - area fenced off to protect bird nesting areas.

14 Dec 2019 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheehan part of this monitoring session.

Note: AHD readings taken at breakwater.

Note 2: Photo of "notice of closure" of track to photo point.

9 Nov 2019 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

Birds observed:65 chestnut teal, swan, silver gulls and hooded plovers (10-15)

12 Oct 2019 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

Birds observed: Great Cormorant, silver gulls and pied oyster catcher.

14 Sep 2019 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

High tide sea water flows into river estuary.

Natural opening during August-bank erosion.

River level cut off from photo point.

Good swell.

10 Aug 2019 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheehan, Eleanor Cowell and James Cowell part of monitoring team.

Birds observed. Hooded Plovers several, Pacific Gulls 2 adults 1 juvenile, Unidentified shorebirds in largish flock, Red Capped Plovers, Red Kneed Dotterels.

6 Jul 2019 Approved Notes:

Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.

8 Jun 2019 Approved
18 May 2019 Approved
13 Apr 2019 Approved
2 Mar 2019 Approved Notes:

Wind picked up during observation recording.

9 Feb 2019 Approved