Ashmore mega-trip less than five months away

Rohan, I love the fact that the trip is a week or two later than usual – during the week that had previously only been available to your ‘research’ trips. Could be the motherlode for vagrants, though the spectacle of those amazing seabird assemblages on the Ashmore breeding islands, and the verifiable lucky dip for . . . → Read More: Ashmore mega-trip less than five months away

Bonus day (and island) added to the Ashmore Reef Expedition Oct/Nov 2015 (Advertisement of sorts)

Hi All, As part of the Kimberley Birdwatching expedition to Ashmore Reef my research group are covering the cost of an additional day of charter so that we can recover one of our seabird tracking stations that’s at Adele Island. This means everyone gets an extra day and a landing at one of the most . . . → Read More: Bonus day (and island) added to the Ashmore Reef Expedition Oct/Nov 2015 (Advertisement of sorts)

Migration in Willie Wagtails

Interesting to note. Most of the birds that are known to migrate latitudinally long distance in eastern Australia, we detect the changes quite obviously in the ACT. Also in the ACT we are more familiar with altitudinal migration than most parts of Australia. The COG Atlas, which was based on recording rates, shows reduced recording . . . → Read More: Migration in Willie Wagtails