Dear all, On behalve of Arjan Dwarshuis, who is currently undertaking a attempt to break the World record of birds seen in a year (6000+). Today he is up to 1057 species, see here: world.observation.org/arjan.php and all is well on schedule. He could not do this attempt by visiting Australia, and for all locations visited, … Read more
BirdLife Victoria Pelagic off Portland, Victoria, 7 February 2016 Participants: Scott Baker, Tim Bawden, Mark Buckby, Iian Denham, Paul Dodd, Rob Farnes, Tracey-Ann Hooley, Brian Johnston, Rosemary Lester, Wendy McWilliams, Ruth Woodrow, Chris Lester (organiser). Crew: Kevin and Nick. Activity: Departed Portland Harbour aboard the Timaru at 7.05 and headed southwest towards the shelf. Stopped … Read more
Just looking at the stats – ebird.org/ebird/gbbc/region/world/regions?yr=cur&m= Australia is currently 3rd (will probably finish about 7th) with 428 species from 412 checklists. The United States is currently first with 556 species from 15,972 checklists. They will probably be overtaken before too long by India with is on 487 from 1039 lists. The eventual winner will … Read more
Participants: Hazel Britton, Karen Dick, Ian Halliday, Rob Hamilton, Matthew Lark, Christina Port, Lauren Roman, Nicole Sommer, Peter Valentine, Els Wakefield, Martin Willis, Neil Wingert and Paul Brooks (report compiler) Trip organised by Inala Nature Tours. Boat: The Pauletta, skippered by John Males, with deckhand Michael Males. Activity: Left port at 0710 hrs to circumnavigate … Read more