Latham’s Snipe project and migration

Hi all, For anyone interesting in knowing more about Latham’s snipe, we are starting a project at Port Fairy, Victoria on their annual migration and local movement patterns. We’re putting out up to 40 geolocators this summer (starting this week), and hope to deploy satellite trackers next year. There are also regular counts and leg-flagging planned for this summer. We plan to post updates fairly regularly over the non-breeding season: you can follow updates for the project via https://lathamssnipeproject.wordpress.com/news/ – there should be a ‘follow’ button in the bottom right-hand corner. We’re also keen to get a picture of Latham’s snipe migration patterns elsewhere in Australia, especially first arrivals for the year. This year we have the first Australian record for this non-breeding season from August 8 (Oxley Creek Common, Queensland), with the first NSW record from August 20, and Victorian record from August 22. We have no records of them from Tasmania yet this year. See more, and links to sighting reports here https://lathamssnipeproject.wordpress.com/2015/09/03/first-snipe-of-the-2015-6-season-arrive/ . If you have an earlier record for this year, arrival records for other years or interesting snipe observations (large numbers, unusual location or time) we’d love to hear from you. Regards, Dave The Latham’s Snipe Project team — Dr David Wilson Environmental consultant www.davidwilsonconsulting.com www.lathamssnipeproject.wordpress.com