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MID APRIL IS STILL A BIT EARLY FOR SPRING AT TROMSØ, N. NORWAY Today we finally have nice sunny calm weather here in Tromsø, at 69*50’in N. Norway; +1*C in the morning +4* in the middle of the day. We have had a week of drizzly weather, after heavy snowfalls, that brought the snow-depth up to … Read more
The following is a digest of Sightings Reported on Birdpedia for the period Monday, April 15, 2019 to Sunday, April 21, 2019: Area: SA Location: Dennis Hut Camp ground Waitpinga Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) (20+) Birds were hawking low over the camp ground Reported by: Winston Syson on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 ——————————————— Need more … Read more
Frances, Walking along the riverside across the bridge from Bellingen is generally good. Further afield, downstream, I can recommend the Bundageree Littoral Rainforest Walk, 3 hrs return from Tucker’s Rock via Repton (near the Bellinger mouth) in Bongil Bongil National Park. Much of the walk is in logged tall Eucalypt forest with a regenerating rainforest … Read more
Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic Trip Report – 23rd March 2019 Participants: Joe Bates, Helen Cunningham, Michael Dempsey, Karen Dick, Scott Linnane, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski (report compiler), Andi Magnusson, Ian McDivett, Will Newbery, Ramit Singal, Peter Vaughan and Els Wakefield (trip organiser). Boat: The Pauletta, skippered by John Males, with deckhand Adam Mackintosh. Notes: Quite a wet and … Read more
Eaglehawk Neck Pelagic Trip Report – 7th April 2019 Participants: Ruth Brozek, Daniel Dance, Karen Dick, Paul Fraser, Steve Grainger, Winnie Grainger, Sara Grealy, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski (report compiler), Andi Magnusson, David Neradil, Peter Vaughan and Els Wakefield. (Paul Brooks, the trip organiser, was unable to attend, with Karen Dick in charge of the trip on … Read more