VISIT OF CENTRAL NORTH FIELD NATS – 7th – 8th NOVEMBER
Schedule:
Saturday : Meet 9.30 Bridport Pavilion car park – car pooling – Waterhouse under Mike Douglas’s guidance. If joining the group at Homestead Road, please ring Mike 63 561243. 5 pm Happy Hour at 20 Edward Street, Bridport. 6.30 Shared meal – around 7.30 shared stories. Could members intending to come for the Saturday night meal, please let me know so I can share the CNFN menu [which has already been planned]
Sunday: An excursion to the spit at Lades Beach for bird watching. Details to be decided Saturday, but at the moment, it looks like a 9am start. Geoff Shannon leading. A shorter walk is planned along Adam’s Beach to the southern shore of the Little Forester River. Meet 9am at the car park at the end of Bentley Street, Bridport – Leader Hazel Britton.
NATURETRACKERS GET TOGETHER – Sunday Nov 15 at 2 pm.
Join us to learn about three citizen science projects making an impact in Tasmania, and how you can contribute. An online webinar will be available to anyone interested, with in person get togethers around Tassie. The Country University Centre in St Helens will be hosting for the East Coast.
Register your interest via this link: https://events.humanitix.com/naturetrackers-together-2026
You can find out more on our website: http://naturetrackers.com.au/index.php The ‘Projects’ tab will take you to our 3 projects, Where?Where?Wedgie!, CallTrackers, and Claws on the Line.
If you are familiar with any of these, your presence would be especially welcome, to share your experience and encourage others. Contact Liese at 0407230354
AUSSIE BIRD COUNT ENDS.
Australia’s largest annual citizen scientist event has just ended and while official results have not been published, it is known that 6,167,355 birds were counted last week. The information provides a national snapshot of the birds around us. Birds Australia know that one in six birds in Australia is at risk and we know that some of those are in Tasmania.
Consider doing this count next year – there’s an app to make it easy. Here’s a diagram from the app. indicating the number of participants/observers from the north east.
WIND FARM @ TOMAHAWK NEWS.
An organisation called the Tomahawk Protection Society was set up explicitly to rally the community to have a united voice in negotiations with ACEN who are preparing for N.E.Wind, a project planned for Waterhouse and Rushy Lagoon.
The Tomahawk Protection Group were able to have a fair bit of input during the consultation process and are celebrating an announcement this week that the Waterhouse/Tomahawk component of the wind farm has now been withdrawn from the project.
DECEMBER OUTING- PARADISE PLAINS – THIRD TIME LUCKY. 🤞
This will be the third attempt at this activity. Details next month, when we return to our normal outing day, the second Saturday of the month, 12th December.