Flock of Pelicans Mullawoolka Basin
2024 Waterbird Survey Map
| Date | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 08/11/2024 | Swan Hill to Sydney | Observers: Richard Kingsford, John Porter Pilot: Thomas Clark Swan Hill lies on the River Murray and a key place for us to stay once we have finished the surveys of the Kerang Lakes. |
| 07/11/2024 | Day 24, Goolwa to Swan Hill | Observers: Richard Kingsford, John Porter, Trainee: Shelley Thompson Pilot: Thomas Clark We left Goolwa pretty early and headed northeast towards the Lower River Murray to do our second count. |
| 06/11/2024 | Day 23, Goolwa to Goolwa | Observers: Richard Kingsford, John Porter, Trainee: Shelley Thompson Pilot: Thomas Clark We always start this full day on the Lower Lakes and the Coorong very early. |
| 05/11/2024 | Day 22, Mildura to Goolwa | Observers: Richard Kingsford, John Porter Trainee: Shelley Thompson Pilot: Thomas Clark We headed northwest of Mildura towards the town of Wentworth where the Darling River ... |
| 04/11/2024 | Day 21, Sydney to Mildura | Observers: John Porter, Richard Kingsford, Pilot: Thomas Clark A heavily overcast day with plenty of haze is the order of the day as we depart Sydney to head south west along the floodplain of the Murray River... |
| 31/10/2024 | Griffith to Sydney | Observers: John Porter, Jody O'Connor Pilot: Thomas Clark Transit day |
| 30/10/2024 | Day 20, Bourke to Griffith | Observers: John Porter, Jody O'Connor Pilot: Thomas Clark Another clear morning for us as we prepared the aircraft to depart Bourke, knowing the increasing temperatures during the day would mean increasingly bumpy conditions. |
| 29/10/2024 | Day 19, Moree to Bourke | Observers: John Porter, Jody O'Connor Pilot: Thomas Clark Another day of warm temperatures and clear skies greeted us at Moree airport as we prepared the aircraft and headed west as we counted along Carole Creek, |
| 28/10/2024 | Day 18, Sydney to Moree | Observers: John Porter, Jody O'Connor Trainees: David Preston and Jorge Maldonado Arciniegas Pilot: Thomas Clark Another day with clear skies greeted us on Monday morning at Bankstown airport; our first destination for the day was Moree... |
| 23/10/2024 | Day 17, Hay to Sydney | Observers: John Porter, Shannon Dundas Trainee: Kurt Murphy Pilot: Thomas Clark Our morning's counting objective was heading east along the highly modified Murrumbidgee flood plain towards Griffith. |
| 22/10/2024 | Day 16, Broken Hill to Hay | Observers: John Porter, Shannon Dundas Trainee: Scott Henshall Pilot: Thomas Clark Our stay in Broken Hill was badly timed as we had arrived in the midst of a total power black-out. |
| 21/10/2024 | Day 15, Sydney to Broken Hill | Observers: John Porter, Shannon Dundas Trainee: Kurt Murphy Pilot: Thomas Clark After the usual pre-flight checks and preparation we departed Sydney and headed to Burrendong Dam in the upper reaches of the Macquarie River. |
| 17/10/2024 | Day 14, Wangaratta to Sydney | Observers: John Porter, Paul Wainwright Trainee: Scott Henshall Pilot: Thomas Clark Clear blue sky and barely a breath of wind greeted us as we departed Wangaratta – perfect duck counting conditions! |
| 16/10/2024 | Day 13, Narracoorte to Wangaratta | Observers: John Porter, Paul Wainwright Trainee: Scott Henshall Pilot: Thomas Clark Departing Narracoorte we flew north to reach survey Band 2 and then continued east. |
| 15/10/2024 | Day 12, Warrnambool to Narracoorte | Observers: John Porter, Paul Wainwright Trainee: Scott Henshall Pilot: Thomas Clark The weather serves us up a mixed bag today with rain showers hampering visibility for short periods but then clearing... |
| 14/10/2024 | Day 11, Sydney to Warrnambool | Observers: John Porter, Paul Wainwright Trainee: Scott Henshall Pilot: Thomas Clark Despite some uninspiring weather forecasts we departed Sydney and headed south to Avon and Cordeaux dams near Wollongong. |
| 11/10/2024 | Day 10, Armidale to Sydney | Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson Pilot: Thomas Clark Our last survey day was short. We left with low cloud around Armidale and headed south to survey Band 4. |
| 10/10/2024 | Day 9, Tibooburra to Armidale | Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson Pilot: Thomas Clark Again, we headed off early in the morning after refuelling at Tibooburra and headed south to survey Band 5... |
| 09/10/2024 | Day 8, Tibooburra to Tibooburra - Coongie Lakes | Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson Pilot: Thomas Clark We headed off early, north of Tibooburra to pick up survey Band 6 where we left off yesterday. |
| 08/10/2024 | Day 7, Dalby to Tibooburra | Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson Pilot: Thomas Clark We headed off early down to survey Band 6 which starts with Coolmunda Dam. |
| 07/10/2024 | Day 6, Birdsville to Dalby | Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson Pilot: Thomas Clark It was a beautiful morning, with the sun shining on the dunes, as we left Birdsville to go south... |
| 06/10/2024 | Day 5, Rockhampton to Birdsville | Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson Pilot: Thomas Clark We started the survey on Band 8, just east of Biloela, south of Rockhampton on a hazy humid day. |
| 04/10/2024 | Day 4, Mount Isa to Rockhampton | Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson Pilot: Thomas Clark Today was a long leg, demanding an early start with a plane load up before dawn. |
| 03/10/2024 | Day 3, Airlie Beach to Mount Isa | Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson Pilot: Thomas Clark Taking off over Shute Harbour and looking out to the Whitsunday Islands on our way west, along Survey Band 10. |
| 02/10/2024 | Day 2, Maroochydore to Airlie Beach | Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson Pilot: Thomas Clark Maroochydore lies within one of our survey bands and so soon after we got in the air... |
| 01/10/2024 | Day 1, Sydney to Maroochydore | Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson Pilot: Thomas Clark Great day for flying. The 42nd year of our aerial survey of waterbirds was all in front of us. |
| 01/10/2024 | Day 1, pre-survey, Sydney | Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson Pilot: Thomas Clark Lead researcher Richard Kingsford provides a summary of the upcoming 2024 aerial survey. |
- Date
- 08/11/2024
- Location
- Swan Hill to Sydney
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, John Porter
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Swan Hill lies on the River Murray and a key place for us to stay once we have finished the surveys of the Kerang Lakes.
- Date
- 07/11/2024
- Location
- Day 24, Goolwa to Swan Hill
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, John Porter,
Trainee: Shelley Thompson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
We left Goolwa pretty early and headed northeast towards the Lower River Murray to do our second count.
- Date
- 06/11/2024
- Location
- Day 23, Goolwa to Goolwa
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, John Porter,
Trainee: Shelley Thompson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
We always start this full day on the Lower Lakes and the Coorong very early.
- Date
- 05/11/2024
- Location
- Day 22, Mildura to Goolwa
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, John Porter
Trainee: Shelley Thompson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
We headed northwest of Mildura towards the town of Wentworth where the Darling River ...
- Date
- 04/11/2024
- Location
- Day 21, Sydney to Mildura
- Description
Observers: John Porter, Richard Kingsford,
Pilot: Thomas Clark
A heavily overcast day with plenty of haze is the order of the day as we depart Sydney to head south west along the floodplain of the Murray River...
- Date
- 31/10/2024
- Location
- Griffith to Sydney
- Description
Observers: John Porter, Jody O'Connor
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Transit day
- Date
- 30/10/2024
- Location
- Day 20, Bourke to Griffith
- Description
Observers: John Porter, Jody O'Connor
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Another clear morning for us as we prepared the aircraft to depart Bourke, knowing the increasing temperatures during the day would mean increasingly bumpy conditions.
- Date
- 29/10/2024
- Location
- Day 19, Moree to Bourke
- Description
Observers: John Porter, Jody O'Connor
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Another day of warm temperatures and clear skies greeted us at Moree airport as we prepared the aircraft and headed west as we counted along Carole Creek,
- Date
- 28/10/2024
- Location
- Day 18, Sydney to Moree
- Description
Observers: John Porter, Jody O'Connor
Trainees: David Preston and Jorge Maldonado Arciniegas
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Another day with clear skies greeted us on Monday morning at Bankstown airport; our first destination for the day was Moree...
- Date
- 23/10/2024
- Location
- Day 17, Hay to Sydney
- Description
Observers: John Porter, Shannon Dundas
Trainee: Kurt Murphy
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Our morning's counting objective was heading east along the highly modified Murrumbidgee flood plain towards Griffith.
- Date
- 22/10/2024
- Location
- Day 16, Broken Hill to Hay
- Description
Observers: John Porter, Shannon Dundas
Trainee: Scott Henshall
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Our stay in Broken Hill was badly timed as we had arrived in the midst of a total power black-out.
- Date
- 21/10/2024
- Location
- Day 15, Sydney to Broken Hill
- Description
Observers: John Porter, Shannon Dundas
Trainee: Kurt Murphy
Pilot: Thomas Clark
After the usual pre-flight checks and preparation we departed Sydney and headed to Burrendong Dam in the upper reaches of the Macquarie River.
- Date
- 17/10/2024
- Location
- Day 14, Wangaratta to Sydney
- Description
Observers: John Porter, Paul Wainwright
Trainee: Scott Henshall
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Clear blue sky and barely a breath of wind greeted us as we departed Wangaratta – perfect duck counting conditions!
- Date
- 16/10/2024
- Description
Observers: John Porter, Paul Wainwright
Trainee: Scott Henshall
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Departing Narracoorte we flew north to reach survey Band 2 and then continued east.
- Date
- 15/10/2024
- Description
Observers: John Porter, Paul Wainwright
Trainee: Scott Henshall
Pilot: Thomas Clark
The weather serves us up a mixed bag today with rain showers hampering visibility for short periods but then clearing...
- Date
- 14/10/2024
- Location
- Day 11, Sydney to Warrnambool
- Description
Observers: John Porter, Paul Wainwright
Trainee: Scott Henshall
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Despite some uninspiring weather forecasts we departed Sydney and headed south to Avon and Cordeaux dams near Wollongong.
- Date
- 11/10/2024
- Location
- Day 10, Armidale to Sydney
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Our last survey day was short. We left with low cloud around Armidale and headed south to survey Band 4.
- Date
- 10/10/2024
- Location
- Day 9, Tibooburra to Armidale
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Again, we headed off early in the morning after refuelling at Tibooburra and headed south to survey Band 5...
- Date
- 09/10/2024
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
We headed off early, north of Tibooburra to pick up survey Band 6 where we left off yesterday.
- Date
- 08/10/2024
- Location
- Day 7, Dalby to Tibooburra
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
We headed off early down to survey Band 6 which starts with Coolmunda Dam.
- Date
- 07/10/2024
- Location
- Day 6, Birdsville to Dalby
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
It was a beautiful morning, with the sun shining on the dunes, as we left Birdsville to go south...
- Date
- 06/10/2024
- Location
- Day 5, Rockhampton to Birdsville
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
We started the survey on Band 8, just east of Biloela, south of Rockhampton on a hazy humid day.
- Date
- 04/10/2024
- Location
- Day 4, Mount Isa to Rockhampton
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Today was a long leg, demanding an early start with a plane load up before dawn.
- Date
- 03/10/2024
- Location
- Day 3, Airlie Beach to Mount Isa
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Taking off over Shute Harbour and looking out to the Whitsunday Islands on our way west, along Survey Band 10.
- Date
- 02/10/2024
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Maroochydore lies within one of our survey bands and so soon after we got in the air...
- Date
- 01/10/2024
- Location
- Day 1, Sydney to Maroochydore
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Great day for flying. The 42nd year of our aerial survey of waterbirds was all in front of us.
- Date
- 01/10/2024
- Location
- Day 1, pre-survey, Sydney
- Description
Observers: Richard Kingsford, Chris Sanderson
Pilot: Thomas Clark
Lead researcher Richard Kingsford provides a summary of the upcoming 2024 aerial survey.