The Club organises regular bird surveys. The ones to monitor the shorebirds and waterbirds throughout the Hunter Estuary started in 1999 and we have many other long-term studies underway. To register interest in volunteering to assist with undertaking regular surveys and/or to register interest in tagging along for a single survey, please contact the relevant survey organiser.

If you are interested in starting up some new surveys involving HBOC members, we’d be delighted to help you get them going. Contact our Field Studies Coordinator Cyrus Piggott on fieldstudies@hboc.org.au

Contact details for the regular surveys

If you would like to assist with a survey or to find out more information about what is involved, contact the relevant organiser as listed below:

SURVEY CONTACT DETAILS
Hunter Estuary surveys These surveys involve multiple teams visiting roost sites at high tide
Hunter Estuary – Ash Island Alan Stuart
Hunter Estuary – Kooragang Island Dan Williams
Hunter Estuary – Stockton Tom Clarke
Hunter Estuary – Tomago Ann Lindsey
Hunter Estuary – Hexham Ann Lindsey
Other monthly surveys Most of these surveys are aimed at monitoring waterbirds (Earthcare Park = all birds)
Swansea/Lake Macquarie Mandy McDonald
Port Stephens – Swan Bay Neil Fraser
Earthcare Park, Tenambit Marg Clarke
Grahamstown Dam Marg Clarke
Shortland Waters golf club Robert & Margaret Stewart
Morpeth Wastewater Treatment Plant Marg Clarke & Rob Palazzi
Less frequent surveys Some surveys are for specific species, others involve studies of a geographical area
Regent Honeyeater / Swift Parrot Survey Mick Roderick
Rufous Scrub-bird Survey Alan Stuart
Latham’s Snipe Survey Ann Lindsey
Broughton Island (terrestrial birds) Alan Stuart
Tomago Wetlands – Odd months (all birds) Chris Cameron
McCullys Gap (all birds) Tom Clarke
Port Stephens (all waterbirds) Alan Stuart
Martindale Valley (all birds) Bruce Watts
Luskintyre Valley (all birds) Miranda Moore