Resident Shorebird Monitoring Program Stanley to Narawntapu

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Resident Shorebird Monitoring Programme, Stanley to Narawntapu NP. January 2010 to December 2019

INTRODUCTION Background In September 2009, Cradle Coast NRM sponsored me to attend the 7th Australian Shorebird Conference in Hobart. I attended with Anna Wind and Belinda Colson (CCNRM staff). At this conference Dr Eric Woehler showed maps of Tasmania with plots for resident shorebird records. These showed there were no plots for most of the section between the Tamar Estuary and Stanley. I knew that there were many records from National Hooded Plover Surveys and records sent for Tasmanian Bird Reports. I thought it would be a worthwhile project for me and other birdwatchers in the area to ‘fill the gaps’. Anna Wind thought it could be worked up into a project to involve the public and enhance public awareness of our shorebirds with the necessary message of conservation. In January 2010 Dionna Newton joined the staff at Cradle Coast NRM and was assigned to work as the Project Manager. Dionna and I designed the project together. We decided to recruit participants from the public through the media (local radio stations and newspapers), and I persuaded knowledgeable local birdwatchers to act as Lead Volunteers. At the time, I did not know of any similar project that advertised for participants in the local media, rather than in bird journals and ornithological societies. It was necessary to tailor the programme to attract and retain as wide a diversity of participants as possible. This involved flexible monitoring periods and other parameters which would not have been used in a more scientific study. 1


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