| Survey/Project Number: | 1013 Total No. of Sites: 0 |
| Survey/Project Name: | Shorebirds Gulf St Vincent |
| Abstract: | BirdLife Australia (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union) was founded in 1901 and works to conserve native birds and biological diversity in Australasia and Antarctica, through the study and management of birds and their habitats, and the education and involvement of the community. Gulf St Vincent, South Australia, has long been recognised as an internationally-significant area for shorebirds (Bamford et al. 2008) and over the last 25 years, counts of migratory shorebirds throughout wetlands of the region have been conducted by volunteer counters from organisations including the Australasian Wader Studies Group and Birds South Australia. The Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board (NRM) provided funding to BirdLife Australia to coordinate a complete count of the shorebirds within Gulf St Vincent, including supplementary surveys of poorly known shorebird habitat. AIMS: Commencing in 2009, the project aimed to reinvigorate shorebird population monitoring and identify important shorebird habitats in the region. The resulting report and associated GIS layers provided an inventory of shorebird habitats and highlighted the distribution and abundance of shorebirds in Gulf St Vincent, as well as identifying current and potential threats to shorebirds in the region. Work also included conducting shorebird training workshops to recruit, train and inform counters. Additional funding from the Adelaide and Mount Lofty NRM Board will allow this work to continue until 2016. The reinvigoration of shorebird monitoring in Gulf St Vincent has provided valuable information to BirdLife Australia's Shorebirds 2020 program, which coordinates national shorebird population monitoring. Data available via BIRDLIFE AUSTRALIA SHOREBIRDS 2020, see BDBSA Project 1234. REFERENCE: Purnell, C., Peter, J., Clemens, R. 2014. Shorebird Population Monitoring within Gulf St Vincent: July 2013 to June 2014 Annual Report. BirdLife Australia report for the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board and the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. = https://cdn.environment.sa.gov.au/landscape/docs/hf/shorebird-population-monitoring-2011-2012-rep.pdf |
| Start Date: | 01/01/2009 End Date: 01/01/2025 |
| Survey Type: | Fauna only |
| Study Area Description: | The classified conservation areas include Clinton Conservation Park, Torrens Island Conservation Park, Port Gawler Conservation Park, Barker Inlet Aquatic Reserve, St Kilda-Chapman Creek Aquatic Reserve, Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary, Upper Gulf St Vincent Marine Park, Lower Yorke Peninsula Marine Park and the newly proposed Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary. |
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| Vegetation: | *** No vegetation survey objectives recorded | ||
| Fauna: | Refer to Abstract. | ||
| Methodology | |||
| Vegetation: | *** No vegetation methodology recorded | ||
| Fauna: | A Shorebird Area is defined as a habitat used by the same group of shorebirds.Counts are conducted in line with the Shorebirds 2020 count methodology outlined at: www.birdlife.org.au/projects/shorebirds-2020/counter-resources. Counters are encouraged to contribute to simultaneous counts in which every count area within the shorebird area is covered within the smallest window of time. Counters are then asked to submit their result either by paper form or through the Shorebirds 2020 online data entry portal data.shorebirds.org.au/birds/manage/home.action. The Shorebirds 2020 project aims to collect count data for a minimum of one summer count. Ideally, all counts throughout the country would be done on the same day. The Date to aim for in summer is the 15th of January, however, variations in tidal and weather conditions often do not allow for this, and so we encourage counts to be done as close to the national count date as possible. As long as the counts are between the 1st of November and the 31st of March they will be regarded summer counts. A second count we encourage is the winter count. The date to aim for here is the 1st of July but counts between the middle of May and the Middle of August are also considered winter counts. Carrying out repeated counts over the summer adds extra value to the surveys as it helps get a more accurate number of birds using an area improving our ability to detect population trends at individual Shorebird Areas. This is why we also recommend additional counts in December and November (in order of importance). On the day the counts in coastal wetlands should be done over the four hours around high tide (2 hrs before and 2 hrs after high tide). | ||
| Data Distribution Rules: | Sensitive Dataset: Data supplied to approved clients via DEWBioDataRequests@sa.gov.au |
| Project Basis: | Fauna : Monitoring - Fauna/Ecosystem (ie species records - usually re-visited for ongoing monitoring) NOTE:NON Std Svy methodology may have been used. |
| Information Authority: |
BirdLife Australia
Department for Environment and Heritage - Coast and Marine Branch |