WTP. I am at Kirk Point. The gravel roads and tracks are dry, with the
occasional puddle on the edge. There is no sign of any flooding. Martin W.
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Request for reports of Australian Painted-snipe
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> Some concern is being expressed about the state of our endemic Australian
> Painted-snipe. This is listed as Endangered under the EPBC Act, but it is
> not among the 22 bird taxons listed as priorities in the Threatened Species
> Action Plan 2022-2023. The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020 says that
> 'numbers may now be down to 340 mature individuals'. Monitoring is
> described as 'very poor, relying on the assembly of opportunistic records of
> birdwatchers .' . Since the beginning of 2021, there has been an alarmingly
> small number of reports in the online recording. Pending a more organised
> approach to assessment of numbers, I am proposing here that an effort be
> made to get into a central point all recent observations of the species,
> including those of an opportunistic nature that might not otherwise find
> their way into the records.
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> The period concerned is 1 January 2021 to the present, and continuing.
> Please send reports to Birdlife Australia, not to me. The contact is Chris
> Purnell, a co-addressee above. Precise locations need not be disclosed, if
> that is a consideration in deciding whether to make a report.
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> What is the state of the roads in the WTP at present? I have a thought of
> visiting on the way from the Grampians to Sale but in a 2WD car and don't
> want to slide all over the place (and especially not into a pond)!
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