Bird Surveys

Bird Surveys are held on the first Sunday of every month from 9.00am-10.30am.    If you are interested in participating please meet on Gilmour Park Dam Wall. 

Our "Ferny Creek and Gilmour Park Retarding Basin Bird Survey Species List" as at December 2023, is available here.

The Birdata website can be found here Welcome to Birdata! (birdlife.org.au)  

The 2024 Friends of Glenfern Green Wedge Bird Survey Results can be found below (click on the relevant month).  Notable sightings are highlighted in red.  A map showing the survey route followed during the bird survey, as arranged with Birdlife Australia, can be found here.

Bird Survey Results 2024:
March,   May,   August,   September,   November,   December 

Bird Survey Results 2025:
​January,  March
    
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Dusky Moorhens, Glenfern Retarding Basin, 
​Richard Kelly 2023
Latham's Snipe, Glenfern Retarding Basin, Richard Kelly 2023