Regional Groups

New South Wales

The NSW Wader Study Group was formed in 1990 to promote the study and conservation of Waders (Shorebirds) in NSW.

e-News March 2011
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Queensland

The Queensland Wader Study Group (QWSG) was established in 1992 as a special interest group within Birds Queensland, to monitor wader populations in Queensland and to work towards their conservation.

The aim of our website is to share information about waders and QWSG’s activities with everyone interested in these special birds and to encourage participation in the conservation effort. Please see the “What’s New” page for details of Wader ID days in 2011 and all our other activities.

Victoria

The Victorian Wader Study Group Inc (VWSG) was formally constituted in 1978 and incorporated in 1986, however fieldwork began in 1975. The VWSG Inc. is a registered charity and has around 180 volunteer members.

The principal aim of the VWSG is to gather, through extensive planned fieldwork programs, comprehensive data on waders and terns throughout South-eastern Australia on a long-term basis. This scientifically collected information is intended to form a factual base for conservation considerations, to be a source of information for education of a wider audience, to be a means of generating interest of the general community in environmental and conservation issues, and to be a major contribution to the East-Asian Australasian Flyway and Worldwide knowledge of waders and terns.

Results from the VWSG activities are reported annually in their Bulletin

VWSG Bulletin