The Gippsland Lakes Important Bird and Biodiversity Area Monitoring Project: a Report on the First Five Years 2011 - 2015
THE GIPPSLAND LAKES IMPORTANT BIRD AND BIODIVERSITY AREA MONITORING PROJECT: A REPORT ON THE FIRST FIVE YEARS 2011 - 2015 Photos: Top, Gippsland Lakes, Brian Martin Above left, Black Swan, Ken Sherring Above, Chestnut Teal, Chris Healey Left, Musk Duck, (C) Ian Wilson 2016 birdlifephotography.org.au 1 Prepared by Chris Healey on behalf of BirdLife East Gippsland Published by BirdLife East Gippsland PO Box 825 Bairnsdale Victoria 3875 April 2017 Acknowledgements The contribution of many members of BirdLife East Gippsland to the ongoing survey effort on which this report is based is gratefully acknowledged. Special thanks are due to members of the GLIBA review panel for their participation in the review process, and especially to Dr Lucas Bluff, Senior Biodiversity Office, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Bairnsdale for advice on project design, evaluation and interpretation of data. Thanks are also due to landholders who allowed members of survey teams to access their properties to undertake surveys. BirdLife East Gippsland is a regional branch of BirdLife Australia, promoting the appreciation, understanding and conservation of birds and their habitats. The BirdLife East Gippsland region covers the East Gippsland and Wellington Shires in Victoria’s east, and includes some of the state’s most magnificent wilderness areas. It encompasses the extensive waterways of the Gippsland Lakes, 90 Mile Beach, the iconic Snowy River region, extensive old-growth forests, alpine meadows and the last free-flowing wild rivers of southeast Australia. 2 THE GIPPSLAND LAKES IMPORTANT BIRD AND BIODIVERSITY AREA MONITORING PROJECT: A REPORT ON THE FIRST FIVE YEARS 2011 - 2015 INTRODUCTION: The BirdLife East Gippsland ‘Gippsland Lakes Important Bird and Biodiversity Area Monitoring Project’ (GLIBA Project) commenced in the latter part of 2011 in response to a call by the then Bird Observation and Conservation Australia for regional branches to ‘adopt’ a local IBA (Important Bird and Biodiversity Area).
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