The Winter Gull count in south-east Tasmania has developed over the decades to highlight important and unexpected changes in our gull populations. New counters, experienced or not, are welcome. 

Links:

Birdlife Tas Website

Birdlife Tas FB event

Please contact Eric if you are able to assist with any of the areas (or sections of areas) listed below. Please pass on this information to others who you believe may be able to contribute on the day. Also contact me to be included in further emails regarding the count. I look forward to your involvement in this valuable effort. Thanks to all who have already expressed an interest in being involved.

Western sites

New Norfolk

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Bridgewater [Southern shore]

Bridgewater

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Tasman Bridge [Western shore]

Glenorchy Tip and Dominic College and Tolosa St Reserve

Waterworks Reservoirs [Upper + Lower]

Hobart Tip, McRobies Gully

Tasman Bridge

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Taroona

Hobart Waterfront wharves

Kingston Beach + Browns River area

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Margate Tip, NW Bay, Coffee Creek

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Dru Pt

Alum Cliffs

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Bull Bay [water-based surveys]

Blackmans Bay

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Howden

Snug, Coningham, Gordon

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Garden I Creek

Cygnet, Port Cygnet + Cygnet WTS

Huonville, Franklin, Port Huon and Waterloo Bay

Dover area: Surveyors Bay, Huon River

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Esperance River

Southport, Hastings

Huon Aquaculture leases

Tassal leases

Bruny Island

Lunawanna Jetty, Grundys Pt

Lighthouse Rd beaches: Mickeys Bay, Stinking Beach, Kingfisher Beach, Jetty Beach

Cloudy Beach east to Cloudy Corner

Cloudy Beach west to Cloudy Bay Lagoon spit

Daniels Bay (Little Taylors Bay)

Alonnah

Hanssons Beach + Two Tree Pt

Adventure Bay, East Cove + Quiet Corner

Simpsons Bay

Neck beaches [Isthmus Bay + Adventure Bay foreshores]

Dennes Pt

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Barnes Bay

Mabel Bay, Inlet Beach, Lighthouse Beach

Quarries Bay, Tinpot Bay and Conleys Beach

Eastern Sites

New Norfolk

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Bridgewater [Northern shore]

Bridgewater

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Tasman Bridge [Eastern shore]

Tasman Bridge

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Droughty Pt shoreline + sports fields, Police Academy

Ralphs Bay, Lauderdale + Roches Beach

Pipeclay Lagoon, Cremorne, Clifton Beach, Mortimer Bay

South Arm Neck + beaches of South Arm

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Shelly Beach

Paddocks between Cambridge + Richmond, Hanslows Rd, Sorell football ground,

Shark Point Rd/Penna

Seven Mile Beach incl Sandy Pt

Five Mile Beach (western end)

Barilla Bay including Railway Point

Orielton Lagoon, both causeways, Barren I, Woody I, Suzie Islet, Oaks Pt, Waterview Sanctuary

Primrose Sands

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Connellys Marsh

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Dunalley

Iron Creek

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Lewisham, Dodges Ferry, Carlton Beach + Carlton River, Forcett Lakes

Marion Bay, Porpoise

Hole, Blackman Bay, Marion Bay Spit

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Dunalley, Bignalls Dam

Eaglehawk Neck (east + west), Blowhole area + jetty

Taranna foreshore, Murdunna + Sommers Bay

Nubeena foreshore/Parsons Bay/White Beach

Roaring Beach, Nubeena

Sloping Main, Lagoon Beach, Lime Bay