Festival Events
8:30 - 12:30pm
MAIN EVENT: Festival of Birds and Biodiversity Symposium
8.30am – 12.30pm, Thurs 3rd March 2022
UWA, ALBANY WA
$10 Entry
Registration HERE
Citizen Science Ecological Monitoring at Balijup Sanctuary
1pm Thursday 13th Jan – Mon 17th Jan 2022
Camping at Lake Nunijup
Contact Basil Schur for info and registration [email protected]
Monderup View Fauna & Citizen Science
Presented by Eddy and Donna Wajon
Tenterden Sat 15th Jan – Thurs 27th Jan 2022
Info and registration contact Eddy Wajon at [email protected]
Chingarrup Citizen Science Australia Day Camp
Thursday 20th Jan – Thursday 27th Jan
Contact Eddy Wajon at [email protected]
World Wetland Day Albany
Meet the Birds of Lake Sepping
Wed 2nd Feb 9am – 11 am
Meet at Lake Seppings Drive car park .
For registrations click HERE for more information contact [email protected]
World Wetland Day - Denmark Birds and Biodiversity
Wilson Inlet guided tour event
Wed 2nd Feb 9 – 11:30 am 2022
For more info and to register [email protected]
The Miracle of Shorebird Migration Art Exhibition - Albany
1st Feb to 28th Feb
Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany 10 – 4pm Mon – Fri
Exhibition Opening and Presentations 14th Feb 1:45 pm for 2 – 4:30 pm at Vancouver Arts Centre
Denmark Bird Group presents Denmark Bird Talk 5
9 for a 9:30 start – 12:30 pm
16th Feb 2022
RSL Hall, Strickland St Denmark
Registrations and further info:
Kirsty [email protected]
Shorebird ID Workshop - Denmark
Workshop with Birdlife WA and Denmark Bird Group
Sat 19 Feb 2022, 2pm – 4.30pm
Contact Kirsty for registration at [email protected]
South Coast Shorebird ID Field Trip
Field Trip – Wilson Inlet
Sun 20 February 2022, 8am – 11am
To Register contact Kirsty at [email protected]
The Miracle of Shorebird Migration Art Exhibition - Denmark
17th Feb to 17th March 2022
The Butter Factory Art Studios & Gallery, Denmark 9 am- 3 pm
Exhibition Opening and Presentations 17th Feb
Tootanellup Wetlands Bioblitz
Focus on Tootanellup and Boggy Lake Reserve
Thursday 10th Feb 2022 9:30 – 4pm
Reservations and further info: [email protected]
Meet the Birds along the Kalgan River
113 Riverside Road Kalgan
8 – 11am Sun 20th Feb 2022
Please register with Wayne Monks at [email protected]
Soil Microscopy Workshops
26th and 27th Feb 2022
Day 1: 10am – 4pm
Day 2 9am – 4pm
Demark CRC 2 Strickland St. Denmark
Waterways - Love stories of Place with Nari Lees
Sat 26th – Sun 27th
Denmark CRC – Garden Room
FREE EVENT please register at [email protected] or
call 0403 443 730 for more information
Build your own Artificial Cockatoo Hollow
A free Artificial Black Cockatoo Hollows and the private enterprise model of conservation hosted by Nullaki Cockatoo Nursery & Carnaby’s Crusaders
Wed 2nd March 2022
MAIN EVENT: Festival of Birds & Biodiversity Symposium 2022
Threatened Birds Field Trip
Birds at risk of disappearing forever
Thurs. 3rd March 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Sarah Comer ( Regional Ecologist, DCBA) ) and Anne Bondin (BirdLife Australia) will talk about South Coast birds we may lose forever.
Kwongkan, Black Cockatoo and Great Cocky Count Workshop
Saturday 5th March 9:15am – 4pm
Bremer Bay Community Resource Centre
Register HERE
Go Birdwatching with BirdLife Western Australia
Join the Albany branch on their visit to Morley Beach looking for shorebirds.
Tue 8th March 2022
Register HERE
Great Cocky count Workshop
Wetlands & Agroforestry Field-day
The Denmark College of Agriculture students and tutor Albert Adams will demonstrate how wetlands conservation and silviculture can work together
Wednesday 23 March 1 – 2:30pm
Caring for Cranbrook's Lakes and Shorebirds
Field trip focusing on practical ways to protect salt lake foreshores for shorebird nesting habitat.
Meet at Bobs Lake Bird Hide, 15km from Cranbrook.
Thursday 7th April 12:30 – 3:30 pm
Get to know birds and their calls
Oyster Harbour Foreshore Walk
Sat 12th March 9am – 10:30pm
Denmark Mini Eco - Film Festival
Denmark Civic Centre
Friday 1st April
Session 1: Matinee – 4:30 – 6:15pm
Session 2: 7 pm – 9:30 pm
Film Harvest presents 'River'
Wednesday 6th April 6:15 pm
Orana Cinema Albany
How to care for the unique Kwongan and upload flora on Cranbrook farms. Meet at the corner of Solomons & Salt River Roads, 11.2km east of Cranbrook. Morning
Friday 22nd April 2022 10am – 1pm
For Further Information
Basil Schur
0429 481 019
[email protected]
This Festival is supported by Lotterywest, Museum of the Great Southern, Green Skills, BirdLife WA, UWA- Albany, South Coast NRM, WA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation, and Attractions, Albany Bird Group, Gondwana Link Ltd, Yongergnow Malleefowl Centre, Bush Heritage Australia, Conservation Council of WA & others.
The Green Skills biodiversity program is supported by funding from the Koorabup Trust and South Coast NRM through funding from the Australian Government. Its Balijup project is supported by the Western Australian Government’s State Natural Resource Management Program, supported by Royalties for Regions.