Listing locations and bird lists for Recent Outings ceased on 31 Dec 2022.  The information below has been retained as a record.

It is not clear whether bird lists for Recent Outings will continue on the Local Website (External Branch Website).  However, bird lists for future Yellingbo Bird Walks, Weekdays Outings and Beginners’ Outings will be posted on the BirdLife Melbourne Blog at https://birdlifemelbourne.wordpress.com/  The BirdLife Melbourne Photography Group Outing bird lists will be posted on the BirdLife Melbourne Photography Group Blog at https://birdlifemelbphotography.wordpress.com/

This page provides details of BirdLife Melbourne/MELBOCA's recent outings and a list of the species seen for each outing.

• For a list of outings, see below.
• For a list of the species seen on Outings No 1 to 20, etc and a summary of total species seen on outings to date, click the appropriate Outings Nos link.
• For a list of the species seen on any outing click the outing.  In the outing selected, click on linked species to view photos of the species.
• For an indication of what species may be seen on a future outing, click on the site llink in the table below and check out what has been seen on previous outings to this site.

Note: All links are in red and underlined

Total number of species seen on Outings No 1 to 857: 330

• On Outing No 783 held on 25 April 2021 at the Eastern Treatment Plant, the first record this century of a Laughing Kookaburra was made.
• The Weekdays Outing to Stockyard Point held on 15 March 2021 (Outing No 775) was the first outing to record a new species since the Photography Group Outing to the Marlo Area held on 18 to 21 Oct 2019 (Outing No 738). The new species was a Common Gull-billed Tern using BirdLife Australia taxonomy (known also as Asian Gull-billed Tern by some other taxonomies). This brings the total number of species seen on BirdLife Melbourne & MELBOCA Outings since Feb 2007 to 330.
• The Beginners' Outing to Pound Bend held on 2 Feb 2020 (Outing No 755) was the first outing since the Weekdays Outing to 3 Chain Rd near Kilmore, held on 9 Apr 2019 (Outing No 708) to have an introduced species free bird list.
• The Photography Group Outing to the Marlo Area held on 18 to 21 Oct 2019 (Outing No 738) was very productive with 93 species recorded. The total included 2 new species for the Outings List: White-headed Pigeon & Topknot Pigeon. This brings the total number of species seen on BirdLife Melbourne & MELBOCA Outings since Feb 2007 to 329.
• The Photography Group Outing to the Swan Hill Area held on 20 & 21 Oct 2018 (Outing No 684) was very productive with 94 species recorded. The total included 7 new species for the Outings List: Blue Bonnet, White-winged Fairy-wren, Black Honeyeater, Striped Honeyeater, Orange Chat, Yellow-throated Miner and Grey-crowned Babbler. This brings the total number of species seen on BirdLife Melbourne & MELBOCA Outings since Feb 2007 to 327.
• The Field Day for the Shorebird Study Workshop, held on 11 February 2017 (Outing No 577), was a very successful outing with 86 species recorded for the day, including 3 new species to be added to the Outings List, bringing the total up to 320 species. The 3 new species are Broad-billed Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper & Red-necked Phalarope.
• At last, a pelagic that got out. The BirdLife Melbourne Photography Group Outing, a pelagic off Port Fairy (Outing No 562, delayed from 23 to 24 October 2016 due to weather conditions) has produced 12 new species for our Outings List. The new species are Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Grey-backed Storm-Petrel, Antipodean Albatross, Southern Royal Albatross, Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Campbell Albatross, Salvin's Albatross, Northern Giant-Petrel, Cape Petrel, Great-winged Petrel, Grey-faced Petrel & White-chinned Petrel.
• For detailed reports of Recent Outings published in BirdLife Melbourne Newsletter click here.
• For detailed reports of Recent Outings listed on the BirdLife Melbourne Blog click here.

Outings in italics denote outings for which Bird Lists have not been received or future outings. Please be patient while the latest Bird Lists are added to the website.

Details of Recent Outings

Braeside Park - Photograph by Bill Ramsay