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MMC1 Sting Ray Bay
Active Mouth Condition 27-10-2013 - 13-07-2024Merri River Estuary
| ID | Date | Status | Details | |
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| #13448 | 14 Dec 2019 | Approved |
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Tom Sheehan part of this monitoring session. Note: AHD readings from breakwater AHD. |
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| #13400 | 9 Nov 2019 | Approved |
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Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group. Birds observed:Crested terns, silver gulls (incl. immatures), pied cormorants (black faced?), rock pigeons and starlings. |
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| #13396 | 12 Oct 2019 | Approved |
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Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group. Birds observed: Silver gulls, great cormorant, kelp gulls, sooty oystercatchers, pied cormorants (8), chestnut teals (pair) and pacific black ducks (pair). |
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| #13317 | 14 Sep 2019 | Approved |
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Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group. |
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| #13244 | 10 Aug 2019 | Approved |
Notes:
Tom Sheehan, Eleanor Cowell and James Cowell part of monitoring team. Birds noticed at estuary. Pacific Gulls 2 adults 1 juvenile, 1 Great Cormorant, Small flock Corellas, 1 Caspian Tern, Silver Gulls several and several Rock Pigeons. |
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| #13222 | 6 Jul 2019 | Approved |
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Tom Sheehan part of monitoring group.     |
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| #13116 | 8 Jun 2019 | Approved |
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New Recruit Tom Sheehan took part in this todays monitoring sessions. |
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| #13067 | 18 May 2019 | Approved |
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Water level board unreadable, needs cleaning. |
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| #12884 | 13 Apr 2019 | Approved |
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Water level Gauge at Stanley St Bridge still unreadable. Wind direction not noted as it was still |
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| #12727 | 2 Mar 2019 | Approved |
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Water level reading board unreadable, needs to be cleaned. Commenced this month's observations an hour earlier than usual due to forecasted extreme hot weather.
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| #12689 | 9 Feb 2019 | Approved |
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Water height board unreadable, needs to be cleaned. |
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| #12638 | 12 Jan 2019 | Approved |
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Water level board unreadable, needs to be cleaned |
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| #12579 | 8 Dec 2018 | Approved |
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Water level height board not readable, needs to be cleaned. |
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| #12515 | 10 Nov 2018 | Approved |
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Water level indicator unreadable, requires cleaning |
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| #12441 | 13 Oct 2018 | Approved |
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Large sanded area with small sea through to islands. Could not read water level - level indicator board requires cleaning. |
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| #12381 | 8 Sep 2018 | Approved |
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Water levels not readable |
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| #12351 | 18 Aug 2018 | Approved |
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Our group was accompanied by 10 students and a teacher of the Diploma of Conservation and Land Management from SWTAFE. |
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| #12256 | 14 Jul 2018 | Approved | ||
| #12132 | 9 Jun 2018 | Approved |
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Water level unreadable |
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| #12128 | 12 May 2018 | Approved | ||
| #12124 | 21 Apr 2018 | Approved | ||
| #11960 | 10 Mar 2018 | Approved | ||
| #11797 | 10 Feb 2018 | Approved |
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Water level to low to read water level indicator (unreadable due to build up of algae, needs cleaning). |
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| #11793 | 13 Jan 2018 | Approved | ||
| #11789 | 9 Dec 2017 | Approved | ||
| #11582 | 11 Nov 2017 | Approved |
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water level height really unreadable, but below the concrete pilons |
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| #11532 | 21 Oct 2017 | Approved |
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2 sooty oyster catchers small pink face flowering on Middle Island |
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| #11550 | 9 Sep 2017 | Approved | ||
| #11383 | 12 Aug 2017 | Approved | ||
| #11281 | 17 Jun 2017 | Approved | ||
| #11212 | 13 May 2017 | Approved | ||
| #11077 | 8 Apr 2017 | Approved | ||
| #10919 | 4 Mar 2017 | Approved |
Notes:
Erica Smith joined monitoring session. |
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| #10803 | 11 Feb 2017 | Approved | ||
| #10798 | 21 Jan 2017 | Approved |
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AHD gauge unreadable. |
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| #11786 | 10 Dec 2016 | Approved |
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| #11783 | 6 Dec 2016 | Approved |
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Smelly dead animal. Couldn't take water level reading as below gauge |
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| #11049 | 12 Nov 2016 | Approved |
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Birdlife: Chestnut teals, gulls, pigeons. |
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| #11045 | 15 Oct 2016 | Approved |
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AHD gauge unreadable. Water at mouth very brown |
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| #11042 | 10 Sep 2016 | Approved |
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AHD gauge difficult to read. |
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| #11771 | 13 Aug 2016 | Approved |
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Estuary well inundated with river water. Pied Oyster catchers |
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| #5305 | 16 Jul 2016 | Approved | Notes: Stingray Bay/mainly river water(brown) | |
| #5297 | 11 Jun 2016 | Approved |
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Difficult to be accurate reading Berm height (.10m) from river edge. No measurement taken on sea side of Berm. Mia Falan and Jake Wallace assisting. |
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| #5293 | 14 May 2016 | Approved |
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New group members Luke Albury. Mary-Jo Hanly     |
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| #10761 | 6 May 2016 | Approved |
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| #5284 | 9 Apr 2016 | Approved |
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Silver gulls, Pacific gulls River flow wide of normal trajectory |
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| #5280 | 19 Mar 2016 | Approved | Notes: Large number of Terns, Silver Gulls, Pacific Gulls (2-3), Great Egret, Royal Spoonbill (@ Edwards Bridge) | |
| #5262 | 13 Feb 2016 | Approved |
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AHD unreadable White faced Herons x 2 |
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| #5256 | 9 Jan 2016 | Approved |
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AHD referenced gauge unreadable. Has not been cleaned for some time. Observations: Black Wallaby, Silver Gulls, Pacific Gulls(3), Sooty Oyster catchers(5) Pied(1), Black Cormorants and Pied Cormorants. |
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| #5221 | 12 Sep 2015 | Approved | Notes: Water level gauge at Stanley Street bridge unreadable. Figures entered are best guess only. | |
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