Three things from this page
Start a session
Five-step recording form. Session header, time-block arrival counts, behaviour scans, flag observations, disturbance log. Records queue to the device until sync.
Open the form → Our resultsWhat we have so far
Live during the season — sessions held, total Terek arrivals counted, disturbance events, flag observations. Switches to analytical figures at season end.
View Our results → Steward protocolRead the protocol
Field protocol with method rationale, recording form fields, data flow, references. Print-friendly. The companion to the in-app form.
Read the protocol →What DuskWatch is
A single-season pilot study of Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) overnight roost use at the Kakadu Beach Constructed Roost (KBR), Pumicestone Passage. Stewards run dusk observation sessions from a fixed point at the roost edge under team-leader guidance. Methodology adapts the Whimbrel nocturnal-roost protocol of Sanders, Handmaker, Johnson and Senner (2021), with extensions for disturbance recording (Lilleyman et al. 2016), posture-state scoring (Ryeland et al. 2017, 2019) and barometric-pressure trend recording for the anticipatory-versus-reactive question.
The full picture is on /about-duskwatch. The Steward field protocol is at /duskwatch/protocol.
Who is involved
DuskWatch is delivered in collaboration with the BIEPA Shorebird Working Group, Jacobs Well Environmental Education Centre, and REF Environmental. Dr Micha Jackson (CSIRO) is approached as a proposed scientific collaborator. The Queensland Wader Study Group, the City of Moreton Bay, and Birds Queensland are briefed before fieldwork begins.