Join us for the Great Gariwerd Bird Course — Applications close March 4th

Parks Victoria in partnership with Nature Glenelg Trust, are seeking twenty volunteers from the Grampians/Gariwerd region to assist with surveying birds in Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park. The Great Gariwerd Bird Survey (GGBS) is a Citizen Science volunteer opportunity which is delivered over two days in Autumn and Spring annually. Interested volunteers will take part in a FREE 10-week bird monitoring course by behavioural ecologist Dr Greg Kerr in Halls Gap, starting in mid-March and finishing in late-May. It will be delivered one night a week where volunteers learn about bird identification, ecology and monitoring techniques at various surveying locations around Gariwerd.

Trained volunteers will then use the skills they have developed to take part in the first of its kind bird monitoring survey over two days in April and October. This course will help volunteers gain the level of skills and knowledge necessary to survey birds that most people take years to nurture and develop. 

This program has been delivered for the past five years with continued efforts from over sixty volunteers. Parks Victoria and Nature Glenelg Trust are now opening 20 new positions for volunteers to be trained by Dr Greg Kerr.

Course and Survey Details

• The course will be delivered every Monday evenings from 5:00pm – 9:00pm in Halls Gap, from 16^th March through to 25^th of May (excluding Easter Monday).
• The 2026 Autumn survey date is the 18^th and 19^th of April. Volunteers will apply their newly learned birding skills with other participants.

How to apply

Applications close on Wednesday 4^th March, 2026. For more info and to apply visit: https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/get-into-nature/volunteering/great-gariwerd-bird-survey

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An equivalent course is also being run in Robe, SA – click here for details.

This project is a partnership between Parks Victoria and Nature Glenelg Trust
Funding is provided by Parks Victoria