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Stilt 55 April 2009 Table of Contents A Note from the Chairman Ken Gosbell ..................................................................................................................... 1 Treasurer's Report for 2008 Brian Speechley .............................................................................................................. 2 Decline in wader numbers on the Swan River, Western Australia between 1981 and 2009 M.J.C. Singor ................ 3 The coastal zone of Asahan Regency: An area of international importance for migratory waders in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia A.C. Crossland, S.A. Sinambela, A.S. Sitorus & A.W. Sitorus .............................. 8 Passage of Red Knot Calidris Canutus through North Sumatra Province, Indonesia A.C. Crossland & S.A. Sinambela....................................... 13 Monthly abundance of Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica baueri in central Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand A.C. Crossland ................................................................................................................... 16 Summering of Whimbrel in southern Sumatra, Indonesia M. Iqbal & A. Ridwan.................................................... 20 Inland movements of the Hooded Plover Thinornis rubricollis tregellasi in Western Australia M. Singor..................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis occurrence and movements a southern African perspective - A.J. Tree ........................................................................................................................................................................ 27 Shorebirds and their known habitat/status in the Gascoyne Region, Western Australia L. George .......................... 40 North-west Australia wader and tern expedition, 8 to 29 November 2008 C. Minton, R. Jessop, C. Hassell & M. Christie............................................................................................................................................. 51
