Brant News
Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – April 7

Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – April 7

Date: April 7, 2025 Time: 9:30-11:30 Tide at the beginning of count: 10 feet Tide at the close of count: 10.9 feet rising tide   Weather: Initially wet and windy, choppy seas, drier as morning progressed, wind dropped, seas calmed to mild chop Participants: Tom...

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Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – March 31, 2025

Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – March 31, 2025

Date: 31 March Time: 10:30-12:00 Tide at the beginning of count: 6.79 feet Tide at the close of count: 3.35 feet turning tide Weather: Sunny, mild, calm sea Participants: Helen Davidson, Bonnie Mullin, Liz Thorne, Jim Thorne, Toni Wyckoff, Linda Horspool, Sandy Gray,...

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Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – March 24, 2025

Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – March 24, 2025

Date: 24 March 2025 Time: 9:40-11:42 Tide at the beginning of count: 11.9 Tide at the close of count: 11.9 turning tide Weather:  rain, calm sea, 8C Participants:  Linda Horspool, Susan Knoerr, Bonnie Mullin, Jane Osborne, Sandy and Dan Gray, Dave Erickson, Liz &...

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Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – March 17, 2025

Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – March 17, 2025

Date: 17 March 2025  Time: 12:00-2:00 Tide at the beginning of count: 11.5 feet Tide at the close of count: 8.3 feet falling tide   Weather: partly cloudy, wind from NW 15-23 kph, choppy seas Participants: Sandy & Dan Gray, Liz & Jim Thorne, Bonnie...

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Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – March 10, 2025

Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – March 10, 2025

Date: 10 March 2025 Time 11:00—13:00 PDT Tide at the beginning of count: 8.6 feet Tide at the close of count: 8.8 feet Turning tide Weather: overcast, breezy, calm to rippled sea Herring spawn underway. Gillnetters off Rathtrevor, the mouth of the Englishman River,...

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Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – March 3, 2025

Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – March 3, 2025

Date: 3 March 2025 Time: 10:30-12:30 Tide at the beginning of count: 11.6 feet Tide at the close of count: 6 feet Falling tide Weather: overcast Participants: Helen Davidson Jane Osborne Liz Bredberg Marilyn Bilsbarrow Sandy and Dan Gray Dave Erickson Liz and Jim...

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Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – February 24, 2025

Arrowsmith Naturalists Brant Count – February 24, 2025

Date: 24 February 2025 Time: 10:30-12:30 Tide at the beginning of count: 12.4 feet Tide at the close of count: 13.1 feet Weather: wind: SE 21 km/h, gusts 32 hm/h, cloudy, choppy seas Participants: Sandy & Dan Gray, Dave Erickson, Meghan MacIsaac, Liz & Jim Thorne,...

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A Message from the City of Parksville, Orca Sponsor

  Welcoming Brant to Parksville Beaches   The Black Brant geese feeding along the shores of Parksville are on a remarkable and arduous journey of migration from California and Mexico to northern nesting grounds. Parksville beaches provide an abundant food...

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A Message from Our Orca Sponsor Mid-Island Co-op

A Message from Our Orca Sponsor Mid-Island Co-op

Mid Island Co-op is proud to sponsor the 32 nd Annual Brant Wildlife Festival. Your Mid Island Co-op is truly local. Since 1959 we’ve been 100% community owned, and with now over 70,000 active members, today we’re stronger together than ever before. As a member of Mid...

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A Message from The Town of Qualicum Beach, Orca Sponsor

    The Town of Qualicum Beach is proud to sponsor the 2024 Brant Wildlife Festival, celebrating the beauty, and diversity of this annual natural wonder that occurs on our shorelines. It is more than just a wildlife festival; it is a celebration of the...

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We acknowledge and thank the Qualicum, Snaw-naw-as, Snuneymuxw, K’ómoks, Tseshaht, Hupacasath, and Ditidaht First Nations, on whose traditional lands the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region is situated within.