12 members and guests met behind the grandstand at Stromlo Forest Park on 20th August. The target species was White-fronted Chat but they proved to be unavailable. However we did see a lot of finches! In the area just to the north of the grandstand we estimated there to be at least 12 European Goldfinches, 12 Diamond Firetails (at least one carrying nesting material) and a large flock (minimum 50 birds) of Red-browed Finches. Australasian Pipits were also common in this area and at least 2 birds made display flights. Eurasian Skylarks were flying all over, at various altitudes with some low enough to give those present a good look at them. In total we recorded 25 species.