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Posted on 25 Jan 2023 at 13:02h in News, Threatened mainland fauna, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration
Recent wet conditions over spring and summer have resulted in a bumper year for records of the nationally endangered Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus), or ‘boomer’, known for its deep booming call. In fact, for the first time since restoration, a Bittern was detected in early...

Posted on 19 Dec 2019 at 22:17h in Discovery Bay, Glenelg River, Long Swamp, Long Swamp Restoration, News, Volunteer, Wetland Restoration
Last Saturday, the Bittern Recovery Project and NGT ran a field survey for Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) in Long Swamp, near Nelson in south-west Victoria. Since NGT’s hydrological restoration work at Nobles Rocks, the wetland has seen an increase in suitable habitat for the nationally-endangered...

Posted on 31 Oct 2019 at 11:51h in News, Discovery Bay, Fish conservation, Long Swamp, Long Swamp Restoration, Wetland Restoration
It’s been a long time coming … Over winter and early spring of this year, NGT implemented the final major on-ground works at Nobles Rocks, permanently blocking the artificial channel and securing the hydrological restoration of Long Swamp, in Discovery Bay Coastal Park (near Nelson,...

Posted on 26 Jul 2019 at 09:12h in Discovery Bay, Long Swamp, Long Swamp Restoration, News, Photography, Wetland Restoration
This curious and nationally endangered Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) was snapped on our wildlife camera during NGT’s Long Swamp restoration works near Nobles Rocks. This project was funded with the support of the Victorian Government, and was detailed here earlier in the year. In our...