NGT's Senior Wetland Ecologist Ayesha Burdett shared photos from some wetland restoration events in Victoria this month. She and Lisa McIntyre (NGT Partnerships and Community Coordinator) attended a Farm Dam Field Day organised by Panyyabyr Landcare Group to talk about water quality and catchment health,...
Flame Sedge-skipper Southern Boobook Owl chick Brolgas at Mt Burr Swamp Swamp Daisy-bush (Olearia glandulosa) Swamp Mazus (Mazus pumilio) Southern Grass-dart Bryan snapped some cool critters and rare plants whilst out and about this month: The first two were during surveys of vegetation (The Claypans) inside a OneFortyOne forestry site, where he...
NGT's Bec Sheldon and Ben Taylor were lucky enough to work amongst some rather spectacular scenery in Tasmania recently, whilst undertaking some water level monitoring at Apsley Marshes. Access can be difficult here, but kayaks serve a dual purpose as useful floating gear holders. What...
As you may have read in Mark's post we recently held our NGT end of year workshop, where NGT staff from across south-eastern Australia get together to share project news, ideas, and each others company - this time in Robe. A field trip is usually...
Southern purple-spotted gudgeon Paul Motz from Monarto Zoo and Jason van Weenen from Green Adelaide some of the southern purple-spotted gudgen being released Releasing the fish NGT's Sylvia Zukowski with City of Marion's Kris Hanna (Mayor) and Glynn Ricketts Dr Sylvia Zukowski with gudgeon On a sunny morning in November, an...
The Yarra Pygmy Perch (Nannoperca obscura) is a small native fish, whose common name is derived from the Yarra River, situated at the eastern end of the species' range, but also occurs through south-western Victoria and southern SA, as far as the Lower Lakes of...
NGT's Scott Huntley has been finding lots of cute turtles during surveys recently. This little Short-necked Turtle on the right looks like he's smiling! Long-necked Turtle at Lyrup Lagoon in the SA Riverland. Photo: Scott Huntley Short-necked Turtle at the Pike RIver in the SA Riverland. Photo:...
In early October, NGT kicked off our Grand Tour of Ecological Restoration, with Day 1 starting at Oaklands Wetland in Adelaide's inner southern suburbs. Here NGT has been working with the City of Marion to breed threatened fish. The Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon has been thriving...
During our recent Walker Swamp Celebration event (also the last stop of NGT's Nature Festival Grand Tour of Ecological Restoration) the group got to explore the newly acquired land addition at Walker Swamp. The area of Manna Gums is spectacular, and now under our permanent...
What a lovely day for a bird survey - check out Sam's list of species from her latest survey (below). We've also been hosting an environmental education program at Walker Swamp, with school and TAFE student getting some first-hand experiences in conservation work, and a...
