A very exciting rare visitor to the south-west of Victoria!
I had moments of doubt when I wondered if this day would ever come...
Threatened mainland fauna
Mainland Forgotten Fauna Part 12: Tasmanian research provides new clues on what went wrong on the mainland… and what we could do next
It has been a little while since the last Mainland Forgotten Fauna instalment - Part 11 - where we looked back at the time when the stony rises of western Victoria were teeming with quolls.[caption id="attachment_21779" align="alignright" width="300"] Eastern Barred Bandicoot - Parameles gunnii.[/caption] This was also...
Mainland Forgotten Fauna: Part 11 – Let’s revisit a time when the stony rises of western Victoria were teeming with eastern quolls
A few weeks ago, I was fortunate to participate in a DELWP-hosted discussion about the future of quolls in Victoria. The discussion was prompted by several Indigenous groups around the state who are concerned about the loss of quoll species - and our native predators...
A time for reflection on National Threatened Species Day 2019
Posted at 19 Sep 2019 at 15:09h
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by Lu-Wei Spinks
National Threatened Species Day is celebrated annually on the 7th September to commemorate the death of the last Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) in Hobart in 1936. Although the origin of National Threatened Species Day is sad and gloomy, it is a good time to reflect on...
Still out and about … Mark talking wetlands in Winton, and forgotten fauna in Newham
Posted at 29 Aug 2019 at 14:21h
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by Mark Bachmann
After taking a bit of much needed time to catch up on a number of things away from NGT, I'll finally be properly back on deck in a couple of weeks, just in time to see our wetlands bursting into life this spring![caption id="attachment_32187" align="alignright"...
Two new populations of Eared Worm-lizard discovered!
Posted at 18 Apr 2019 at 22:11h
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by Lu-Wei Spinks
I must admit, I wasn’t too optimistic about the new tile grids established in 2016. The Swamp Gum Woodland vegetation type seemed quite promising, but summer surveys in 2017 and 2018 had only found skinks and brown snakes! But on a warm, overcast day in...
An update on the ongoing monitoring of the Eared Worm-Lizard (Aprasia aurita)
Posted at 04 Feb 2019 at 14:38h
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by Lu-Wei Spinks
The Eared Worm-Lizard (Aprasia aurita) is an endangered legless lizard species endemic to south-eastern Australia. The species was only relatively recently identified in the South East, with annual surveys conducted since 2012. The surveys occur along the Reedy Creek Range between the months of September...
Mainland Forgotten Fauna Part 10: let’s talk about rewilding agricultural landscapes, plus deciphering an old account from 1844
The topic of our missing mainland fauna is never far from my thoughts, and a few things have happened recently that have really brought it back into focus. But before I go through those things, let's recap a couple ideas from recent blogs that we'll also...
Mainland forgotten fauna: Part 9 – Quolls, Curlews, Bandicoots and exploring different trajectories of decline…
[caption id="attachment_30709" align="alignright" width="300"] Bush-stone Curlew near Stawell. Photo courtesy of Jake Goodes, Parks Victoria[/caption] Last week a couple of things happened that got me thinking again about our forgotten mainland fauna - so let's pick up where we left off last time in Part 8,...
Mainland Forgotten Fauna: Part 8 – The concept of “Shifting Baselines” helps explain why we have forgotten our mainland fauna
Although it has been a little while since we talked about our mainland forgotten fauna on the blogs, a valuable discussion last week with a couple of staff at the Glenelg Hopkins CMA has prompted me to kick this discussion off again. After our meeting,...