Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve

Posted at 25 Jan 2023 at 13:02h in News, Threatened mainland fauna, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration by
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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 at 20 Dec 2022 at 10:04h in News, Glenshera Swamp restoration, Green Swamp Restoration Reserve, Hutt Bay Wetland, Long Swamp Restoration, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, Rowan Swamp Restoration Trial, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration by
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Over the past month, I have tried to drop in to a number of our major wetland restoration sites in SA and Victoria, given the unusually wet spring weather which has given most of these sites a real boost heading in to a later-than-usual summer...

Posted at 28 Nov 2022 at 08:02h in News, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by
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Rainfall across south-eastern Australia has been noteworthy this year with many areas receiving well-above average spring rainfall and flood levels along some of the major tributaries of the Murray Darling Basin (MDB) exceeding anything in living memory. Despite largely missing the big events over the...

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 13:06h in News, Long Point, Volunteer, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve by
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If you love a good tree planting session, we've got you covered this October. On Saturday the 15th October we'll be planting in partnership with "Friends of the Forgotten Woodlands" along the Wannon River at NGT's Long Point Reserve, on the edge of Dunkeld. Then...

Posted at 02 Oct 2022 at 13:05h in News, Green Swamp Restoration Reserve, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wannon River, Wetland Restoration by
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It's shaping up to be another "half-decent" year for wetlands around the southern tip of the Grampians. Despite a very dry autumn and winter, spring rains arrived to get the catchment running. The Wannon River has been flowing south of Lynchs Crossing Rd since mid-August...

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