Dragonfly emergence – a special moment captured at BirdLife outing to Walker Swamp
Did you know that dragonflies spend their early life stages in water? Read on to find out more...
Author: Bryan Haywood
Naracoorte Bio-Blitzed! and other Citizen Science Events
In recent weeks, the Limestone Coast Landscape Board has partnered with NGT to deliver a couple of fun and educational citizen science events.First up, back in mid-February we had an event focussed on bats and their food sources for local landholders. Rose and I set...
The first flowers emerge along Mt Gambier Rail Trail
The Mt Gambier Rail Trail project is progressing well with a variety of small herbs, grasses, and shrubs seen flowering recently after only being planted in August last year. Over 1300 locally native seedlings are establishing well along a 250-metre section of the trail with...
Encouraging start for Mt Gambier Rail Trail project
The Mt Gambier Rail Trail revegetation project has achieved an encouraging start (despite impacts of COVID-19) with Year One plantings, late spring watering and weed control/maintenance completed. By next spring we should begin to see some of the colours, shapes and textures of the diverse...
More good news for the Critically Endangered Avenue Cassinia in the Limestone Coast region
This is not so much good, but great news!! Both of the ecological burns we conducted in the past year or so at Cassinia tegulata sites have successfully stimulated germination of seedlings. The first burn took place in spring 2019 at Avenue (SA), the eastern-most...
Pulyonna Wirra (Wadmore Park) fauna survey update
Posted at 28 Oct 2020 at 11:44h
in News, Adelaide Parklands, Frogs, Invertebrates, Reptiles
by Bryan Haywood
About a month ago (30th September to October 2nd.) a great crowd came out to listen, learn and help with fauna surveys in Pulyonna Wirra (Wadmore Park) in Adelaide's north east. All manner of survey techniques were employed giving rise to an ever increasing fauna...
Seasonal calendar and Yarning at Eaglehawk Waterhole
For thousands of years First Nations people looked after Country - walking, talking, observing, gathering, harvesting, appreciating what was around them - while working in with what each season has on offer. Nature Glenelg Trust was treated this past month to a walk on Country...
Mt Gambier Rail Trail year one revegetation complete
A huge thankyou to the Mt Gambier community and students from Tenison Woods College for your efforts in helping Nature Glenelg Trust complete year one of a five year project aiming to revegetate areas between Bertha Street and White Avenue, along Mt Gambier's fabulous Rail...
Opportune visit to Pulyonna Wirra (Wadmore Park) in July
Opportunistically, I dropped by Wadmore Park in mid-July during a visit to Adelaide from the Limestone Coast. The weather was kind and lately had been mostly sunny, so it struck me as a great chance to see what might be calling within the Fifth Creek...
Ecological burning to recover Cassinia tegulata in South Australia (Part 3)
The global population of Avenue Cassinia (Cassinia tegulata) has received a further boost in management this past autumn with an ecological burn being carried out at the Blackford site. Avenue Cassinia is known to occur at just a handful of sites in our region, and...