Author: Bryan Haywood

Eaglehawk Waterhole update and completion of 20 Million Trees grant

Posted at 20 Aug 2017 at 21:46h in 20 Million Trees, Eaglehawk Waterhole Habitat Restoration Reserve, News by Bryan Haywood

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Saturday July 29th saw the last of our plants from our 3-year 20 Million Trees grant (from the Federal Government, National Landcare programme) put in the ground. This funding has enabled NGT to establish over 15,000 trees, shrubs and grasses over 70ha, to help species like...

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Eaglehawk Waterhole Update – planting, weeding and fauna surveys coming up!

Posted at 23 Jun 2017 at 00:40h in 20 Million Trees, Eaglehawk Waterhole Habitat Restoration Reserve, News by Bryan Haywood

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Saturday July 29th will be our final planting day this season for 6500 seedlings to go into the 70ha+ revegetation site we've been tackling over the last 3 years. We recorded a very handsome 90% survival rate from last year’s plantings and with Sam and Andy...

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Southern Brown Bandicoots are now on the radar

Posted at 23 Jun 2017 at 00:36h in ForestrySA Schools Program, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Southern Brown Bandicoot by Bryan Haywood

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Well it was this time last year (in 2016) that we reported on how the third 'once in a decade' digging abundance survey for the Southern Brown Bandicoot was back underway. Through the Restoring Under-represented Ecological Communities project, NGT ended up completing the survey in 2016...

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Wetland Condition Field Guide launch a big success

Posted at 15 Mar 2017 at 12:13h in Media, Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, News, Wetland Restoration by Bryan Haywood

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A huge thankyou to everyone who came out to Mount Burr Swamp on Tuesday 14 March 2017 for the launch of the Wetland Condition Field Guide, by Troy Horn and myself. The guide has been five years in the making and fills a gap in rapid wetland assessment...

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Dragonflies and Damselflies (Part 3)

Posted at 10 Feb 2017 at 11:12h in News, Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands, Wetland Restoration by Bryan Haywood

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If you have managed to get out and poke around a few wetlands lately you would have seen a large number and possibly a variety of species of Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies). It hasn't been unusual to find up to 8-9 species at any given...

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Eaglehawk Waterhole restoration update – covering all the big news from late 2016

Posted at 09 Jan 2017 at 23:12h in Wetland Restoration, Eaglehawk Waterhole Habitat Restoration Reserve, Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands by Bryan Haywood

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Humble apologies for not providing an update before now. Burning the candle at both ends and all that!!! Please enjoy a short summary of the people and activities of Eaglehawk Waterhole Restoration Reserve over the last few months to the end of 2016. Water, wetlands, and wildflowers It was a...

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Dragonfly and Damselfly update (Part 2)

Posted at 09 Jan 2017 at 23:10h in Mount Burr Swamp Habitat Restoration Reserve, Photography, Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands, Wetland Restoration by Bryan Haywood

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Since our last blog on dragonflies and damselflies (Part 1) we’ve had a few more species emerge, despite wetlands drying up with the warm and sunny conditions over the past two months. Fingers crossed for a storm or two to keep them topped up a little...

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Roofing tiles are working a treat for finding rare reptiles

Posted at 27 Nov 2016 at 18:50h in Eared Worm Lizard Research Project, Media, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by Bryan Haywood

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The annual monitoring event for the South Australian population of Eared Worm-lizards was recently undertaken at Furner forest, north of Millicent in the lower South East. The Eared Worm Lizard or Aprasia aurita, only discovered in South Australia in 1997, is a species of legless...

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Damselflies and Dragonflies are hitting the skies over wetlands this spring

Posted at 27 Nov 2016 at 18:49h in News, Photography, Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands, Species of the month, Wetland Restoration by Bryan Haywood

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Have you gone for a wander around a freshwater wetland lately or even a dam? Well, if you haven't I suggest on the next sunny day that you do. Apart from avoiding the scaly things 'that slip and slide around' and the things that 'suck...

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Malleefowl mounds on the rise in the South East

Posted at 23 Sep 2016 at 22:50h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by Bryan Haywood

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Monitoring of Malleefowl mounds is about to commence at 6 sites in the South East of South Australia. Monitoring sites occur over the entire birds range including other parts of South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. Monitoring is conducted annually in an...

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