Adelaide Parklands

The wonderful world of insects – ‘Herding Caterpillars’ in Adelaide and join our new insect workshops in the Limestone Coast

Posted at 29 Aug 2024 at 16:15h in News, Adelaide Parklands, Community Biodiversity Events, Environmental Education, Events by Bryan Haywood

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Could you ever imagine that a butterfly would be helped by an ant to complete its life cycle?! When you consider that ants can be a formidable force in the bush, its amazing to know that ants will tend to a particular special caterpillar species...

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Unexpected ‘gems’ in the city – NGT documents wetlands of the Adelaide Park Lands

Posted at 29 Jul 2024 at 14:04h in News, Adelaide Parklands by Ben Taylor

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Back in March Ben, Bryan, Tessa, NGT intern Vicki Bruce and long term NGT volunteer Andy Lines were busy in the Adelaide Park Lands on a project commissioned by the City of Adelaide. The objective was to map the wetland vegetation and survey the mammals,...

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Surveying Aquatic Vegetation in Karrawirra Pari/the River Torrens

Posted at 28 Mar 2024 at 21:28h in News, Adelaide Parklands by Ben Taylor

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In early March, Ben and Tessa took to the water to survey submerged aquatic vegetation in Karrawirra Pari/the River Torrens. NGT first undertook this monitoring for the City of Adelaide in 2020, and repeated it in 2022. This year the survey has been expanded to...

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Torrens Lake green and growing? NGT surveys aquatic vegetation in Adelaide city

Posted at 22 Mar 2022 at 13:09h in News, Adelaide Parklands by Tessa Roberts

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If you have passed through the city of Adelaide in recent months, you many have noticed the River Torrens looking a little green. No, it's not blue-green algae, it's actually duckweed (Lemna sp.)! It's not necessarily a bad thing at all, though some users of...

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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

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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...

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Opportune visit to Pulyonna Wirra (Wadmore Park) in July

Posted at 26 Aug 2020 at 15:02h in Adelaide Parklands, Frogs, Invertebrates, News by Bryan Haywood

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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...

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Highlights from a fauna survey of Pulyonna Wirra (Wadmore Park), Adelaide

Posted at 29 May 2020 at 16:15h in Adelaide Parklands, Environmental Education, Frogs, Invertebrates, News, Reptiles by Bryan Haywood

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[caption id="attachment_37002" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The wonderful grassy woodland of Wadmore Park.[/caption] Campbelltown Landcare Group have invited NGT to undertake a fauna survey of Pulyonna Wirra (Wadmore Park) this year. The project aims to collate records on mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates in Wadmore Park, through various...

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When do Dragonflies and Damselflies hit the skies? Check out this flight period chart to find out…

Posted at 13 Sep 2018 at 01:53h in Adelaide Parklands, News, Photography, Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands, Wetland Restoration by Bryan Haywood

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[caption id="attachment_27352" align="alignright" width="266"] Ancient Greenling Damselfly (Hemiphlebia mirabilis)[/caption] Dragonflies and Damselflies are fascinating creatures. The main difference between the two groups (as outlined in Part I) is the appearance of their wings and whether they can fold their wings when at rest. As adults, they...

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Biodiversity in the heart of the city – Adelaide Parklands fauna survey update

Posted at 06 Jul 2018 at 19:14h in Adelaide Parklands, News by Bryan Haywood

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In March 2017, Nature Glenelg Trust were engaged by the Adelaide City Council to conduct a fauna survey at the Victoria Park grassland – a two hectare area in the Adelaide Parklands set aside for conservation. This short-term survey was undertaken from 27-30 March 2017....

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A Grassland Tale from the Heart of the City: the Adelaide Parklands and the Chequered Copper Butterfly

Posted at 09 Jun 2018 at 00:56h in Adelaide Parklands, News, Species of the month by Bryan Haywood

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It has been a pleasure to be involved in a project being run through the Adelaide City Council recently revolving around - would you believe - ‘a little butterfly’. This creature is called the Chequered (or Grassland) Copper and it belongs in the Lycanidae family...

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