It is hard to believe but time is up for NGT's first work placement University student - Alix Baltais, who begins the journey back home this week. None of us can quite work out where the last few months have gone, but one thing is for...
By Alix Baltais This week we bring some particularly exciting news for the Aprasia project. We have discovered a new population of Aprasia aurita!! While only one individual female was found we hope we can find a few more as the weeks progress. This site is quite...
By Alix Baltais As we predicted, with the warmer weather our success with detecting reptiles has increased. Recent surveys have brought out many more of our opportunistically recorded species which is very exciting (refer to previous blog for list). Most exciting however is that a recent check...
By Alix Baltais To date we have conducted 2 ½ rounds of our tile grids with the other half to be completed within the week. There has been a distinct increase of diversity and numbers as the weather has warmed and our escapee rate has decreased...
After leaving the tile grids to settle in for six weeks, Cath and myself (Alix) checked the first half of our sites yesterday. While unfortunately our first site didn’t reveal anything under the tiles, the rest were a great success! [caption id="attachment_1163" align="aligncenter" width="300"] One of...
Welcome to the search! Here you can follow our progress in the search for the Eared Worm-lizard in the South East region, South Australia. This reptile was previously believed to exclusively occur in the Victorian Mallee, however in recent years the species has also been found in...
After a brief visit a few weeks ago to help set-up her major project with us (survey sites for the Eared Worm Lizard), Alix Baltais is now officially a full-time part of the NGT team for the rest of this year. Alix comes from the University...
Last Thursday I was delighted to receive an email from Nature Foundation SA (a very active environmental NGO in South Australia - see www.naturefoundation.org.au), informing me that Nature Glenelg Trust (NGT) has been awarded grant funding for 2 projects to occur next financial year in the South East of South...
