At the end of June, NGT helped organise a special OBP movie screening in Port Fairy. The Orange-bellied Parrot is one of the most endangered parrots in the world. They breed over the summer in South West Tasmania and then cross Bass Strait to spend...
Please join us for the screening of the Orange-bellied Parrot film “The Desperate Plight of the Orange-bellied Parrot” at the Reardon Theatre in Port Fairy.We're also excited to announce that the film makers, David Neilson and Karen Alexander, as well as Rachel Pritchard from the...
Fourteen wonderful and eager volunteers helped out during the first OBP count weekend of 2018 in SW-Victoria. It was great to meet all the new volunteers and to catch up with returning project supporters. Despite the cold and wet weather, it turned out to be an...
[caption id="attachment_27617" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Orange-bellied Parrot: photo by Chris Tzaros[/caption] Orange-bellied Parrots have started their journey back to the mainland and the first wild-bred male parrot has already been sighted near the Werribee treatment plant. The OBP recovery team has again released captive birds at two different sites on...
The days are getting longer and warmer and with spring arriving, the Orange-bellied Parrots are getting ready to start their journey back across Bass Strait to Melaleuca in Tasmania. Exactly one week after our last winter survey the first OBP has arrived back in Melaleuca....
On the first of July, NGT held an Orange-bellied Parrot workshop for anyone interested in the recovery efforts of this unique and highly endangered species. Rachel Pritchard (from DELWP) gave an update on the current recovery efforts and on how the winter count data collected...
In mid-April 2017, 11 Orange-bellied Parrots were released in a restricted area near the Western Treatment Plant in Werribee. This first mainland release is part of a four-year trial Program which is seeking to release small flocks of OBPs into suitable habitat. All released birds have...
NGT is helping to coordinate the Orange-bellied Parrot winter counts within Victoria's south-west region again this year, with Nicole Mojonnier taking on the coordination role as part of her internship with Nature Glenelg Trust. NGT's previous coordinator Lauren Kivisalu is currently on maternity leave. Recovery and management plans for...
Earlier this month I travelled east to visit some coastal landscapes along the Shipwreck Coast. I was fortunate to meet with the Princetown Landcare Group, and scope some potential habitat areas of the estuary of the Gellibrand River. The Princetown Landcare Group are involved in...
It was great to meet a really interested crowd at our OBP Info Session in Koroit on Saturday 25th, with many local groups represented, such as the Warrnambool BirdLife branch, Portland Field Naturalists, and Killarney Coastcare.Rachel Pritchard (from DELWP) and I gave an overview of the...