Photo of the Month: A fantastic feather ‘tale’
When my son Dale got home from his seasonal (DELWP) fire crew work out in the south-western Victorian bush the other day, it was just like any other day...
Photo of the Month
Reversing the lens: a waterbird’s perspective at Walker Swamp
Posted at 30 Nov 2020 at 14:21h
in News, Photo of the Month, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve
by Lauren Kivisalu
The recent spring rains across parts of south-eastern Australia have meant significant flows in waterways and the filling of wetlands; some seeming to appear before our eyes. Lachie has provided a great summary of the hydrological impacts across NGT's wetland restoration reserves in another post...
Photo of the month – the elusive Delma impar
Posted at 29 Sep 2020 at 17:32h
in News, Long Point, Photo of the Month, Reptiles
by Lauren Kivisalu
The Striped Legless Lizard (Delma impar) is a species that has mastered elusiveness. They shelter and nest in soil cracks, and utilise surrounding grassy vegetation and rocks to keep well hidden during their daytime movements. These small reptiles are in fact not totally legless -...
Photos of the Month: May 2020 – the NGT team get busy in wetlands!
Posted at 29 May 2020 at 16:13h
in Long Swamp, Long Swamp Restoration, News, OBP Recovery, Photo of the Month
by Lauren Kivisalu
Yes, NGT love wetlands! Wetland restoration and research has been a big part of what the organisation has been about, right from the start. The team have worked across a vast array of different wetlands across south-eastern Australia. So for May 2020 we have a few...
Photo of the month – Going gaga over Gang Gang Cockatoos
For the past few months my family and I have been charmed by very special visitors - Gang Gang Cockatoos! They are often exceptionally quiet, and if it weren't for catching out the corner of one eye the pieces of eucalypt nuts falling to the...
Photo of the month – The unity of cushion plants, Mount Field National Park
This photo of the month was taken near Newdegate Pass in Mount Field National Park, which we were lucky to visit while on a recent hiking trip to Tasmania. Cushion plants occur in alpine areas across the world. Rather than one large plant, they’re a community...
Photo of the month – Who is circling Walker Swamp?
Posted at 20 Feb 2020 at 17:43h
in Photo of the Month, Walker Swamp Restoration Reserve, Wetland Restoration
by Lauren Kivisalu
With NGT's wetland reserves still holding water, flocks of waterbirds have been keeping the team on point as they look to identify who is around … and it seems that they have been getting some extra help from above! For those of us who don't have...
Species of the Month – Swamp Bluet damselfly
Posted at 29 Aug 2019 at 14:31h
in News, Photo of the Month, Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands, Species of the month
by Bryan Haywood
The Swamp Bluet (Coenagrion lyelli) is a damselfly endemic to Australia, and also the only species of this genus known from Australia. Until recently, the Swamp Bluet was recorded in south-east Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, central and eastern Victoria. In 2012, one male was photographed...
Photo of the week – Sunset at Lake Moniboeng, Vic
Lake Moniboeng (or 'Momboeng') sits behind the sand dunes of Discovery Bay along the south-west Victorian coast and forms an important part of the Glenelg Estuary and Long Swamp Ramsar site. It's not far from NGT's Long Swamp restoration project near Nobles Rocks. NGT has...
Photo of the week – A Christmas beetle battle, Rennick, Vic
Christmas in Australia often means Christmas beetles, and a bunch of hungry Christmas beetles means a Christmas battle! Christmas beetles are from the scarab beetle family, with a various species of different colours found around Australia. These green ones are likely to be from the genus Diphucephala...