NGT's Senior Wetland Ecologist Ayesha Burdett shared photos from some wetland restoration events in Victoria this month. She and Lisa McIntyre (NGT Partnerships and Community Coordinator) attended a Farm Dam Field Day organised by Panyyabyr Landcare Group to talk about water quality and catchment health,...
Flame Sedge-skipper Southern Boobook Owl chick Brolgas at Mt Burr Swamp Swamp Daisy-bush (Olearia glandulosa) Swamp Mazus (Mazus pumilio) Southern Grass-dart Bryan snapped some cool critters and rare plants whilst out and about this month: The first two were during surveys of vegetation (The Claypans) inside a OneFortyOne forestry site, where he...
NGT's Bec Sheldon and Ben Taylor were lucky enough to work amongst some rather spectacular scenery in Tasmania recently, whilst undertaking some water level monitoring at Apsley Marshes. Access can be difficult here, but kayaks serve a dual purpose as useful floating gear holders. What...
As you may have read in Mark's post we recently held our NGT end of year workshop, where NGT staff from across south-eastern Australia get together to share project news, ideas, and each others company - this time in Robe. A field trip is usually...
NGT's Scott Huntley has been finding lots of cute turtles during surveys recently. This little Short-necked Turtle on the right looks like he's smiling! Long-necked Turtle at Lyrup Lagoon in the SA Riverland. Photo: Scott Huntley Short-necked Turtle at the Pike RIver in the SA Riverland. Photo:...
During our recent Walker Swamp Celebration event (also the last stop of NGT's Nature Festival Grand Tour of Ecological Restoration) the group got to explore the newly acquired land addition at Walker Swamp. The area of Manna Gums is spectacular, and now under our permanent...
What a lovely day for a bird survey - check out Sam's list of species from her latest survey (below). We've also been hosting an environmental education program at Walker Swamp, with school and TAFE student getting some first-hand experiences in conservation work, and a...
The NGT team had a second planting day at Mount Vandyke in early August, where added another 5000 poa grasses as part of our grassland restoration project at the site. This safe-haven (predator-proof) reserve adjacent Cobboboonee National Park (north-west of Portland in Victoria) will one...
It's planting season! NGT's Mount Gambier field crew have been busy planting natives at Timberlands, Penola. The team have been adding habitat complexity with a range of locally occurring shrub and tree species: NGT Mt Gambier field crew from left Angus Samson, Tom Josephs, Blake-Alexander Kerslake NGT's...
Recently NGT hosted three different education events: a 'Trees on Farms' field day, a Glenthompson Shorebird Workshop and a nature education day with Daylesford Dharma School. It was wonderful to work with the individuals behind these events, whom had all heard of NGT and wanted...
