An update on the reintroduction of Yarra Pygmy Perch to Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park

Posted at 12 Mar 2015 at 15:28h in Fish conservation, News, Piccaninnie Ponds, Yarra Pygmy Perch Recovery by Mark Bachmann

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The latest edition of From the Ground Up, had this nice little update article on the work that has been happening with Yarra Pygmy Perch - a species that NGT has a long history with! If you'd like to download a pdf, you can do that...

Yarra pygmy perch now present in Pick Swamp!

Posted at 29 Jan 2015 at 11:28h in Fish conservation, News, Piccaninnie Ponds, Yarra Pygmy Perch Recovery by Lauren Brown

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In a previous blog, I wrote about the recent Yarra pygmy perch releases we undertook out at the newly restored Pick Swamp, situated within the Piccaninnie Ponds Coastal Wetland (PPCW) complex. To refresh your memory, the fish releases took place in last October and November...

Autumn native fish sampling of the Piccaninnie Ponds system

Posted at 23 May 2014 at 11:02h in News, Piccaninnie Ponds by Nick Whiterod

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[caption id="attachment_6089" align="alignleft" width="300"] Big catch of common galaxias[/caption] Lauren Veale and I recently undertook autumn monitoring at Piccaninnie Ponds system with Steve Clarke (DEWNR) and a number of volunteers from Friends of Area Parks (Mt Gambier). We were fortunate to have a week of good weather (no...

A nice article about Pick Swamp…

Posted at 18 Mar 2014 at 20:58h in News, Piccaninnie Ponds by Mark Bachmann

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Thanks to Bob Green, the Convenor of BirdLife South East SA, for sending through this article about Pick Swamp (also see image below). I don't get down there so often any more, but it is a place that I continue to have a close connection to. As...

Recent fish survey of the Piccaninnie Ponds system

Posted at 04 Nov 2013 at 13:05h in Fish conservation, Piccaninnie Ponds by Nick Whiterod

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I recently undertook a fish survey – for DEWNR, funded through the Australian Government – across the Piccaninnie Ponds system (following on from annual sampling in 2011, 2012). The survey assessed the status of fish species across the diverse range of habitats and, specifically, explored...

A special day – International recognition for Piccaninnie Ponds and Pick Swamp

Posted at 26 Jan 2013 at 00:56h in News, Media, Piccaninnie Ponds by Mark Bachmann

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After many years in the making, today I had the privilege of being present at the official announcement that Piccaninnie Ponds is now formally listed as a wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. The announcement was made at Pick Swamp, the restored wetland to...

Piccaninnie Ponds

An update on the reintroduction of Yarra Pygmy Perch to Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park

Yarra pygmy perch now present in Pick Swamp!

Autumn native fish sampling of the Piccaninnie Ponds system

A nice article about Pick Swamp…

Recent fish survey of the Piccaninnie Ponds system

A special day – International recognition for Piccaninnie Ponds and Pick Swamp

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