Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East

Posted at 29 Oct 2015 at 17:47h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Species of the month, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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Tea-tree Fire-tail Cicada The Tea-tree Fire-tail cicada has recently emerged in the lower south east of South Australia. It is a very high pitched and soft calling species that prefers Swamp Gum woodlands in the moist parts of the region especially around Glencoe and Port MacDonnell. [caption...

Posted at 19 Sep 2015 at 17:46h in Community Biodiversity Events 2015, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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[caption id="attachment_11560" align="alignright" width="180"] The new Woodland Birds of SE SA brochure[/caption] At the end of August we were treated to a whole bird-photography related weekend. BirdLife photographer and ecologist Dean Ingwersen made the trip across from Melbourne for a talk at Mt Gambier City Hall,...

Posted at 14 Aug 2015 at 03:11h in Community Nursery Project, News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Threatened Orchid translocation, Threatened Orchids by
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[caption id="attachment_12530" align="alignright" width="300"] Elegant Spider-orchid (Bryan Haywood)[/caption] Eleven days of intricate and rewarding field work has recently come to an end after four nationally threatened terrestrial orchid species were successfully translocated into 8 sites throughout the South East through the Restoring the Under-represented Ecological Communities...

Posted at 07 Aug 2015 at 16:15h in Community Biodiversity Events 2015, Cross-border Community Events Calendar, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by
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Get involved in the art and science of woodland birds! [caption id="attachment_11560" align="alignright" width="250"] Woodland Birds Through the Lens flyer[/caption] On Friday August 28 at 7pm, BirdLife magazine photographer and ecologist Dean Ingwersen is giving a free talk at City Hall, Mount Gambier. Currently leading the Regent...

Posted at 07 Aug 2015 at 16:15h in News, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East, Swamp Gum Woodlands by
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Swamp Gum woodland sites received a further boost recently with planting of understorey species in three lower South East sites. [caption id="attachment_12427" align="alignleft" width="300"] Swamp Gum grassy woodland in Honan Native Forest Reserve[/caption] Rare species were planted out to create new colonies in Honan and Warreanga Native...

Posted at 07 Aug 2015 at 16:13h in Photo of the Month, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Veined Helmet-orchid, SA[/caption] This photo of a Veined Helmet-orchid was taken in the Upper South East of SA, when the crew was out translocating orchids (other species) as part of the Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East (RUEC) project. You can see...

Posted at 27 Jun 2015 at 11:35h in Media, Piccaninnie Ponds, Restoring the Underrepresented Ecological Communities of the South East by
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The first of many working bees occurred within the Ramsar-listed Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park recently, whereby the Mt Gambier Friends of Parks group helped to create additional habitat through our Restoring Under-represented Ecological Communities project. This region-wide project (being run by Nature Glenelg Trust on...