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....
Glenburnie Primary School, Newbery Park Primary School and Millicent High school have been busy over the last 8 weeks. As part of the ForestrySA Biodiversity Corridor Schools Program, a grand total of 12,358 native plant seedlings have been put into the ground at the Honan...
Some busy bees were out and about at the Narrawong East Street wetland on Saturday the 15th of July! The Narrawong Wetland revegetation project is an initiative of the Narrawong District Primary School, supported by NGT, and once again it was time for some extra care, supplementary plantings,...
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...
Just in case you haven't heard of it yet, Eaglehawk Waterhole is 1700 acre private nature reserve owned and managed by NGT in the Upper South East of SA, near Frances. The property was purchased by NGT in late 2013 thanks to the generous support...
[caption id="attachment_15062" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Community Volunteers busy at the East st Wetland Working Bee in Narrawong[/caption] A crowd of over 20 people joined NGT on a surprisingly sunny morning at Narrawong on Sunday the 5th of June, to give the East St wetland revegetation site some TLC. [caption id="attachment_15064"...