'Whoop-Boom!' Over the past several weeks NGT has been helping with the Glenelg Hopkins CMA's Bittern Recovery Project, by undertaking listening surveys across several wetlands in south-west Victoria. 'Whoop-Boom' is the sound we have been eagerly listening for - the call of the male Australasian...
This year we have been delivering an Australasian Bittern habitat restoration project which is supported by Glenelg Hopkins CMA, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. A few months ago I wrote a short article about works we had undertaken at Aringa North,...
The Australasian Bittern (Botaurus poiciliptilus) is a key bird of dense swamps in south-west Victoria and south-east South Australia, but it is also Nationally Endangered. Bitterns like to hide out in wetlands with tall dense vegetation and forage in still, shallow water. They are so...
This time last year I reported a pair of Brolgas at The Green Swamp near Glenthompson; the first time I had seen this species at the wetland since undertaking restoration works in 2014. Since then there have been regular sightings and the numbers of birds...
This week Greg and I had the privilege of hosting members of DELWP Barwon South West's environmental projects team for a tour of Green Swamp. On the back of a very dry summer and early autumn, levels have receded dramatically. But the good news is there...
[caption id="attachment_28775" align="alignleft" width="861"] Scale Swamp - December 2017[/caption] Scale Swamp is another great demonstration of the benefits of restoring hydrology to drained wetlands. This 100 hectare swamp to the south of Dunkeld has a long-term history of drainage for grazing and low-intensity cropping. In 2013,...
Last week I took the opportunity to check back in on some of the restoration sites we have been working on around the southern Grampians, and I have some good news!Let's start the journey a bit further east, and up the Bunnugal drain, to one...
WOW! What can I say? The last five months have gone by at blistering pace. It was a fleeting 7 or 8 months ago that I was in another country trying to figure out what I’d be doing in 2016. And then came the internship offer...
Over the past couple of years we've been working with Aringa North owner and manager, Hoges. A beautiful property, situated about 10 km north of Port Fairy, Aringa North has a large number of wetlands which provide habitat for brolga, swans, frogs and an...
The signs of two dry years are still lingering but one can't help but feel optimistic that we might have turned a corner. With Warrnambool falling just 0.5mm short of achieving its highest May rainfall on record, and similar trends occurring to the north and west,...
