Orange-bellied parrot late Autumn watch at Arthur River, 21-22 May 2022. by Cathie Plowman – Volunteer, Friends of the OBP. Election Day 2022 started crisp and cold at Arthur River, and while service club members were setting up for democracy sausage sizzles and fund-raising raffles around the country, our team of 16 volunteers assembled at […]
Weeding is a high priority for many Wildcare groups as they seek to restore native vegetation and habitat in the areas they love. How many times have you heard weeding described as a ‘battle’ or a ‘war’? It’s certainly one that requires consistent effort and patience. In the language of battle, the Friends of Tamar […]
Crag Care update first half of 2022 Well Crag Care has had a busy few months, with four working bees run so far this year all at different Tassie climbing areas. Three of those areas – Freycinet, Fingal and kunanyi Organ Pipes were new for us, so it was pretty exciting to get the opportunity […]
St Valentines Peak is a prominent mountain on the north west coast of Tasmania only 30 minutes’ drive south of Burnie. Public access to the peak is enabled by a track that was constructed in 1995. Wildcare’s Friends of St Valentines Peak formed in 2020 to maintain the existing walking track and prevent erosion and […]
Friends of Melaleuca held its annual working-bee from 16 to 23 March. A special project this time was remediation work on the track up Mt Beattie (read about that here). This walk from Claytons corner is very popular but is becoming degraded. General and routine maintenance also continued at Claytons, including a garden clearing blitz […]
A burrowscope is a custom-made, portable camera and screen that Friends of Maatsuyker Island (FOMI) have been using to check the presence and status of burrow-nesting seabirds. FOMI has undertaken biannual monitoring of Short-tailed Shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris) on the largest unharvested colony in the world (Maatsuyker Island) since 2013 (NB: pre-fledging chicks are harvested at […]
Mt Beattie is a popular walk amongst visitors to Port Davey. The track begins at the historic Claytons cottage which is cared for by Friends of Melaleuca and the Tasmanian Parks & Wildlife Service (PWS). It meanders through mature rainforest to the open slopes and summit, which afford wonderful all-round vistas of the waterway and […]
Our partners at the Raptor Refuge Kettering are looking for volunteers to join their small and close knit team. Do you have: a love for nature, a passion for wildlife, an abundance of common sense, honesty and, a willingness to learn? Would you be over the moon to be making a hands on contribution to […]
The Friends of Low Head Penguin Colony are keeping an eye on the penguin population at Low Head. An inspection of the colony in early April indicated that the 2021/22 breeding season is close to completion with only a few adults and the last of the chicks present. The penguins have completed their annual moult […]
The latest news from the Friends of Tasman Island is now available at https://wildcaretas.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/26-FoTI-Newsletter-April-2022-final-pdf.pdf Enjoy!