Invasive species are a significant threat to Aussie biodiversity. 🌱

We're calling citizen scientists to report sightings of the invasive fungus Myrtle Rust with Atlas of Living Aust.

Grab your Myrtle Rust reporting guide: spr.ly/6010X3oQw

📷 | Geoff Pegg

👀Look at these magnificent recently fledged baby bitterns we just found this weekend near Griffith, already ~200 metres from their nest. Easily spotted with our drone, the old nest would have been a hive of secret activity over the past two months. #bitternsinrice

Mathematical proof: wombats are perfect. ❤️

From their noses to their rumps, wombats perfectly fit the golden ratio.

A wombat's bum is extremely hard and is their biggest weapon. They can use their bum to block their burrow and potentially to crush predators!

#WombatWednesday

Do you know how much water you have stored on farm? Do you know how much you should have, and how to get it where you need it?
Come along to one of our workshops in Tooma and Holbrook, and get help to get your plan.
Bookings via Humanitix (via Linktree) - linktr.ee/holbrooklandca…

They said I was mad, said I was chasing a myth, but after decades of searching I present you with the first ever documentation of the Phillip Island Tree Wallaby! (Sitting about 3m above ground) #cryptozoology

It’s shaping up to be the best season in years: paintedsnipe.com.au/recent-sightin…

With two new Brisbane sightings and one in Sydney, we now know where 52 birds are across 20 sites:

NSW: 33 at 8 sites
QLD: 8 at 5 sites
VIC: 8 at 5 sites
SA: 2 at 1 site
ACT: 1 at 1

Photo by Peter Stevens

Want to join in on this year's #BioBlitz but not sure how to download & use the #iNaturalist app or connect to the #RefreshingRivers & #GSB23 #GreaterHume projects? Kylie is running a pop-in information session @ #Holbrook Library between 3-5pm this Thurs 23/11 #workingtogether

A rocky mountain stream is not where we’d we normally consider finding an Australian Painted-snipe but cattle farmers near Cooma in NSW have done just that! We also have a new record from SW VIC: paintedsnipe.com.au/recent-sightin…

Join LaTrobe University, Woomargama Station and HLN for a Farm-scale Natural Capital Accounting Field Day on Sunday 26th Nov. Optional Bird walk at 8.30am (to fit in with #GSB2023 !) and field day starts at 9.30
#refreshingrivers events.humanitix.com/farm-scale-nat…

Yesterday, I got our orchid on ABC national TV news after its best spring in ten years. But seriously, some great exposure for the endangered Australian Painted-snipe, a bird that appears to be in deep trouble. Tracking Australian Painted-snipe BirdLife Australia @nswenviromedia abc.net.au/news/2023-10-0…

The NSW/ACT Twitchathon is nearly here: 28/29 Oct. It’s excellent fun for a good cause so why not get a team together & help these glorious birds. Registration: twitch24nsw.org/?page_id=36 More info about working with landholders at key APS sites: twitch24nsw.org/?page_id=2 📷 Leo

“Don’t wait until it is too late and they disappear through your neglect. We do not give you permission to kill wilkerr and we never did.” - Wotjobaluk peoples

theguardian.com/environment/20… - Donna Lu

Come ans work with us!

David M Watson Back at you with a Phantom. Bushfire surviver & thriving Judy Kirk

THORNY DEVIL! Surely one of the coolest (and most placid) agamids #wildoz #Agamidae #centralaustralia #northernterritory

Sometimes you hear the argument that plantings only support common species. I found 7 Squirrel gliders in 3 plantings on a farm tonight. Same plantings have also recently hosted Swift Parrots, Glossy Black Cockatoos, Pink-tailed Worm-lizards, Superb Parrots + many woodland birds

G’day all, here’s something I’ve had brewing awhile. About how environmental scientists sustain hope in the modern world, despite everything we know…
medium.com/@dwatson_82558…

Our Hakea laurina (Pincushion Hakea) is flowering well this year.

Today Wirraminna volunteers showed off their scalped sites for native grass/forb restoration. Also the SPA really need to be thinking about seed for forbs and subshrubs #Landcareledresilience #bushconnect #CorowaLC #Smartfarms #futuredroughtfund #slopes2summit Holbrook Landcare

Let’s celebrate National Volunteering Week and all our Landcare change makers.

What is a change maker?
A change maker is someone who takes action to make the world a better place.

Landcarers are 100% change makers, we thank you for all you do!

📷: Corowa District Landcare