Three exciting projects at Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary have been completed thanks to funding received through Wildcare’s Tasmanian Nature Conservation Fund (TNCF). Sea/Shorebird Rehabilitation Pool Following the catastrophic failure of the previous rehabilitation pool, an urgent need was identified to build a new pool with more robust materials. Now complete, the pool is the largest available […]
Wednesday the 15th May marked the beginning of the ‘Winter working bees’ for the Friends of Lillico penguin volunteers. After a successful season of guiding and welcoming hundreds of tourists to the platform, the group now works to ensure the vegetation and the viewing platform will be ready for the next season. Volunteers were busy […]
With the support of a grant from the Tasmanian Nature Conservation Fund (Orange bellied parrot cause) between April 25th and May 1st, eleven members of the Friends of the Orange-bellied Parrot Wildcare group, aided by several other keen birders, participated in the great search for the elusive orange-bellied parrot (OBP) on King Island, under the […]
Wildcare Tasmania started reviewing how it operates the Tasmanian Nature Conservation Fund (its fund for tax-deductible donations) in late 2023. Our first consultation round included an invitation to members for feedback, an online members survey, input from our branch leaders, our review reference group, our office team, the Grants Committee and meetings with some of […]
by Phil Hrstich, Project Leader, Friends of Devonport Reserves. (Editors Note – Taylor Swift was not involved in this project). A grant from Wildcare’s Tasmanian Nature Conservation Fund enabled Friends of Devonport Reserves to purchase two 4G cameras to watch swift parrots at nest boxes. Unfortunately, the swifties haven’t chosen to use any of the […]
March 2024—time for the Friends of Melaleuca annual working bee! A group of enthusiastic volunteers hopped off the plane onto the white gravel of the Melaleuca airstrip to join those who had come by boat. A couple of new faces joined the gang this year and it was lovely to meet the new PWS Volunteer […]
Good news for Low Head penguins! The 2023/24 breeding season is coming to a close, with just a few chicks left in the colony. A survey of the nest boxes in early January recorded more than 20 chicks present, often as a pair, indicating a good breeding season for the birds. A recent visit in […]
Report on project completed with funding from the Tasmanian Nature Conservation Fund Californian Thistle Eradication and other weed work: Our aim is to eradicate these thistles from the island. We are almost there! At the last Spring working bee in November 2022, we treated (with Lontrel Advanced) a total of 662 thistles. An additional Working […]
See the latest Newsletter from Friends of Tasman Island at https://legacy.wildcaretas.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/30-Newslette-March-2024-April-10-22-final-pdf.pdf
After a little break to catch our breaths and reassess our situation, the Get Outside program has been reignited. Four trips for the year have been planned and new partnerships have been formed. The first trip was a great success! On a hot and windy Saturday, 17 people from the Tasmanian Arab community, and their […]