Bird Monitoring Project Update: Feeding parties in the Big Scrub
Words: Georgia Beyer | Photos: David Milledge & Georgia Beyer. Birds of a feather flock together, so the saying goes. But sometimes different species form mixed flocks, known as foraging assemblages. With our acoustic and visual bird monitoring surveys now well underway, we’ve been witnessing some interesting and colourful mixes of birds moving together through […]
Ecologists of the Big Scrub: Dan Cox
After decades spent in regeneration in the Northern Rivers, there’s little about the Big Scrub that Dan Cox is yet to experience. From early work in the deepest parts of the rainforest, removing football field-sized patches of lantana in Wompoo Gorge, Wanganui, Minyon and the Big Scrub Flora Reserve, to working in Alcheringa and other […]
First trees planted at the home of Science Saving Rainforests and Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy
On a warm April day under crystal clear skies, Big Scrub Rainforest Conservancy passed an exciting milestone with the planting of the first trees at our new home in McLeans Ridges. With the help of 45 community volunteers, around 500 plants were planted to mark the next step in development of the site, which will […]
