Tag: wildlife

Shorebird and wetland habitat funding flows

Anew project has received $17m in government funding to improve shorebird and wetland habitats across South Australia’s Coorong, Lower Lakes, Murray Mouth and South...

Wildlife carer winds back

Alocal wildlife rescuer has made the difficult decision to cut back on the wildlife care she has been undertaking in the Limestone Coast region...

Artificial hollows help birds thrive

Community organisations have joined forces to save threatened woodland species at Bool and Hacks Lagoon, south of Naracoorte.
Friends of Bool and Hacks Lagoon, Naracoorte...

Wildlife conservation dedication recognised

Carpenter Rocks conservationist Maureen Christie was delighted to receive an invitation to attend a recent ceremony at Government House in Adelaide to be officially...

City ClimateWatch ‘on the right path’

The Valley Lake/Kelta Malpi Conservation Park precinct will become the site for only the second ClimateWatch trail in South Australia. The Limestone Coast Landscape Board...

Search on for rare bird

July promises to be a big month for the Orange-bellied Parrot in SA, starting with a Neophema Identification workshop being held in Mount Gambier...

Coastal bird spotters urged to watch out for critically endangered species

Limestone Coast residents are being encouraged to be on the lookout for the critically endangered Orange-bellied Parrot in the region. SA Orange-bellied Parrot regional coordinator...

Nature reserve windfall

ASpanish company has met the costs of the Lake McIntyre bird hide extension at the popular Millicent nature reserve. Iberdrola owns and operates 112 wind...

Little Penguin finds big heart

Millicent woman Kat Hodgens has a big heart for rescuing wildlife, so when she found a Little Penguin washed up on a local beach...

Backburn operation saves club

The Blue Lake Golf Course was saved during the Crater Lakes fire last Tuesday thanks to CFS and MFS fire crews who worked hard...

Black Hawk eye in the sky

The two ex-military Black Hawk helicopters used to fight the Crater Lakes fire are the first to make their way onto the Australian Register. The...

City mountain bike trails blazed

The Mount Gambier Mountain Bike Club has had its trails blazed in a different way, being one of many impacted by last week’s Crater...

Aerotech water bombers put into action

During the recent Crater Lakes fire, Mount Gambier residents got the chance to see first-hand the important work Aerotech fire bomber pilots perform. The bombers...

Arctic shorebirds ‘check in’

With no QR code required, migratory shorebirds are arriving at Discovery Bay after flying tens of thousands of kilometres after the northern Arctic summer. Sanderling...