020 Plains-wanderer with Dan Nugent

03/28/21 • 53 min

Meet the Plains-wanderer, one of the oddest birds in Australia, living in the last remaining intact tracts of grassland habitat in south east Australia. Daniel Nugent is trying to unlock the many secrets held by this bird, in an effort to develop effective strategies to preserve the last populations.

Female Plains-wanderer

Daniel Nugent undertaking fieldwork with the Plains-wanderer

Photos courtesy of Julain Teh

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Female Plains-wanderer

Daniel Nugent undertaking fieldwork with the Plains-wanderer

Photos courtesy of Julain Teh

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019 Mark Holdsworth - From the 'Old School', but has learned new tricks!

Mark Holdsworth has been involved in conservation for what seems like forever, but has developed from his initial skills working in the national parks of Tasmania, to helping save vulnerable populations of birds via pest eradication.

Mark is currently engaged in many invasive pest eradication programs all over the world, with Pest Detection dogs being a major element of these efforts.

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021 Update on Where, Where, Wedgie? surveys with Clare Hawkins

As we are coming up to the 2021 surveys for the Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle - the Where, Where Wedgie project - Here is an update on last year's results. Hopefully this will get you excited to get involved, register and select an area!

It's coming up soon, but it is an ideal reason to take a trip to Tasmania and do some citizen science.

Here is where you can get involved;

https://naturetrackers.com.au/indexWWW.php