Bushie blog

Despite our best efforts during previous years' reptile surveys, we haven't yet recorded the elusive Gidgee Skink at Hamelin Station Reserve...

There are around 30 known Malleefowl mounds dotted across Eurardy Reserve's 30,000 hectares, but no active mounds recorded in the past decade - until now.

One of the highlights of this year was attending a native title consent determination for a claim by the Nanda people. Many different Nanda families attended, and it felt significant to have...

A lot of the work we do is only possible because of the contribution of volunteers. However in some cases, when there's more work to be done than time allows and specialised skills are required, we...

What pops into your head when you think of orchids? Large tropical ornamental house plants? Did you know that there are a wide range of orchids native to Australia? Even here at Eurardy Reserve, in...

With small animal monitoring currently happening at Eurardy Reserve in cooler weather than previous years, we've seen a shift in the species we might normally expect to catch.

This Spring, Ben Parkhurst (Reserves Ecologist for the Mid-West) ran the annual small animal trapping survey at Hamelin Station Reserve. Despite late winter rains and a relatively poor rain season...

When Australia's national environmental monitoring agency, the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), expanded their WA AusPlots network, Bush Heritage ecologists seized the opportunity to...

Given its location adjacent to the Shark Bay World Heritage Area it's not surprising that Hamelin Station Reserve in Outback WA is fast building a reputation as a 'go-to hotspot' for bird-watchers....

Eurardy Reserve is a special place, with some 700 plant species on the reserve, including a number of threatened, priority-listed and locally endemic species. However there are also cleared patches...

Recently Hamelin Station had an influx of keen birdwatchers from the Geraldton and Perth Birdlife groups who came to help out with our initial surveys. Our dedicated group set out at 5:30 every...

Recently a small gathering of supporters and staff came together at Eurardy to mark 10 years since Bush Heritage purchased the property. It was a beautiful day and we spent the time touring parts...