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New South Wales
---- Brogo Reserve
---- Burrin Burrin Reserve
---- Naree Station
---- Scottsdale Reserve
---- Sydney
---- Tarcutta Hills Reserve
---- Yantabulla partnership property
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---- Arafura Partnership
---- Warddeken Partnership
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---- Carnarvon Reserve
---- Cravens Peak Reserve
---- Currumbin Valley Reserve
---- Edgbaston Reserve
---- Ethabuka Reserve
---- Fan Palm Reserve
---- Goonderoo Reserve
---- Olkola Partnership
---- Pullen Pullen Reserve
---- Reedy Creek Reserve
---- Yourka Reserve
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---- Bon Bon Station Reserve
---- Boolcoomatta Reserve
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---- Liffey Valley
-------- Coalmine Creek
-------- Liffey River
-------- Oura Oura
---- South Esk Pine
---- Tasmanian Midlands
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---- John Colahan Griffin Nature Reserve
---- Melbourne
---- Nardoo Hills Reserves
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---- Birriliburu partnership
---- Bunuba Partnership
---- Charles Darwin Reserve
---- Eurardy Reserve
---- Gondwana Link
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-------- Monjebup Reserves
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Searching for a special skink
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
04 October 2019
Despite our best efforts during previous years' reptile surveys, we haven't yet recorded the elusive Gidgee Skink at Hamelin Station Reserve...
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Mad for Malleefowl
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
25 March 2019
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.
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Nanda native title determination
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
24 December 2018
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...
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Biologic Hamelin trapping
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
21 November 2018
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...
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Eurardy orchids
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
07 September 2018
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...
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Frogs galore (and mice) at Eurardy
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
16 August 2018
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.
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New reptiles for Hamelin list
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
19 October 2017
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...
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National monitoring at Eurardy Reserve
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
04 September 2017
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...
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Hamelin a hotspot for birders
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
31 July 2017
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....
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Restoration workshop at Eurardy
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
22 July 2016
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...
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Bird surveys & Western Grasswrens
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
09 October 2015
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...
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Eurardy celebrates its 10th birthday
by
Ben Parkhurst (Ecologist)
on
23 September 2015
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...
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