Bushie blog

The critically endangered Red-finned Blue-eye finds a new home in the artificial springs at Edgbaston

A field day at Audreystone Station near Barcaldine in western Queensland was the perfect opportunity for new Bush Heritage staff, Shelley and Pippa, to meet neighbours and other local stakeholders,...

The Lake Eyre Basin Rangers have been busy helping Bush Heritage Freshwater Ecologist Pippa to fence key springs at Edgbaston Reserve. The specially designed fences are a project funded by the...

As the new freshwater ecologist at Edgbaston reserve, I have been spending some time exploring the incredible spring complex. Recently I stumbled across an exciting visitor – an Australian...

Bush Heritage’s conservation work involves digging a lot of holes – pit traps, post holes, foundations etc.  It can be a dull aspect of the work, but the hole we just drilled at...

Last week I was tasked with setting up of a series of permanent fauna and flora monitoring sites at Bush Heritage’s Edgbaston Reserve. When asked to do it I couldn’t help...

Rain events and flooding at Edgbaston Reserve allow many species to move between the springs. Unfortunately this is how the small feral pest fish Gambusia (Gambusia hollbrooki) invades...

Right behind me something crashed through the spinifex and squawked in a harsh guttural croaking sort of way. I jumped and ran. There was no thought of fight – I thought I was about...

Have you ever seen thousands of Plum-headed Finches in one place? Freshwater Ecologist Rob Wager has been watching numbers of this species increase at Edgbaston Reserve.

The Red-fin Blue-eye and Edgbaston Goby are endangered fish found only in a few artesian springs on Edgbaston Reserve in central Queensland. They're threatened by the invasive Gambusia fish. To...

Exclusion fencing has become a modern land management technique. In a farming context it's done to achieve better production. Property owners or groups of property owners (called a cluster...

Edgbaston Reserve is known for its endangered fish, plants and snails living in the artesian springs. It's also home to a variety of reptiles that make you stop what you're doing until they...