Now into its third year, we’ve planted over 40 ha of foraging habitat with more than 3,600 trees for 40spots and Swifties. Our tireless manager, Andrew Hingston has developed bigger muscles than he ever had, wielding mattock, stake-driver and lugging watercans up and down hills! You should see his six-pack!
Plus he’s been ably helped by over 130 volunteers donating their time and sometimes money to help out. This almost doubles the resources spent on the project.
In addition, we’re testing nest box design for 40spots, testing novel tree genetics for Swifties and running workshops for the community to encourage the best outcomes for these two threatened birds.
Our key strategies are:
- keep Swifties breeding on Bruny, year after year, where we have no sugar gliders predators
- link and strengthen 40spot populations into areas safe from climate change
- enhance breeding success of 40spots by providing safe nest boxes without parasites
These key strategies of course lead to a variety of activities, and with a variety of partners which will be the subject of further blogs.
