Review of 2024 – TWBBI
Well 2024 has been a big year for TWBBI with 2,800 trees planted over 20 properties across the island for the two threatened birds of Bruny Island – Swift parrot […]
Flowering for Swift parrot 2024
Swift parrot are starting to be seen in Tasmania, and indications are that it is likely at least some will be breeding on Bruny Island this 2024 season. Both our […]
Update your face(plate)!
Last year, TWBBI trialed smaller (24mm) entrance holes for the 40spot nest boxes and demonstrated that these were just the right size to allow 40spots in, but exclude their more […]
Funding success
TWBBI has been successful in attracting further funding to implement our recovery actions for the Forty-spotted pardalote and Swift parrot from both the Dept Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) and […]
Nestbox design for 40spots
In collaboration with the Difficult Bird Research Group, we trialled reducing the entry hole into nest boxes last season in attempts to find a more successful option for the threatened […]
TWBBI update November 2024
Nest boxes for forty-spotted pardalotes Manufacture and installation of forty-spotted pardalote (FSPAR) nest boxes was postponed due the increasing observations of FSPAR being excluded and even displaced after commencement of […]
The science behind TWBBI
At a recent BIEN meeting, the Threatened Woodland Birds of Bruny Island (TWBBI) project manager Dr Andrew Hingston gave a presentation of the science behind our Threatened Woodland Birds of […]
TWBBI: the first season
Now only into its sixth month, our Threatened Woodland Birds of Bruny Island project (TWBBI) has achieved more than originally planned, with 760 trees planted across five properties and an […]
TWBBI – the first three months
Despite only commencing in April, this season (2023) has seen two properties planting almost 400 trees across 4 ha. Monitoring seedling survival and growth and the use of planted areas […]
New project for Bruny Island – TWBBI
Enhancing habitat, providing nesting options and helping to control nest parasites are all part of a new project by BIEN and partners started this autumn that should run over many […]