Glenelg Hopkins CMA

Keep up to date with what’s been happening at the Glenelg Hopkins CMA with our latest newsletter.

See how the Eastern Barred Bandicoot has come back from brink, what the Victoria Nature Festival showcased recently, what projects have been able to deliver including some amazing biodiversity outcomes and the opportunities currently available for further learning.

Looking for a school holiday activity for the kids?

Learn about local frogs and waterbugs at the Willaura Wetlands next Friday with local researchers Dr Elia Pirtle & Dr Ayesha Burdett.

Please RSVP to receive latest updates about this event (i.e. if it needs to be held online or with limited numbers outside) & for catering purposes.

RSVP by 29 September to Jileena on 0428 341 869 or email: beyondbolac@outlook.com

The SE Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Recovery Team are calling on landholders and members of the public to help locate new nest sites of the endangered South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (SERTBC).

Nest incentive payments of $500 are offered for information on new nest sites of the cockatoo across its habitat range in the south-east of South Australia and south-west of Victoria.

The importance of continuing a regime of regular roadside burning, for the safety of travellers and the regeneration of native grasslands, will be discussed at an online forum for CFA volunteers next week.

This event, on Wednesday 29 September, is designed to inform the community about the value of native grasslands and the vital role fire plays in improving them and reducing risk to communities. It will also serve as opportunity for CFA members to identify priority roadsides for burning.

The online workshop will run from 4.30pm through to 6.30pm.

Please register via email to: ammie.jackson@delwp.vic.gov.au. 

Join us for a stroll on the sand of one of our southern Victorian beaches for talk all things shorebirds.The Glenelg Hopkins CMA will be joined by BirdLife Australia’s Coastal Bird Project officer, Dr Dan Lees, to find out what makes shorebirds so special.

From the Hooded Plover whose tiny chicks are easily camouflaged into to the sand, to the incredible Sanderlings who arrive every summer on our beaches from the norther Arctic, we’ll be strolling along talking about why its important to notice more than just the waves rolling in on our beaches.
Join the live event via Facebook here: https://fb.me/e/1lz81k0fN

Following the live stream, the video will be available to view at any time on the Glenelg Hopkins CMA Facebook page www.facebook.com/GlenelgHopkinsCMA

This event is part of the Victoria Nature Festival. To see other events streaming online as part of the event from September 11-26 go to: www.together.vic.gov.au/victoria-nature-festival

Did you miss the live event?

You can still watch the video here

Birds we might see

The way in which the livestreamed event it filmed means sometimes the birds are a big hard to see close up.

To help show what the birds we are looking at, talking about, and trying to find actually look like, we have added images below to assist with species identification.

Images: BirdLife Australia; Rob Drummond; Glenelg Hopkins CMA

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Want to know more?

Check out our Hooded Plover project page HERE

To check out what BirdLife Australia are up to, visit their page HERE

Join us for a livestreamed evening paddle around the mouth of the Glenelg River in south-west Victoria and find out why the area where the river meets the sea is one very special place.

Hosted by the Glenelg Hopkins CMA, senior estuary officer Jarred Obst will be giving us an insight into why estuaries are so important, why the animals and plants who inhabit the area need that mix of fresh and sea water, how challenging it can be to balance the delicate needs of the environment, with very real the socio-economic needs of the communities and residents on and around the waterway, and just how difficult it can be if nature doesn’t agree!

Did you miss the live event?

You can still watched the video here

This event is part of the 2021 Victoria Nature Festival. The online event showcasing Victoria’s amazing nature is running from September 11 to 26. To learn more go to: www.together.vic.gov.au/victoria-nature-festival