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Wave Crashing on Neck Beach with Fluted Cape

Why is the sand finest at the top of a beach?

When a waves come in, there is an enormous amount of energy, but it loses that energy as it sweeps up the beach, dropping heavier particles first and ...
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Hooded plover2 Kim Murray

Protecting shorebirds on Bruny Island

Protecting beach birds is not just about focussing on where they might be when they’re breeding. Its about saying – “these birds occupy many beaches”.
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Ecology of the Neck

The neck is just such an incredibly diverse place. From the productive marine environment of Simpson's bay with rich shallow marine fauna, to the many...
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Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos in the wind

Birds playing in wind at the neck

You quite often see birds, particularly the Pacific Gulls and the New Zealand Kelp Gulls using the wind running over the sand dune at the neck to play...
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A feral cat free Bruny

As a critical haven for birdlife globally, eradicating feral cats from Bruny Island is an important challenge for the island's ecology
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Bruny Island nesting box project

The Bruny Island nesting box project provides nesting habitat for the critically endangered Forty-Spotted Pardalote and the Swift Parrot.
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Slow Down for Wildlife

Saving wildlife on Bruny Island's roads

Bruny Island is a haven for wildlife, but increased tourist numbers have led to more native animals being killed on the roads. Here is how to make a d...
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Cloudy Bay landscape

Cloudy Bay's extraordinary ecology

Cloudy Bay is a coastal landscape of extraordinary ecological significance, hosting shorebirds, migratory whales, Rikali (water rats) and exquisite an...
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White Wallaby "Wally" Bruny Island Warwick Berry

Slow down and Save Wildlife

Driving very slowly at dawn, dusk and at night, during the hours that native animals are most active is important to protect our native species on Bru...
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Forty Spotted Pardalote Kim Murray

Improving reproductive success of forty spotted pardalotes

This study found that giving forty-spotted pardalotes support to 'self-fumigate' their nests increased their reproductive success more than tenfold
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Swift Parrots on Branch Rob Blakers

Swift parrots and introduced bees compete for nectar

This study illustrates the competition between introduced bees and the endangered Swift Parrot for nectar availability.
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Forty Spotted Pardalote Kim Murray

Genetic diversity and saving the forty spotted Pardalote

This article published in Heredity highlights the importance of genetic monitoring alongside other conservation actions in saving the exquisite endang...
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