Here's our inaugural #Wrensday post. We hope it helps brighten the day in #lockdownmelbourne #backyardbirds #birds #WildOz

Signed up to help trial NatureTrackers' Ping! Chirp! Squeak! project yet? naturetrackers.com.au/news21.php #CitizenScience #acoustics #bats #birds #bitterns #STEM #scicomm #Tasmania

If you want to take part in this year's #AussieBirdCount but don't know where to start, we’ve got you covered! Hosted by the one and only Sean Dooley, our Zoom webinar on October 14 will teach you everything you need to know. Get your tickets at bit.ly/birdinar

An army of Bleating Tree Frog (Litoria dentata) have taken over this strawberry planter pipe 🍓🐸 Find out more about this species and other Australian frogs on the FrogID app frogid.net.au/frogs/litoria-… 📷: Jenni Bate #FrogFriday #FrogID

A fascinating new paper about dating western Victoria volcanic flows and links to aboriginal oral tradition. It's extraordinary that under these flows (~37,000 yrs ago) aboriginal stone tools have been found pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/ar…

The #GreatSouthernBioblitz is nearing! Get involved in recording biodiversity- go to iNaturalist and search for a project near you 🦜🪳🦉🌸🌾 One such project is run by The Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary 👇 Check it out! 👉 fb.me/e/VlvBJIJ4 inaturalist.org/projects/great…

Only ONE DAY TO GO before the #AussieBirdCount kicks off for 2021! If you're new to the count, or just need a refresher, we've put together this handy "How to use the app" video to show you how to do a count. And don't forget to register as a counter at: aussiebirdcount.org.au

More than 14,000 species of invertebrate lost habitat during Australia’s 2019-20 bushfires, according to a TSR Hub post-fire analysis that has recommended a doubling of the number of species listed as threatened. theguardian.com/australia-news…

As part of our grant activities, this week our team have been monitoring water quality in our created breeding pools for the endangered #watsonstreefrog #litoriawatsoni @envirogov

We are installing 200 #nativebee #beehotels across fire-affected East Gippsland as part of our @envirogov grant. Recent checks showed encouraging signs of occupation in some hotels already installed! (we also experimented with photography techniques to capture tiny holes!)

Interesting new paper using climate-ready #revegetation with pre-adapted genotypes Lessons learnt from this case study can assist others in similar programmes that will prove essential in reducing biodiversity loss under rapidly changing climate onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/em…

#Invertebrates moving seed around is an important ecological function. But are there ways that we can reduce the loss of high proportions of surface-sown seed when using direct seeding in revegetation? Read more in this Ecological Management and Restoration paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Ecological Society of Australia

Have you seen a #Christmas #Beetle? Join the Christmas Beetle Count project on iNaturalist and get counting! #CitizenScience abc.net.au/news/2021-11-0…

Looking for a great Australian nature podcast? In our spare time we LOVE listening to Ann Jones in her podcast Off Track 🐍🐠🌾🐦 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/off…

😱🐸 #FrogIDWeek

Lovely story of the recovery of a population of very cute, but endangered, Button Wrinklewort (Rutidosis leptorhynchoides) 🌻 abc.net.au/news/2021-11-2…

Old growth grasslands 🌾

Our new December 2021 issue cover features a rooftop garden in Melbourne, Australia. Many types of urban green space, including rooftop gardens, provide habitat for pollinators, a group of organisms that supply critical ecosystem services.

You know it's the festive season when Christmas beetles are out and about! 🪲🐞😍