Warm seas and warmer weather, report states
The Annual Climate Statement 2024 was Australia’s second warmest and eighth-wettest year on record.Â
Focus on baby birds
Asking people not to “rescue” baby birds they find on the ground until they are sure the parents are not trying to teach them to fly.
Drifting discovery made by Tjaltjraak rangers
Being a plastic pollution expert, Dr Lavers said she suspected the object was a drift card.
Focus on bardick
According to Mr Darch, the Bardick (Echiopsis curta) is a “totally non-aggressive species with venom similar to death adders”.
Threats to ground-nesting birds: Focus on plovers
A family of birds whose nests are particularly vulnerable are the plovers and lapwings, who simply scrape a shallow depression in the sand in which to lay their eggs.
Snake catcher in training
On Monday, Mr Darch released the snake back into the wild with the help of his snake catching protégé, Rosie Leaney.