Greetings Friends, This newsletter includes; Colour My World and Gouldian Walks, Disappearing woodland, plants and wildlife. 1.0 Colour My World FLP, Planning Action Network, ECNT and BirdLife Top End held a Colour My World event at the Nightcliff Seabreeze festival on 13 May. Lots of finch painting happened and even a bit of singing …
Map of Corridor with (7) habitat areas The Lee Point Biodiversity Corridor is ~2 sq km in area and arguably has more habitats than any park in the Top End with the exception of Kakadu National Park (~20,000 sq km). Based on Birdlife data, Kakadu National Park has ~290 bird species and the Corridor ~ …
Greetings Friends, This newsletter includes; Gouldian Walks, Nature Positive, Lee Point development update, Darwin woodland, plants and wildlife. 1.0 Gouldian Walks at Lee Point Lots of birds seen (no gouldians yet) on the Gouldian Walks, 22-23 April. Everyone enjoyed the self-guided walks around Lee Point dam. There will be more Gouldian Walks at Lee Point, …
Greetings Friends, This newsletter includes; Farewell to Shorebirds, Lee Point development update, Darwin woodland, plants and wildlife. 1.0 Farewell to Shorebirds – Saturday 11 March Lots of people joined the Farewell to Shorebirds event organised by Birdlife TopEnd, Plan and Friends of Lee Point (FLP). Some of the people that went on the early morning …
Greetings Friends, Here are some images of places visited and what happened in 2022. They are presented in five parts:
The migratory shorebirds (left) are under threat, ABC footage from Lee Point explains why and Living with Shorebirds at Lee Point has additional information. 2. Update on DHA Lee Point development The Australian Government is still assessing the area for gouldian finch habitat. Having Lee Point intact makes life better for people and wildlife …
Hope to see you there.
Greetings Friends, This newsletter includes seasonal wetland, Lee Point development, Darwin woodland, plants and wildlife. 1.0 The wet season is here Fig 1. Seasonal Wetland The low areas and runoff channel in the Corridor (see Fig 2) become a seasonal wetland this time of year. 2.0 Update on DHA Lee Point development Late last year …
This preliminary study highlights that Darwin’s woodland habitat will be severely reduced to small isolated patches by 2030-40, resulting in further declines to the city’s biodiversity value. The study is set out in five sections: Introduction Future Land Use Woodland assessment Discussion Key findings and recommendations 1. Introduction The tropical savanna woodland (hereafter referred to …
Darwin’s large woodland trees – a preliminary study Read More »