There are a lot of invasive species that haven't got on to Bruny, things like Sugar Gliders, lyrebirds, so it hasn't suffered the impacts that other parts of Tasmania have. There's a huge rainfall gradient from the northern end to the southern end of Bruny Island, which brings about huge changes in vegetation type.
There are coastal areas, and higher altitudes, as well as different geologies. It's a real mix of different places, and a lot of different habitats, and it's relatively undamaged.
There's still a lot of forest here, and hasn't seen as much land clearance as in a lot of other parts of Tasmania, and what land clearance has been done, is little patches here and there, rather than really broad-scale stuff, so it's still quite a healthy environment.
Being able to see a Forty Spotted Pardalote nestling come out of a nest box, is a wonderful sight. To see these things still breeding here on Bruny Island, when you know they're not breeding in most other parts of Tasmania where they once were, is a really wonderful sight. To see Swift Parrot fledglings out, flying around, and being fed by their parents, is just something that you don't see as much of in other parts of Tasmania. To see things like that, these threatened species of birds still breeding on this island, is really a wonderful thing.
Cover Image: Mavista by Warwick Berry
To see Swift Parrot fledglings out, flying around, and being fed by their parents, is just something that you don't see as much of in other parts of Tasmania. So you're seeing things like that, these threatened species of birds, still breeding on this island, is really a wonderful thing.
There are a lot of invasive species that haven't got on to Bruny, things like Sugar Gliders, lyrebirds, so it hasn't suffered the impacts that other parts of Tasmania have. There's a huge rainfall gradient from the northern end to the southern end of Bruny Island, which brings about huge changes in vegetation type.
There are coastal areas, and higher altitudes, as well as different geologies. It's a real mix of different places, and a lot of different habitats, and it's relatively undamaged.
There's still a lot of forest here, and hasn't seen as much land clearance as in a lot of other parts of Tasmania, and what land clearance has been done, is little patches here and there, rather than really broad-scale stuff, so it's still quite a healthy environment.
Being able to see a Forty Spotted Pardalote nestling come out of a nest box, is a wonderful sight. To see these things still breeding here on Bruny Island, when you know they're not breeding in most other parts of Tasmania where they once were, is a really wonderful sight. To see Swift Parrot fledglings out, flying around, and being fed by their parents, is just something that you don't see as much of in other parts of Tasmania. To see things like that, these threatened species of birds still breeding on this island, is really a wonderful thing.
Cover Image: Mavista by Warwick Berry
To see Swift Parrot fledglings out, flying around, and being fed by their parents, is just something that you don't see as much of in other parts of Tasmania. So you're seeing things like that, these threatened species of birds, still breeding on this island, is really a wonderful thing.
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