Bittern Recovery in Hamilton, Victoria | Community organisation

Bittern Recovery

Locality: Hamilton, Victoria

Phone: +61 408 793 326

Address: 79 French St 3300 Hamilton, VIC, Australia

Website: https://www.ghcma.vic.gov.au/australasian-bittern

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25.01.2022 Baby Boomers This is what Bittern Recovery is all about! After weeks of careful observations, the Bittern Recovery team discovered an Australasian Bittern nest with 3 fluffy chicks. These chicks are around four days old and should begin to fledge in January. Disturbance to the nest was minimised in accordance to the strict ethics permit for the field work. This video was taken while the mother was off the nest to forage. The team monitored her flight and exited the swamp before she came back to the nest. The Bittern has continued her foraging trips as before. Glenelg Hopkins CMA BirdLife Australia Nature Glenelg Trust National Landcare Program Threatened Species Commissioner Sussan Ley MP

25.01.2022 #NAIDOC2020 #alwayswasalwayswillbe Gunditj Mirring BirdLife Australia Thank you Gunditj Mirring for burning for #bitternrecovery!

24.01.2022 BITTERN INCENTIVE FUNDING AVAILABLE! If you are a landholder with swampy waterholes or waterways that could be Bittern Habitat, funding is now available to undertake works to help protect it. Check out www.ghcma.vic.gov.au for more information

23.01.2022 What are your pans for the weekend? Maybe check out this wetland event in Warrnambool!

18.01.2022 Birdwatching! Can I spot a Bittern there? YES, two actually! What birds can you see in your backyard? If you see or hear a Bittern, please let me know in the comments below, via direct message or on 0408 793 326. #AussieBirdCount #bitternrecovery #NLP Glenelg Hopkins CMA BirdLife Australia

18.01.2022 Great work in the Riverina

17.01.2022 Did you catch the the Virtual Budj Bim Tour? The Budj Bim rangers explain how they have supported Bittern Recovery through cultural burning along Gundidj Mara tradition. Cool mosaic burns open up dense vegetation patches and provides more feeding habitat for Bitterns. Topic starts 15 minutes into the video, but I recommend you watch the whole tour, it is excellent! https://youtu.be/4Ncvt3HicBg #NLP #BitternRecovery #glenelghopkinscma

17.01.2022 We're thrilled to confirm the first breeding at one of our bittern-friendly rice incentive sites. This chick is already over two weeks old, one of four found th...is morning. This is all thanks to the efforts of rice farmers and Riverina Local Land Services, supported by funding from the Australian Government's National Landcare Program. See more

17.01.2022 We don't care what anyone says, bitterns have the cutest babies in the bird world. Check out our new film about bittern-friendly rice farming being launched this week: https://vimeo.com/404911492

16.01.2022 Over the last couple of weeks, our partners from Nature Glenelg Trust have been helping #BitternRecovery out with Bittern surveys, to help improve our understanding of this cryptic species. #NLP Glenelg Hopkins CMA BirdLife Australia Read about our experiences here: http://natureglenelg.org.au/the-call-of-the-bittern-can-yo/

16.01.2022 So good to see a snippet of what our friends in the Riverina are doing for the Bittern! If you missed Landline on Sunday, you can watch this episode on iView: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/landline. Bitterns from 10:37.

14.01.2022 http://www.vewh.vic.gov.au//creature-feature-the-endangere #BitternRecovery National Landcare Program #NLP Landcare Victoria Landcare Australia BirdLife Australia Nature Glenelg Trust Threatened Species Commissioner Sussan Ley MP @envirogov Glenelg Hopkins CMA

14.01.2022 Good news, fresh from the Riverina's rice fields. Our bittern-friendly rice incentive sites attracted four times as many bitterns as the control sites, and we recorded successful breeding. Read on for a full season update here: http://www.bitternsinrice.com.au/incentive-program-success/

13.01.2022 this video! lots of information and check out the cool Bittern images

13.01.2022 Let's celebrate our favourite wetland bird on World Wetlands Day! The Australasian bittern is listed as critically endangered, the total population is thought to be around 2,000. We assumed that the swamps and estuaries in our Glenelg Hopkins region were mainly important as refuges for bitterns during dry periods. So discovering this nest in December was very special indeed! These chicks were around four days old at the time and may have left the nest by now. ... Disturbance to the nest was minimised in accordance to the strict ethics permit for the field work. This photo was taken while the mother was off the nest to forage. The team monitored her flight and exited the swamp before she came back to the nest. The Bittern continued her foraging trips as before. This project is supported by Glenelg Hopkins CMA, through funding from the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. #NLP National Landcare Program Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment BirdLife Australia Threatened Species Commissioner Biosis Pty Ltd

13.01.2022 There's an app for that! The site assessments for our Bittern Recovery Incentive funding are in full swing. Our friendly field staff are visiting landholders who have potential habitat for Bitterns on their property. These assessments include mapping the wetland or waterway, assessing the types of habitat present and considering which threats to Bitterns should be addressed. Lachlan Farrington from project partner Nature Glenelg Trust developed a snazzy app to facilitate the ...process! The Bittern Recovery project will take a break during the Christmas holidays, but we will be back in the year year to support landholders to revive swamps and waterways with Bittern habitat. Think: - fencing - re-flooding wetlands - reducing stock grazing - weed and pest animal control. More info: www.ghcma.vic.gov.au//current-projects/australasian-bittern #NLP #BitternRecovery Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority Nature Glenelg Trust

10.01.2022 This week’s Ask An Expert is Dr Heather McGinness. Dr Heather McGinness is an ecologist who has been studying Australia’s beautiful inland floodplains and wetla...nds for 20 years. She is a Senior Research Scientist at the CSIRO, where she has worked for 15 years. Heather is fascinated by the plants, birds and other animals that depend on wetlands and her research is helping to inform how our management of water can better support their needs. Heather is particularly interested in waterbirds and since 2016 she and her colleagues have been using GPS satellite transmitters to track the movements of waterbirds in and around the Murray-Darling Basin, which has been eye-opening. Did you know: many of our waterbird species are nomadic? they can fly very long distances quickly to take advantage of the food booms provided by floodwaters? many species do not breed every year instead, they breed in response to flooding? many need their nesting sites to be freshly flooded and then hold water for several months if they are to successfully raise chicks? natural flooding in the Murray-Darling Basin has been drastically reduced and consequently many waterbird species are in decline? Do you have any questions for Heather? Perhaps on waterbird movements? Or their breeding or diets? Post all your questions in the comments section below, and we’ll make sure to pass them onto Heather to answer in her video. You can also email your questions to [email protected]. Make sure you get your questions in by 5pm Tuesday. You can check out more info here: https://flow-mer.org.au/ and https://research.csiro.au/ewkrwaterbirds/, or check out the following social media channels: Waterbirds Australia, Twitter: https://twitter.com/AusWaterbirds, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waterbirds_australia/

10.01.2022 This looks interesting!

09.01.2022 Introducing Boomby, as named by Lake Charm Primary School students. Boomby is the only endangered Australasian bittern that has been caught for tagging in Austr...alia this year and the first one ever on a natural wetland. We found him at Johnsons Swamp and we'll track him for the next 18 months to fill in a lot of science gaps about where bitterns like to hang out. Keep following our socials and we'll update you on Boomby's Latest Adventures as part of our Bring Back the Bittern program. National Landcare Program #CMAsGetItDone

09.01.2022 We’re supporting Gunditj Mirring to conduct a Traditional Owner burn at the Kurtonitj Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) today. Homerton and Tyrendarra residents m...ay see or smell smoke from the 10-hectare burn, which will help reduce fuel loads and enhance habitat for the endangered Australasian Bittern. The burn is part of the Coastal Connections project, supported by Glenelg Hopkins CMA through the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. We partner with Traditional Owners so that fire can be used in a way that supports cultural and land management aspirations. Cultural burns are in addition to the planned burning conducted for fuel management by Forest Fire Management Victoria. We encourage those who are sensitive to smoke to remain indoors and keep windows closed until the smoke passes. We understand that smoke from planned burns may cause concern. Under the current public health advice, our planned burning program can continue for now. If that advice changes, we will make any adjustments necessary in consultation with Victorian Department of Health & Human Services, Environment Protection Authority Victoria, CFA (Country Fire Authority) and Emergency Management Victoria. Keep up-to-date with planned burns in your area by visiting www.vic.gov.au/plannedburns or call 1800 226 226.

08.01.2022 The Twelve Critters of Christmas On the 4th day of Xmas, some critters came to me four bellowing Australasian Bitterns! The endangered Australasia...n Bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus) is found from south-east Queensland to south-eastern South Australia, Tasmania and in the southwest of Western Australia. They are mainly found freshwater wetlands which can include rice fields. A species with much cultural significance, they are known by other names by Aboriginal peoples including ‘Boom Boom’ or ‘Poon Poon’ in Wiradjuri language (NSW); in the Gunai language from the Gippsland region as ‘Goir’; and ‘boordenitj’ in southwest Western Australia. The Australasian Bittern is a priority bird species under the Australian Government’s Threatened Species Strategy, with projects funded to improve the habitat of a number of sites. Breeding is well underway, which for the Australasian Bittern occurs between October and February. They are incredibly hard to spot so see a link to their awesome call below https://birdlife.org.au/images/uploads//Aussie_Bittern2.mp3 : Matthew Herring

06.01.2022 Funding available to protect Bittern habitat! With thanks to Andrew Silcocks @BirdLifeAustralia for the beautiful picture!

06.01.2022 We’re back for the Bitterns! Glenelg Hopkins CMA now has funding available to support landholders to help bring back swamps with Bittern habitat. Works can include: - fencing... - reinstating wetlands - reducing stock grazing - weed and pest animal control More info: Jacinta Hendriks 0408 793 326 or https://www.ghcma.vic.gov.au//curren/australasian-bittern/ #NLP #BitternRecovery @GlenelgHopkinsCMA #GlenelgHopkinsCMA

06.01.2022 Bitterns push boundaries Good news: thanks to Bittern sightings coming in from wetlands in the far corners of our catchment, Glenelg Hopkins CMA is now able to push the Bittern Recovery project boundary to include the whole of the catchment. This means we are re-opening the expressions of interest for to bring back Bittern habitat on private land! Funding is now available for management and restoration of wetlands, floodplains or creeks with dense stands of reeds or tall rush...es on private land within the Glenelg Hopkins catchment. More information: https://www.ghcma.vic.gov.au//current/australasian-bittern #BitternRecovery #NLP #NationalLandcareProgram #landcare #BirdLifeAustralia #GlenelgHopkinsCatchmenManagementAuthority #NatureGlenelgTrust #ThreatenedSpeciesCommissioner #SussanLeyMP

05.01.2022 Check out our new Bittern factsheet

02.01.2022 There is an opportunity to make comments on the "Draft National Recovery Plan for the Australasian Bittern". You are invited to comment on this draft national recovery plan in accordance with the provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) by 17 April 2020 http://www.environment.gov.au//draft-recovery-plan-austral

02.01.2022 Spring is in the air!

02.01.2022 Bittern incentive funding area extended! These shy wetland Bunyip Birds appear to be more widespread than we first thought - which is exciting! So to help make ...sure we protect and enhance as much of their habitat as we can, the incentive payment area has been extended! Check out what's on offer at: www.ghcma.vic.gov.au//current-projec/australasian-bittern/

01.01.2022 We’re back for the Bitterns! Funding is available to support landholders to help revive swamps with Bittern habitat. Works can include: - fencing - re-flooding wetlands - reducing stock grazing - weed and pest animal control - ... Info: Jacinta Hendriks 0408 793 326 or https://www.ghcma.vic.gov.au//current/australasian-bittern #NLP #BitternRecovery Glenelg Hopkins CMA BirdLife Australia Nature Glenelg Trust