More pit traps

We keep coming across pit traps that ECU students have installed as part of their research projects in Shenton Bushland. Whilst it is good to contribute to the education of future ecologists, we do worry about the disturbance the traps may cause. We will need to monitor the sites and check that they recover once the students have finished.

John and I continued with our veldgrass removal process - working systematically through the bushland to take out any veldgrass that has survived the spraying from last winter. It is also a great way to visit parts of the bushland that we would not usually visit at other times of the year.
Despite the long dry summer, the bushland is not looking too bad at present - the damage from last year's hailstorm is no longer evident, and there does appear to be quite a bit of recruitment of sedgy plants such as alexgeorgia and desmocladus.

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Thanks to anonymous Cleanup Australia volunteers!

It was nice to see that some community-minded volunteers had come along Lemnos street to clean up along the street verge last weekend - thanks!

The week before, it was very hot, so I didn't stay in the bushland long - just pulled out some Veldgrass along the path.

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We came across a bee hive that may need to be removed. Rainbow lorrikeets were inspecting the hollow as well as a nesting site.

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