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Honey Possums in the Suburbs Issue 117 Autumn 2021 Time of Bunuru and Djeran in the Noongar calendar. Honey possums in the suburbs Bushland News is a quarterly newsletter of Urban Nature, a Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions Parks and Wildlife Service program Photo – Ray Lloyd. to support community involvement in bushland conservation. Issue 117 Autumn 2021 Contents Time of Bunuru and Djeran in the Noongar calendar. Honey possums in the suburbs 3 Regional Reports Urban Nature update 5 Recovery from fire 17 Weedwatch – Easter lily 7 Friends of Reg Seal Reserve 18 Project Snapshot - Drainage for Liveability 9 A boost for Banyowla 19 South West Group Councils promote responsible cat ownership 13 Feature – City of Joondalup's Hazard Reduction Grass Tree Burning Program 20 Community Advisory Committees advocating for wildlife protection from cats 14 Feature – WA Wildlife: streamlining recovery for disaster events 24 Snap ferals for a chance to win! 15 Group Profile – Friends of Trigg Bushland 26 Fire ant quarantine area lifted for Fremantle residential area 15 What's On 28 European wasp season gets underway 16 Funding opportunities 31 Resources 33 Look out for… bunny orchids 35 Are your details correct? To continue your subscription when you change your email address, update your details on our webpage. A subscription to Bushland News is free. Contacts Next issue Urban Nature office Parks and Wildlife Service Winter Bushland News Grazyna Paczkowska 9442 0322 Parks and Wildlife Service, Swan Region Office Winter Bushland News contributions should be sent Cnr Australia II Drive and Hackett Drive, Crawley WA 6009 Anna Wisolith 0477 333 519 to Urban Nature by 9 June 2021. Bushland News Email [email protected] Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, WA 6983 seeks original contributions. If your submission has been or may be published elsewhere please let This publication is available in alternative formats on request. Current and archived us know. Compiled and edited by Anna Wisolith. issues of Bushland News are available at pws.dbca.wa.gov.au/bushlandnews © All material copyright Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions on behalf of the State of Western Australia 2021. No part of the contents of the publication may be reproduced without the consent of the publishers. The views and opinions expressed in the articles in Bushland News are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Honey possums in the suburbs By Glen Gaikhorst I have found within half an hour of sunrise When we think of possums within urban Perth, the yields best results, armed with a good camera common brushtail possum comes to mind particularly if and being very quiet and still, a photo can be you live in the hills or the older suburbs of metropolitan achieved. Others have found late afternoon Perth. However, in remnant bushland areas of Perth equally rewarding. The best locations to spot the tiny honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus) can still be the species is in any of the large reserves of found. The honey possum is very small, only about the the south coast. The species appears to be size of a small mouse, ranging from 7 to 16 grams. more common and readily spotted during early They are brown and distinguished by a long, pointed morning searches through banksia dominated snout and three iconic darker brown stripes down heath and shrublands. One of my best sightings their back. They are the only flightless mammal to on the south coast was a group of males solely feed on nectar and pollen of flowering plants (suspected) chasing each other in a small clump and they are endemic to Western Australia. The of flowering banksias just after dawn. preferred environment of the honey possum consists of heathlands, shrublands and even woodlands, with a rich assemblage of flowering plant species, like, but not limited to, banksias, grevilleas, eucalypts, regelias and callistemons. Despite the species being very small, fast and mostly nocturnal, this cryptic little mammal can be observed during the day. With some reconnaissance and stalking a good patch of flowering plants (primarily banksia), earlier morning visits may harbour a sighting or two. Cover photo: The City of Cockburn engaged FaunaTrack to conduct a vertebrate fauna survey of Rose Shanks Reserve in Treeby, where this honey possum was captured – a With a highly specialised diet consisting of pollen and The honey possum, a tiny marsupial endemic to Western Australia, can significant find for urban bushland where the species has a nectar, the honey possum relies on flowering plants still be found in larger remnant bushland areas of Perth, such as this one reduced and fragmented distribution due to land clearing, such as this Banksia attenuata to survive. This honey found at Forrestdale Lake Nature Reserve. Photo – Glen Gaikhorst. fire, predation, and dieback. Photo – Ray Lloyd. possum was recorded at Anstey Keane Damplands. Photo – Glen Gaikhorst. Continued next page ... Bushland News issue 117 Autumn 2021 • pws.dbca.wa.gov.au Page 3 ... continued Historically the species is well known from the Swan Studies by Bradshaw and Bradshaw in 2017 demonstrated Coastal Plain and across the south-west of Western that long unburnt patches of remnant vegetation Australia with the distribution of the species extending maintain honey possum populations while burnt habitat from just south of Shark Bay to Nuytsland Nature causes population decline and recovery can take 25.6 Reserve east of Esperance. Within this range and years post fire. particularly on the Swan Coastal Plain the species now In recent years the species has been recorded by has a reduced and fragmented distribution due to land DBCA, local governments, not-for-profit organisations clearing, fire, predation, and dieback. and researchers in some of the larger bushland areas Within smaller areas of habitat (less than 100ha), it surrounding Perth. The Friends of Forrestdale have been is probable the species has disappeared due to the conducting trapping in Anstey Keane Damplands (308ha) remnants being too small to support viable populations and Forrestdale Lake Nature Reserve (245ha) since 2017 or where they have not been able to recolonise small, and found the species to be present in banksia woodlands fragmented remnants following local extinction events and ephemeral damplands of regelia and spearwood resulting from inappropriate fire regimes (too frequent shrubs. In Anstey Keane Damplands honey possums were and broad scale), excessive predation and other recorded over a week of trapping and included pouch catastrophic events. Fire is more likely to impact smaller young and juveniles. Surveys by the City of Cockburn areas, leaving little suitable habitat for the species to recorded honey possum in Rose Shanks Reserve and Denis persist, particularly a species like the honey possum de Young Reserve (117ha and 290ha with associated that has highly specialised feeding requirements. vegetation of Bush Forever Sites 390 and 344). DBCA also recorded honey possum in Anketell Road South Bushland, a part of Jandakot Regional Park (around 200ha). North of the Swan River the species has been recorded by DBCA at Melaleuca Park (4,151ha), Yanchep National Park (2,800ha), Yeal Nature Reserve (11,000ha) and by GHD at Neerabup National Park (937ha). The species is also known from the hills in John Forrest National Park Honey possum in a flowering Banksia sessilis in Neerabup and bushlands around Bindoon. With additional surveys, it Nature Reserve. Honey possums can be recognised by their is highly likely that the honey possum may be discovered long, pointed snout and three distinctive dark brown stripes persisting in even more urban bushland reserves. running down their back. Photo – Glen Gaikhorst. More information Contact Bradshaw SD, Bradshaw FJ (2017) Long-term recovery Glen Gaikhorst from fire by a population of honey possums (Tarsipes GHD rostratus) in the extreme south-west of Western Australia. email [email protected] Honey possum receiving a sugar water drink prior to release. Australian Journal of Zoology 65, 1–11. Photo – Nicole Willers. Bushland News issue 117 Autumn 2021 • pws.dbca.wa.gov.au Page 4 Update Has your group joined our Find a conservation Penguin Island restoration group web app? By Anna Wisolith By Grazyna Paczkowska Urban Nature’s Find a conservation group web 2020 proved to be a challenging year for restoration activities on app aims to help people who are searching for Penguin Island. In addition to the COVID-19 situation, which limited a conservation group in their local area. volunteer access to the island, we suffered another natural setback – a pelican colony decided to set up a breeding site in the middle of our The map covers Perth and surrounds, and restoration area. And when we thought things couldn’t get any worse, incorporates Lancelin through to Harvey and the Caspian terns, known for being very territorial when breeding, inland past the Perth Hills, with currently more decided to claim the western section of the restoration area as well. than 200 groups listed. Users can zoom in on their local area, see outlines of sites where conservation groups are working, and click the map to get information on these groups. This includes the site name or general area, a contact name and either a phone, email, website or Facebook contact, and a little bit about the group and the work they do. We hope this encourages people who want to become actively involved in caring for their local bushland by making it easier for them to locate groups and access their contact information – as well as helping conservation groups to engage new members. We know there are still many more groups out there not on our app yet, and we would love If your group would like to be listed on our app, to include as many as possible.
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