Squirrel Glider Surveying

Friday 22nd May was a wild and woolly one, as such not very good for the Squirrel Glider Spotlighting Soirée that was planned. The rescheduled event is looking bigger and better, will run on Saturday 11th July and involve checking nestboxes for occupation, soup and damper as well as a spotlight survey.

SG Surveying on Saturday 11th July

• 2-4 pm Activity 1 -Nestboxes will be checked along the West Ridge
• 4-5pm Informal talk and Q and A with Dr Chris McLean over soup and damper
• 5-6:30pm Activity 2 -Stag watch and spotlighting for Squirrel Gliders

Please RSVP by email or by phone TIN 4969 1500, mob 0438 596 741. There are limited numbers and the meeting point will be provided when RSVPing. You can attend either or both activities.

Local landholders who had nestboxes installed on their property will be contacted shortly to discuss monitoring of their boxes.

More Squirrel Glider good news…

Dr Chris McLean has been awarded a Lake Macquarie City Council research grant to study the Squirrel Glider (SG) population in western Lake Macquarie. An honours student will be investigating the distribution of the local SGs, trying to get an idea on the size of the local population and looking at how big a patch they need for their habitat. This information will help to understand the impact of fragmentation of bushland on the population density and the importance of local backyards not just native gardens but as habitat for threatened species.