Rehabilitating Roe 8

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Kaya! Djilba season is a time to look for the yellow and cream flowers flowering on mass. Djilba is a transitional time of the year, with some very cold and clear days combining with warmer, rainy and windy days mixing with the occasional sunny day or two.
This is the start of the massive flowering explosion that happens in the South West. You won't have to walk far to find beautiful blooms in the corridor.

In this issue:

Latest News
Community planting event success
Fauna monitoring report
Vegetation monitoring report
Rehabilitation and Land Management Report
Volunteer Update
Plant of the month
Upcoming events

Look Out!

Spring has sprung and the bobtails, turtles and Bandicoots are on the move. Remember to slow down when driving around the corridor as many animals are moving across the bushland patches.

Latest News

Revegetation works complete

June and July are always a busy time in the revegetation calendar and this year was no exception. Over 71,000 plants were installed into the corridor this winter. The planting program uses native plants sourced from local provenance seed from within a 50 km radius of the project site. About half the plants have had tree guards either plastic or compostable cardboard installed around them while the other half have simply had a single stake installed. This will allow Murdoch University students to undertake some investigations on the impacts of guards of different types on the plants.

Community planting event success!

Saturday 25th July saw 40 volunteers come together for a morning of planting and chatter. Marie Taylor provided the welcome to country and volunteer Ted couldn't bear to wait another minute before getting his paws dirty. 1500 plants were installed and volunteers celebrated with a delicious morning tea provided by a local cafe. Thanks to all that attended.

Fauna monitoring report

Mike Bamford from Bamford Consulting Ecologists and team have completed the fauna survey in the corridor.
The report is available to download soon from the now. The survey included bird censusing, Carnaby's and Forest Red-tailed Black -Cockatoo habitat assessment (breeding and foraging values),
counting of Quenda foraging holes along specific transects and motion-sensitive camera trapping for Quenda and feral fauna. The majority of species were found to be less abundant in rehabilitation than in control areas and overall species richness was lower in the rehabilitation areas, but the levels of richness and abundance were encouraging(Bamford 2020)

Carnaby's Black Cockatoo. Photo credit K.Lightbody

Vegetation monitoring report

Students from Murdoch University have contributed to collecting data on the vegetation recovery within the corridor. Collecting information on species cover, richness, litter and weed cover the information has been collated and summarised in the Murdoch University vegetation monitoring report. The report is available to view now. The results indicate that overall all ecosystem types demonstrated an increase in vegetation cover between 2018 and 2019 aerial captures and that there was evidence of vegetation recovery between 2017 and 2019. Banksia Woodland needs attention and will be subject on on-going plant installation and weed control.

Rehabilitation and Land Management Progress Report.

A report summarising the progress of the Rehabilitating Roe 8 project from January to June 2020 is available to download from the website. The report provides measures against performance indicators within the Rehabilitation Management Plan (Emerge 2018).

Volunteer update

Grab a Gladdy!

Cockburn Community Wildife Corridor will be hosting a grab a Gladdy weeding event on Saturday 26th September from 8am-10am. Tools and equipment will be provided.

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Plant of the month

Granny Bonnets - Isotropis cuneifolia

Granny bonnets is a beautifully decorated plant in the pea family (Fabaceae). The early colonists considered some of the other pea flower plants to be dangerous and went to great lengths to remove them from the land. Granny Bonnets were also called Lamb Poison as hungry sheep would be poisoned after eating them. The pea family is well represented in bushland of the south west and several of the Nyungar names are known such as Koorla (Native Wisteria-Hardenbergia comptoniana), Koorpa (Green Stinkwood-Jacksonia sternbergiana), Marno (Daviesia divaricata) and Pulboorn (Running postman-Kennedia prostrata) (City of Joondalup 2011).

Granny Bonnet (Isotropis cunefolia) in Stock Rd West

UPCOMING EVENTS

Aboriginal Guided walk
Saturday 26 September
9.30-11.30am
Roe 8 Corridor

Free event

Ages 5+ no pram access

Back Yard Bush Pharmacy
Saturday 10 October
10.30-11.30am
Roe 8 Corridor

Free event

Adults only outdoor workshop

The Rehabilitating Roe 8 project acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we conduct our business. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present. We acknowledge that the Rehabilitating Roe 8 project area is Whudjuk country and pay respects to Elders and Nyungar people past, present and future.