Saturday, September 4, 2010

Estuary life in the fast drain

June 17, 2010 by BayKeeper  
Filed under Featured, Wild Things

The Cowderoy Street drain outfall crossing West St Kilda beach is an unlikely tourist attraction. But Baykeeper has found it brimming with fish during recent guided walks for Elwood Primary School families. Schools of juvenile Yellow-eyed Mullet ( Aldrichetta forsteri) and Small-mouthed Hardyheads (Atherinastoma microstoma) were regularly found. The recent recent rains have brought extra [...]

Portsea paradise lost

May 30, 2010 by BayKeeper  
Filed under Advocacy, Featured

The disappearance of thousands of tonnes of Portsea Beach sand since the dredging at Port Phillip Heads has left locals looking for answers. Was it the wind, higher tides, or the swell that took the beach? The mystery has deepened with the recent dumping of hundreds of tonnes of rock near both sides of the [...]

Singing for the Saltmarsh

May 16, 2010 by BayKeeper  
Filed under Advocacy, Featured

Saltmarshes on the western shores of Port Phillip Bay provide important habitat for endangered Orange-bellied Parrots and a host of other fascinating plants and animals. These Singing Honeyeaters were recently sighted in saltmarsh shrubland at Jawbone Marine Sanctuary, Williamstown. A southern population of Singing Honeyeaters (Lichenostomus virescens) is recorded from Mornington Peninsula to the South [...]

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