Small mammal project

Phascogales are just one of the small mammals that rely on our bush habitat. Many of these are less well studied, or not yet observed on our land.

To expand on last year’s phascogale monitoring (based on the Melbourne Water survey design) this project hopes to capture more information about more animals, as well as test the efficacy of different baits and camera setups.

This is the first of what we hope will be an expanded monitoring program, using a range of bait-stations and baits, improved camera trap technology and a wider range of habitat locations.

This first trial has concluded, and data is now being collated.

Here's one critter captured early in the monitoring period:

Thanks to Wildlife of the Central Highlands (WOTCH) and Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) for the generous loan of high-quality cameras; and to Jake McKenzie, Aawa White, Felicity Law and members of the Co-op who set up and collected the cameras and bait stations