The Conservation Council is creating a booklet titled "Gungahlin's
Treasures - a guide to interpreting the regions heritage". The point of the
booklet is to get local residents to become interested in their area and to get
out and explore. The Council is in need of some local knowledge about
the nature parks of Gungahlin including information on plants and animals within
these areas.
They
believe they have sufficient detail on Mulligans Flat and Goorooyarroo
Nature reserves from existing COG literature but information is required on the
surrounding reserves such as Percival Hill, Gungaderra Mulanggari
and Crace Grasslands, Gungahlin Hill and other areas such as the local
urban ponds e.g. Yerrabi Pond. Those responsible for
creating the guide are not familiar with these areas and our local
knowledge is of great interest to them.
The following are examples of the topics that the Conservation
Council is trying to obtain information about:
- Information on and photos of charismatic
birds, common birds likely to be seen and threatened/vulnerable
birds. ( a couple of examples for each category only are
required.)
- It would be great if the information could include which of the
sites in Gungahlin that are best for seeing each of the featured birds. i.e.
Crace Grasslands is the best spot in Gungahlin to see the ...
- A paragraph on threats to bird life.
Whilst the Conservation Council is especially interested in what
we know about birds, they suspect COG members have a fairly broad knowledge
of the area and habitat so they would welcome information on plants,
reptiles and insects etc. More broadly, they are interested in:
- Examples of particularly nice or interesting
areas (and how to get there!)
- Pest species (plants and animals)
- Anything else that we think the general public might find
interesting, especially short, unusual facts that could be featured as
"Did you know?" questions. e.g. facts about human impacts, threatening
processes, species behaviour.
If anyone is able to help with any areas of interest within Gungahlin
please send the information directly to me and I will ensure it is collated and
sent to the Conservation Council. The Council would like any information
to be received by the first week in March.
Many thanks,
Chris Davey (President)
24 Bardsley Place
Holt
ACT
2615
