Very distressing to hear today that Yowani Golf Club has destroyed about
half the nesting trees on an island between the 16th and 17th fairways, used by
mainly Australian White Ibis as well as Little Pied and Little Black
Cormorants. More than 200 nests have been counted on the island in recent
years. COG members will be aware that this is one of the very few nesting
sites for white ibis in the ACT. Who knows where the birds will go when
they return to start nesting in the next couple of months. It is
understood that the remaining trees will be chain-sawed in the next few
days. I am unaware what planning permission was given for this, but even
if it has been agreed by the relevant authorities it seems a sad indictment on
our society’s values.
Kathy Cook
