Aussie Bird Count
The 2022 Aussie Bird Count is between 17-23 October 2022. Council wants your help recording what birds are where!
Register and record all local birds you see in your backyard or favourite park at aussiebirdcount.org.au
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Georges River is home to at least 113 native fauna species, of which most species are birds. There are also populations of swamp wallabies, possums, frogs, flying-foxes and microbats.
The 2021 Biodiversity Study recorded 8 threatened species, 3 of which have never previously been recorded in the LGA.
Those species are listed in the table below, with * indicating species never before recorded.
Common Name |
Scientific name |
NSW Conservation Status |
Grey-headed Flying-fox |
Pteropus poliocephalus |
Vulnerable |
Powerful Owl |
Ninox strenua |
Vulnerable |
White-bellied Sea-Eagle |
Haliaeetus leucogaster |
Vulnerable |
Eastern Coastal Freetailed Bat* |
Micronomus norfolkensis |
Vulnerable |
Little Bent-winged Bat |
Miniopterus australis |
Vulnerable |
Large Bent-winged Bat |
Miniopterus orianae oceanensis |
Vulnerable |
Southern Myotis* |
Myotis macropus |
Vulnerable |
Greater Broad-nosed Bat* |
Scoteanax rueppellii |
Vulnerable |
Council has adopted a
Wildlife Protection Area Policy which declares 19 Category 2 wildlife protection areas in Council managed bushland reserves.
Category 2 wildlife protection areas prohibit cats as per section 30(1)(b) of the
NSW Companion Animals Act 1998. Dogs that are on a leash will be permitted on formed tracks, pathways or roads in Category 2 lands.
The
Neighbourhood Maps contain maps of the declared wildlife protection areas.
You can find out more information on the following plants and animals below.
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