Hi Tim,
Westgate Park is pretty isolated and has a thriving population of both SBW and WBSW. They self introduced. There has been a big effort to plant native vegitation in the park by the Friends of WGP. Interestingly, the small St Vincent’s Place Park in Albert Park, inspite of being planted mostly with exotic vegitation, has managed to build a population of both species – probably traveling down the light rail corridor from Albert Park proper. I’ve though that this may be the result of the birds becoming adapted to prededation by cats. City parks in Europe often hold much higher populations of small birds than the surrounding countryside.
Regards
Mark Stanley
Hi all,
I ‘m wondering if anyone is aware of any instances i.e. if there is any precedent for the re-introduction of native bird species to isolated revegetated native urban parkland?
In particularly I’m thinking about the reintroducing of ground-dwelling species such as Superb Fairy-wren and White-browed Scrubwren which, unlike arboreal species, are unable to migrate into revegetated parkland due to the lack of an existing native corridor – specifically when the revegetation process involves developing complex native shrubslands, perfect habitat for these species.
Cheers,
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