Helping Wildlife
Wildlife Emergency numbers
Australian Seabird Rescue | 02 6686 2852 |
WIRES | 02 6628 1898 |
Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers | 02 6628 1866 |
Koala Rescue | 02 6626 1233 |
BVL’s Wildlife Safe Havens – Creating wildlife habitat on your property
Backyard Buddies is a free education program run by the Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife. It gives you simple tips to transform your backyard into a safe and inviting habitat haven. Backyard Buddies are the native plants and animals that share our built-up areas, waterways, backyards and parks. Backyard Buddies
The Atlas of NSW Wildlife (the Atlas) is the Office of Environment and Heritage’s (OEH’s) database of flora and fauna records. The Atlas contains records of plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, some fungi, some invertebrates (such as insects and snails listed under the Threatened Species Conservation Act) and some fish.
Byron Bird Buddies is a local community education and conservation group concerned with the protection of birds in the Northern Rivers. Byron Bird Buddies
Birds in Backyards is a research, education and conservation program focusing on the birds that live where people live. They have an online Bird Finder to help you identify the birds that visit your garden.
Birds in Backyards
Bird ID – the Morcombe and Stewart ID book is now available to purchase as an APP and includes bird calls – Bird ID
Frog ID is a great app to download and the website also has a “learn” tab with lots of info, photos and frog calls Frog ID
Frogs of Australia is run by the Amphibian Research Centre and gives a list of all the frogs that can be found in our region. Frogs of NSW North Coast
Native Bees
Sugar Bag – Sugar Bag
The Australian Native Bee Company – The Australian Native Bee Company
Richmond Landcare Inc have produced this great introductory fact sheet on Native Bees – Fact Sheet Native Bees
Nestboxes
North Coast Regional Landcare Network – Nest Box and Artificial Hollow Guidelines
LLS how to build your own wildlife nest box booklet – LLS Wildlife Nest Box
Bird Life Australia nest box plans – Nestbox Plans
Hollow Log Homes provide wildlife nest boxes. Hollow Log Homes and also have a great book on nest boxes for wildlife Hollow Log Homes book
WildBNB Wildlife Habitat are a local business buidling, installing and monitoring a wide variety of hollow habitat and nest boxes – Products and services | Wildbnb Wildlife Habitat
NCRLN Nest box and Artificial Hollows Guidelines Nest Box Guidelines – MAR23-WEB
Threatened Species of the Wilsons and Coopers Creek
A list of locally occurring threatened species including information on some of the most interesting. Threatened Species leaflet