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Egg Islands - Tasmania For Further information visit the website of The Tasmanian Land Conservancy www.tasland.org.au |
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Egg islands are a series of low silt and marsh islands
situated in the Huon River near Huonville and Franklin south of Hobart.
The islands host significant areas of black gum forest, grasslands and
wetland providing a prime ecosystem for a wide variety of birds, mammals,
reptiles, amphibians and fish. Our donation will be applied to the purchase and management of these islands by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy. |
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Of particular importance is the population of
the endangered Australasian Bittern. Protection and management of these
islands should ensure the survival of this vulnerable and beautiful bird. The Australasian Bittern is a large, stocky heron up to 75cm in length with a mottled dark brown, light brown and buff plumage. The bittern is a solitary ground nester, preferring dense wetland vegetation and feeds on frogs, eels and freshwater crustaceans. It is thought that draining and clearing oif its wetland habitat is a principal reason for its decline. (Source: Tasmanian Land Conservancy). |
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