Current surveys and monitoring

Growing Grass Frogs - endangered

Proposed surveys

Survey ideas

On this page you can share survey information, both current and planned surveys anywhere in Victoria or adjoing areas. There are many threatened species surveys being conducted which could be of great interest to people either from an awareness point of view or a scientific or management point of view. We all benefit from sharing knowledge about what is being done and where.

Sharing of information can lead to improved outcomes and connect people saving time and resources.

Please share your survey information, contact SWIFFT so that other people can be aware of surveys involving threatened species or their habitats.

Previous surveys

Target species or community; Regent Honeyeater & Swift Parrot
Project name; Regent Honeyeater & Swift Parrot National Survey
Location and date; 1 & 2 August 2015, focus on box ironbark woodlands
Group/s; Birdlife Australia and any other volunteer observers. See Birdlife Australia Woodlands for birds project
Contact; Birdlife Australia, (03) 9347 0757 Dean Ingwersen (Regent Honeyeaters), or Caroline Wilson (Swift Parrots in Victoria). Survey sheet pdf

Target species or community; Bush Stone-curlew
Project name; Bush Stone-curlew Radio-tracking -volunteers required.
Location and date; September - October 2015. Approximately 20 km north of Corowa, NSW on private property.
Activities; 8th release of captive-bred Bush Stone-curlews and tracking volunteers required for radio-tracking every 3 to 4 days for at least two weeks. Availability for evening and night tracking would be beneficial.
Group/s; The Nature Conservation Working Group
Contact; Elisa Tack on 0409 579 974 or elisa.tack@lls.nsw.gov.au. Note: (even though this project is outside Victoria it gives people an opportunity to learn more about this species and ideas for Bush Stone-curlew projects in Victoria).

Target species or community; Frogs
Project name; Melbourne Water Frog Census
Location and date; all year with focus on April, August, October and November (when frogs most active).
Activities: record calls on mobile phone or any personal recording device and submit (see web site for details).
Group/s; Melbourne Water and community volunteers.
Contact; Melbourne Water Frog Census

Target species or community; Southern Australian Sea Turtles
Project name; Southern Australian Sea Turtle
Location and date; southern Australian region -ongoing
Activities; record sightings of sea turtles, community observations welcome.
Group/s; Deakin University’s Professor Graeme Hays and Dr Margie Morrice. They are collaborating with southern Australian marine fauna researchers and database managers.
Contact; Southern Australian Sea Turtle

Target species or community; Orange-bellied Parrot
Project name; Orange-bellied Parrot recovery
Location and date; south-west Victoria, south-eastern South Australia. coordinated surveys will be conducted in 2014 on 17 & 18 May, 26 & 27 July and 13 & 14 September 2014.
Activities; Recording observations of overwintering birds (anytime) and coordinated surveys dates above.
Group/s; Birdlife Australia, Dept. Environment and Primary Industries and volunteer groups / individual observers.
Contact; Birdlife Australia - Orange-bellied Parrot recovery

Target species or community; Red-tailed Black-cockatoo
Project name; Annual survey
Location and date; south-west Victoria and south-eastern South Australia, Saturday 3 May 2014
Activities; count RTBC
Group/s; Birdlife Australia
Contact; Bronwyn Perryman 0438317024 Red-tailed Black-cockatoo news pdf

Target species or community; Brush-tailed Phascogale
Project name; Annual Monitoring Program (Action Statement)
Location and date; Hepburn Regional Park, Wombat Forest (Yandoit) 7 April to 11 April 2014
Activities; Elliot trapping and hair tubing (Research Permit and AEC approval)
group/s; DEPI , Parks Victoria, University of Ballarat. Volunteers are welcome to register their interest.
Contact; Andy Arnold phone 53366720

Target species or community; Southern Bent-wing Bat
Location and date; Warrnambool July 2014
Activities; undertake surveys of Southern Bent-wing Bats
Contact; Amanda Bush, DSE, Warrnambool 55619965

Target species or community; Southern Brown Bandicoot
Project name; Southern Brown Bandicoot genetic study
Location and date; March, possibly Wannon River. May, possibly Ming Ming Swamp or Victoria Lagoon. June, possibly Glenelg River or Wartook area.
Activities; Trapping and genetic analysis to assess how distinct the Grampians sub-populations are in relation to known populations in Victoria and determine how distinct Grampians sub-populations are from each other, assessing their movement within the park and repopulation capacity particularly after the 2006 wildfires
Group/s; Project managed through DEPI, Horsham
Contact; Felicity Christian, DSE, Horsham 03 53620753

Target species or community; Southern Brown Bandicoot and Long-nosed Potoroo
Project name; Determine presence of Southern Brown Bandicoot & Long-nosed Potoroo in Grampians area. (See project overview)
Location and date; Black Range (private), Black Range State Park, Grampians N.P. inc adjoining private (east & west of Park) 2014.
Activities; Remote camera surveys and selected trapping.
Group/s; DSE, Project Platypus (Upper Wimmera Landcare), Parks Victoria, private landholders.
Contact; Felicity Christian, DEPI, Horsham 03 53620753, Ryan Duffy, Parks Victoria 03 53614030, Upper Wimmera Landcare 03 53584410.

Target species or community; Growling Grass Frog
Project name; Growing Grass Frog recovery & Dams to habitat project
Location and date; Corangamite CMA, Glenelg Hopkins CMA & Wimmera CMA, 2014
Activities; Systematic surveys within 1.5 km of three identified clusters within each CMA to measure habitat variables. Sightings from landholders very welcome.
Group/s; Volunteers, DSE, lanholders.
Contact; Gary Peterson DEPI, Warrnambool, (03) 5561 9915 or Evelyn Nicholson 55270424.
See Growling Grass Frog research

Target species or community; Spot-tailed Quoll
Project name; Spot-tailed Quoll Community Survey
Location and date; Otway Ranges and other areas
Activities; Observations
Group/s; Gordon TAFE, Geelong Field Naturalists Club
Contact; Trevor Pescott GFNC

Target species or community; Eastern Barred Bandicoot
Project name; Eastern Barred Bandicoot Recovery
Location and date; Hamilton Community Parklands, March, July, November 2014
Activities; trapping and release to monitor population
Contact; Richard Hill 55542302

Target species or community; Fauna in Otways
Project name; Signs of Healthy Parks Monitoring
Location and date; Great Otway National Park 2014
Activities; use of remote cameras to monitor fauna and occurrence of predators e.g. foxes and cats
Group/s; Parks Victoria
Contact; Kate McMahon 03 52202003

Target species or community; Barking Owl, Boobook, Powerful and Masked Owl
Project name; Owl Surveys
Location and date; Otways Region
Activities; Fortnightly surveys (Survey Permit)
Group/s; Threatened Bird Network
Contact; Ian Davies 0352338321

Add your threatened species surveys project to this list. Contact SWIFFT.