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Tolderol Game Reserve 9 years 1 month ago #147

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An interesting place with a recent new lease of life is Tolderol Game Reserve in SA, south of Langhorne Creek on the shore of Lake Alexandrina.


Natural Resouces SA staff have organised the filling of three areas there with water. These basins were formed many years ago with levy banks around them to help attract birds to the area. They were a good place for a lot of waders. Since the late 1990s lack of water, and money to pump water in when it was available, had reduced this place to a non birding area.


The eastern end of the total area is reserved for duck shooting in season (current). Most of the ducks have gone north with the recent big rains in northern SA. The current basins containing water are quite a distance from the shooting area.


Sharp-tailed Sandpipers and Red-necked Stints have been present in good numbers plus Curlew, Wood & Marsh Sandpipers. Several Long-toed Stints and Pectoral Sandpipers have also been observed. A flock of between 70 & 80 Glossy Ibis found the area very attractive during December and January. This is the biggest number seen along this coastal area for several decades. Last week there were still ten in the area.


For more information about surveys etc., at Tolderol during the coming months contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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