Every month, we here at Treeswift Wildlife & Nature try to compile a report of all the mammals we have recorded across our various tours and outings. Below is the summary of tours in January 2023 that had notable mammal sightings, all of which took place in Victoria, Australia. Feel free to skip right to …
Every month, we here at Treeswift Wildlife & Nature try to compile a report of all the mammals we have recorded across our various tours and outings. Below is the summary of tours in December 2022 that had notable mammal sightings, all of which took place in Victoria, Australia. Feel free to skip right to …
Every month, we here at Treeswift Wildlife & Nature try to compile a report of all the mammals we have recorded across our various tours and outings. Below is the summary of tours in November 2022 that had notable mammal sightings, all of which took place in Victoria, Australia. Admittedly, November was one of our …
Every month, we here at Treeswift Wildlife & Nature try to compile a report of all the mammals we have recorded across our various tours and outings. Below is the summary of tours in October 2022 that had notable mammal sightings, all of which took place in Victoria, Australia. Feel free to skip right to …
Here’s a trip report from our weekly Melbourne By Night: Nocturnal Tour – 23rd June 2022. This evening we would be exploring some of the scrubby bushland and creek habitat located in Melbourne’s outer eastern suburbs, not far from the Dandenong Valley Wetlands system. Joining Treeswift Wildlife was a group of great local wildlife lovers, …
This week we had a great outing on one of our Classic Wildlife & Nature Tours. These are one of our most popular outings, as they are designed to incorporate a little bit of everything – birds, mammals, reptiles, flora, fungi, locations, conservation, and who knows what else! This week, our group was the Cook …
On the final morning of our fantastic (albeit short!) Tasmanian holiday, we were up before dawn, coffee-fuelled, our equipment packed, and determined to make the most of final few hours before flying back to the mainland for New Year’s Eve. It was 5.45am, and despite being well into summer, the thermostat told us that it …
We landed at Hobart International Airport early on a clear Tuesday morning in the final days of December of 2020. Getting through the airport was a slow process, with all passengers required to line up and complete a series of extensive Covid-19 state arrival forms. With our details lodged and baggage collected, we went to …
Bats. Found on every continent (except Antarctica), they are the only mammal species capable of true and sustained flight. Flight, which is more manoeuvrable than birds and that in some species, can reach speeds of over 160km/h. They come in all shapes and sizes, from Thailand’s minuscule Hog-nosed Bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), only 29mm!, to the …
