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Sunday, 25 February 2018 23:02

Keeping count at Boggy

Boggy trapping progress June, 2015.

Steve Playle completed two years of trapping at Boggy wetlands at the end of June this year.

He sent the following report:

Interestingly predator numbers have not reduced since the first year off trapping was completed. There is currently 94 trapping sites established around the project area now so trapping hours have increased substantially meaning that more traps have been available for predators to encounter than was the case in the first year.

Trapping Period Cats Ferrets Stoats Weasels Rats Hedgehogs Mice magpies Hawks Rabbits
2014/2015 20 60 2 18 87; 169 70 10 11 4
2013/2014 20 43 1 13 52 159 29 10 2 1
Over 2 years 40 103 3 31 139 328 99 20 13 5


Steve Playle
Biosecurity Officer
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