Tawny frogmouth successfully
returned to Trigg Bushland after
being hit by a car

Trigg Bushland is an important breeding and feeding area for a variety of birds, reptiles, insects and spiders. Bats still occur, but other mammals have largely disappeared.

Sixty-five species of bird have been recorded. Some of the birds that live and breed in the bushland can also be seen foraging in surrounding suburban gardens. Others, such as the bronzewing pigeon and the white-winged fairy-wren, are found only in the bushland.

Birds likely to be seen include the white-cheeked honeyeater, Australian raven, magpie, ring-necked parrot, brown honeyeater, singing honeyeater, red wattlebird, and grey butcherbird. You may also see a black-shouldered kite or Australian kestrel hovering overhead. Harder to see are the small but colourful pardalotes, the white-browed scrubwren (rare in urban Perth ), the varied sittella (often seen walking head-first down tree-trunks), the rufous whistler, and grey fantail.

Pie dish beetle - PHOTOS PHYLIS ROBERTSON

The area is rich in reptiles. These include snakes, skinks, legless lizards, geckoes and dragon lizards.

Feral animals, including rabbits, foxes and domestic cats and dogs, damage the reserve by eating young seedlings and regrowth, by preying on native species and encouraging weed growth where faeces is deposited. It would be preferable if rabbits and foxes could be eradicated, and domestic animals kept in accordance with guidelines set by the City of Stirling.

Download the Trigg Bushland Bird List (this will take you to the Perth Biodiversity Project - the Trigg Bushland bird list is on page 89 of the report entitled 'Bird surveys in selected metropolitan reserves - Round 3 survey report").

For assistance with injured animals contact the Wildcare Helpline on (08) 9474 9055 (24hrs) or see the Dept of Environment and Conservation's Naturebase Wildcare page.

Website development funded by a Department of Environment and Conservation Community Grant for Tuart Conservation and Management. Text and images copyright Friends of Trigg Bushland Inc except as otherwise noted. Website design by Nina McLaren and Peter Peacock 2008