Submission to State Wildlife Reserves Investigation Committee - Proposed Wildlife Reserve Bat's Ridge

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Submission to State Wildlife Reserves Investigation Committee - Proposed Wildlife Reserve Bat's Ridge is associated with Bats Ridge Faunal Reserve located at these coordinates -38.3406446, 141.486745

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Submission to State Wildlife Reserve Investigation Committee 8th December, 1964 - Proposed Wildlife Reserve Bat's Ridge

Record Citation:	VPRS 11559/P1, Unit 337
Record URL:	http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewSeries&entityId=11559
Agency:	VA 551 Ministry for Conservation
Agency URL:	http://access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewAgency&breadcrumbPath=Home/Access%20the%20Collection/Browse%20The%20Collection/Agency%20Details&entityId=551
Date:	8 December 1964
Record Type:	Submission
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Language:	en
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		Submission to State Wildlife Reserves Investigation Committee 8th December, 1964 Proposed Wildlife Reserve Bat's Ridge 1. Proposal: That the area in the Parish of Trewalla west of Portland marked on the attached map proclaimed a State Wildlife Reserve. 2. Purpose: To preserve an example of wildlife habitat once typical of the Portland district, together with the unique vegetation and rare wildlife found in this area. Among the birds are Brush Bronzewing, Rufous Bristle Birds, Souhern Emu Wren and Beautiful Firetail. Of the many animals in the area the white-footed Sminthopsis, a mouse-like marsupial, is probably the rarest. The largest of the limestone caves houses thousands of Bent-winged Bats during winter. Specimens banded here have been recovered 60 miles north-east at Byaduk, showing relatively widespread movement from an important centre. The total wildlife species number about 100 including 77 birds and 23 mammals. A representation list is included in appendix A. Of the 263 wildlife species of plants recorded (listed in appendix B) several are confirmed to the south-west corner of Victoria and others are restricted to isolated spots in the State. 3. Topography and Description of Country. The area is marked by limestone ridges and rises standing out up to 100 feet above the surrounding sandy heathland. The ridges run generally N.E. to S.W. and their N.W. slopes are broken in places to form low cliffs where caves occur. Few of the 20 caves found have been explored but they range up to 10 chains and 30 feet high inside. Small swamps totalling almost 20 acres are located south-east of the main ridge and along the northern edge of the area. The latter are less permanent but could be improved by closing the drains leading into Bat's Ridge drain.

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		2. 4. Land Tenure and Use. The Crown lands are mainly unoccupied and undeveloped. Most of the rougher country and caves, including the bat cave, are located within them, but only two swamps are included. Leasehold allotments to the south are undeveloped apart from an occasional fence. Their value lies in the extensive area of natural bushland they contain, similar to that on the Crown land. As these are among the few allotments in the area untouched by recent fires, they are at present representative of the whole area when in its natural condition. Freehold land in the vicinity is virtually untouched. C/A 1B, containing one swamp, is surrounded by a firebreak, several acres in C/A's 1, 2 and 3 have been cleared and cropped in the past. The latter allotments contain most of the limestone cliffs and broken country, including several caves. The two largest swamps lie adjacent to Bat's Ridge drain in C/A 3. C/A 9 is either in or reverting to its natural state and it is in this allotment and to the west that several underained swamps are found. 5. Fire Damage. Six fires have burnt onto Bat's Ridge from the west in the last ten years. The most recent were a narrow tongue which passed through the northern portion of the area in November, 1961, and a particularly fierce fire which burnt most of the area in the autumn of 1962. 6. Area of Proposed Reserve. A. An ideal Reserve should include all the special features of the area, and sufficient overall area to provide a suitable habitat and range for all wildlife species found within it. The boundaries should be easily protected. The proposed reserve would include the areas coloured yellow and green. Adjacent areas of uncleared freehold land could possibly be added to the Reserve by later purchase.

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		3. 7. Allotments and Acreages. Crown land C/A 1A 320 acres (approx). " " east of C/A 1 152 " " south of telegraph line 130 " " Res. for Public 60 " " Leasehold land Portland Boy Scouts permissive Occupancy 60 " " _______ 722 acres (approx). 8. Management of Proposed Reserve. Protection from fire is the most urgent requirement of this area. It would be effected by clearing and ploughing a perimeter firebreak, extending the C/A 1B firebreak north and south and building a network of access tracks. All new perimeter fencing should be vermin-proof while vermin and noxious weed control would be undertaken when necessary in conjunction with the Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board. Rehabilitation of the swamps would begin by controlling loss of water through the existing outlet drains. Game Management Section Fisheries & Wildlife Department GB54

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		APPENDIX A. FLORA of the proposed reserve at Bat's Ridge by A.C.B. Lindsaya linearis Restio tetraphyllus Caladenia filamentosa Pteridium esculentum Leptocarpus tenax " latifolia Ophioglossum coriaceum " brownii " menziesii Phylloglossum drummondii Hypolaena lateriflora " patersonii + var. Selaginella preissiana " fastigiata suaveolens Triglochin centrocarpa Brizula pumilio " reticulata + var. " procera Centrolepis polygyna valida Hemarthria uncinata " aristata Glossodia major Themeda australis " fascicularis Diuris palustris Microlaena distichophylla " strigosa " sulphurea " acuminata Luzula campestris " longifolia Stipa eremophila Juncus polyanthemos Pterostylis alata " pubescens " bufonius " cycnocephala " elatior " pallidus " barbata " mollis Burchardia umbellata " foliata Agrostis avenacea Anguillaria dioica " longifolia Deyeuria quadriseta Thysanotus patersonii " nutans Dichelachne crinita Chamaescilla corymbosa " nana Pentapogon quadrifidus Dianella revoluta " pedunculata Danthonia setacia Bartlingia sessiliflora " parviflora " pilosa Lomandra micrantha " vittata " semiannularis " filiformis Casuarina stricta " penicillata " glauca " paludosa " genticulata Xanthorrhoea australis Urtica incisa Poa australis Hypoxis glabella Parietaria debelis " tenera Patersonia fragilis Isopogon ceratophyllus Glyceria fluitans Prasophyllum elatum Persoonia juniperina Cyperus tenellus " odoratum Hakea rostrata Eleocharis acuta Thelymitra ixioides " nodosa Scirpus cernuus " antennifera Banksia marginata " antarcticus " pauciflora Exocarpus cupressiformis

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		2. Scirpus nodosus Microtis unifolia Amyema pendula Schoenus apogon Corybas dilatatus Muehlenbeckia adpressa Cladium junceum " diemenicus Trichinium macrocephalum Gahnia trifida Acianthus reniformis " clarkei Lyperanthus nigricans Rumex brownii Lepidosperma longitudinale Eriochilus cucullatus Polygonum prostratum " semiteres Leptoceras fimbriatum Tetragona implexicoma " canescens Caladenia angustata Carpobrotus aequilaterale " neesii " deformis Carex breviculmis " carnea Stellaria pungens Lepyrodia muelleri " dilatata Sagina apetalus Clematis microphylla Amperea spartioides Colobanthus apetalus Cassytha glabella Beyeria leschenaultii Polycarpum tetraphyllum " pubescens Stackhousia monogyna Drymaria filiformis Cardamine hirsuta Spyridium parvifolium Sprengelia incarnata Blennodia cardaminiodes Lasiopetalum schulzenii Centaurium pulchellum Lepidium hyssopifolium Hibbertia sericea Convolvulus erubescens Drosera pygmaea " fasciculata Dichondra repens " whittakeri " ovata Myosotis australis " auriculata Viola hederacea Cynoglossum suaveolens " planchonii Pimelea hewardiana " australe Crassula siberiana " flava Ajuga australis " macrantha " glauca Solanum nigrum " recurva " humilis " aviculare Bauera rubioides Eucalyptus baxteri Mazus pumilio Bursaria spinosa " kitsoniana Gratiola peruviana Billardiera scandens " viminalis Veronica derwentia Potentilla anserina " vitrea " calycina Acaena anserinifolia Leptospermum lanigerum Myoporum viscosum " ovina " myrsinoides Plantago varia Acacia myrtifolia " juniperinum Opercularia scabrida " melanoxylon Melaleuca squarrosa " varia " mitchellii " squamea Galium australe

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		3. Acacia pycnantha Apilobium junceum Galium guadichaudii " sophorae Holorrhagis tetragyna Sambucus guadichaudiana " verticillata " micrantha Lobelia anceps Gompholobium huegelii Hydrocotyle hirta Wahlenbergia gracilenta Sphaerolobium vimineun " laxiflora " quadrifida Pultenaea mollis " callicarpa Goodenia geniculata " prolifera " capillaris Scaevola microcarpa " stricta " muscosa Olearia axillaris " tenuifolia Centella asiatica " ramulosa Dillwynia glaberrima Platysace heterophylla Lagenophora stipitata Bossiaea cinerea Apium australe Craspedia uniflora Swainsona lessextifolia Daucus glochidiatus Crassinia spectabilis Kennedia prostrata Astroloma conostephioides Ixodia achilleodes Geranium pilosum " humifusum Rutidosis multiflorus Pelargonium australe Leucopogon parviflorus Podotheca angustifolia Oxalis corniculata " virgatus Helichrysum apiculatum Linum marginale " glaciallis " blandowskianum Boronia pilosa " ericoides " nana Acrotriche serrulata " obtusifolium Correa reflexa & + var. " cordata " dendroidium ruba " affinis Gnaphalium involucratum Tetratheca ciliata Monotoca scoparia " indutum Bredemeyera volubile Brachyloma ciliatum Stuartina muelleri " calymega Eparcris impressa Senecio lautus Poranthera microphylla " odoratus " arguta " prenanthoides Microseris scapigera

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		APPENDIX B. Birds Recorded at The Pool, Bat's Ridge 3.30 p.m. to 5:30 pm 21/2/60 Yellow-wing Heneyeater Yellow Robin Brush Bronzewing Pigeon White-eared Honeyeater Fork-tail Swift White-throated Treecreeper Eastern Spinebill Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike Brush Wattle Bird Brown Thornbill Silver-eye Rufous Fantail White-backed Magpie Red-brow Firetail Rufous Bristle Bird White-naped Honeyeater Crimson Rosella Goldfinch Yellow-faced Honeyeater Kookaburra Grey-shrike Thrush Red Wattle Bird Fairy Martin White-brow Scrub Wren Grey Fantail Gang-gang Striated Thornbill Magpie Lark Other Birds seen at Bat's Ridge Include Ground Thrush Brown Hawk Beautiful Firetail Emu Owlet Nightjar Crescent Honeyeater Willie Wagtail Blue-wing Parrot Goshawk Emu Wren Common Bronzewing Black-cap Sittella Calamanthus Restless Flycatcher Lewin Water-rail Sacred Kingfisher Satin Flycatcher Blue Wren etc. etc. N. Learmonth Warrnambool Animals of Bat's Ridge Area Trewalla 19/7/62 Kangaroos Grey Kangaroo Macropus major Red-necked Wallaby Wallabia rufogrisea Black-tailed Wallaby Wallabia bicolor Potoroo Potorous tridactylus

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		2. Possums Silver-grey possum Trichosurus vulpecula Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps Ring-tailed possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus Feathertailed Acrobates Glider pygmaeus Pigmy possums Gercartetus nanus Cercartetus concinnus Wombats Common Wombat Phascolomis mitchelli Sandicoots Shortnosed bandicoot Isoodon obesulus Dasyures Tiger Cat Dasyurops maculatus Swainson's phascogale Antechinus swainsoni Yellow-footed Phascogale Antechinus flavipes *White-footed Sminthopsis Sminthopsis leucopus Monotremes Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus Native Rats Grey's rat Rattus greyi *Silky-grey Southern Gyomys Mouse opodemoides Bats Bentwinged Bat Miniopteris scheibersi Yellow-bellied Free-tailed Saccolaimus Bat flaviventris = Very rare R.M. Warneke