There are so many better-qualified Territorians. The NT is full of absolutely brilliant people. Most of them are not very happy with the pick of a bigot. Jobs for mates politics is not just an NT problem. Nice to see so many out this morning making that point. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Man arrested in chaotic protest against NT Administrator

A protester has been arrested amid chaotic scenes outside of NT Parliament, where David Connolly has been sworn in as the new administrator.

abc.net.au

This is to be an ongoing thread of wildflowers I see in 2026. IDs to the best of my ability are in the alt text. Feel free to correct me! 1st of January, Kinglake National Park, Victoria:

Bar-tailed godwits at Bald Hill Beach. These are my favourite shorebirds - with their ridiculous beaks 😆 They hold the world record for non-stop long-distance flight with one recorded taking 11 days to fly 13,500km from Alaska to Tasmania. And they do that trip twice each year!

One of three Tawny Frogmouths I encountered on a short walk down the Darwin esplanade last night. They were rather chill, allowing me to get this photo with my phone. #WildOz #UrbanBirds

A Long-footed Frog (Cyclorana longipes), one of many, many frogs we encountered at Bullo River Station last week after some of the first big rains if the season. #WildOz

Over five years after cameras were set up within a sprawling Western Australian landscape, an elusive “chuditch” has been filmed for the first time. au.news.yahoo.com/camera-captu...

Camera captures rare Aussie predator believed extinct across 70km landscape

A $5 million project has helped change the region, allowing for the animal's return.

au.news.yahoo.com

Talked to ABC country hour today about the big fire season in the NT through October. The chat became short but neat story about the last few weeks of action. The hottest October on record, nowhere near the biggest fire year but still pretty big. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Eight million hectares burnt during record hot October in NT

Last month nearly 8 million hectares were burnt in the Northern Territory, an area bigger than the entire state of Tasmania.

abc.net.au

A rather gregarious Rainbow Pitta (Pitta iris) looking resplendent among the leaf litter at Binybara/Lee Point in Darwin. #WildOz

A northern rosella (Platycercus venustus) spotted during bird surveys at AWC's Wongalara Wildlife Sanctuary on Rembarrnga and Ngalakan Country. #WildOz

One of several buff-sided robins (Poecilodryas cerviniventris) which live around the homestead at AWC's Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary. These insectivorous birds are generally found in densely vegetated habitat by streams and rivers across much of northern Australia. #WildOz

Ghost bats (Macroderma gigas) are Australia's only bat species that feeds on large vertebrates. On a recent fieldwork trip to AWC's Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary, we visited one of their feeding caves where we found remains of owlet nightjars and rainbow bee-eaters caught by bats 😮. #WildOz

A jacky winter at Hattah-Kulkyne National Park.

A highlight of a recent fieldwork trip to AWC's Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary was seeing my first Gouldian Finches. We only got a brief look at a group of 6 on sanctuary (thrilling nonetheless) but then on the way back to Darwin we had ~130 of them visit our campsite in Limmen National Park. #WildOz

Another #spider for the end of #Arachtober 🕷️ Meet the incredibly handsome Banksia Peacock spider (Maratus mungaich). He’ll use those amazing colours on his abdomen to try and impress the lady spiders #ausinverts #wildoz #arachnids #inaturalist #nature

Sorry spider haters, but this was just the most beautiful beast & I knew (nearly everyone) would need to see it 😉. It sat frozen, up on its toes, on the edge of Leeman (WA) salt lake while I took pics. Unfortunately it was too big (body length 1.4cm) for my lens. #spider #Lycosidae #Tetralycosa

"Please may I have some hash brown?" A little friarbird interrupting my breakfast down at East Point in Darwin a little while ago.

Do people still use this app? Anyway, here's a pheasant coucal in the botanic gardens in Darwin. A truly stupendous bird. #WildOz

This morning I caught up with one of the Woylies we recently released outside the feral-predator free area at Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary. It seems to be doing well two weeks post-release. 📍Badimia Country #WildOz ⚠️ Animal handled for monitoring purposes with required training and permits

Honoured and humbled to join such a stellar group of people! From Environment Centre N.T. "A powerful gathering of changemakers shaping the future of Country and climate in the North.” Tickets 👉 environmentcentrent.company.site/Australias-G...

It's always a good day when you see a numbat ☺️ 📍Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary, Badimia Country

Hovea chorizermifolia is always one of the first wildflowers to start on our block and heralds the start of flower season.

Yesterday I caught up with Arasari the Chuditch, who is doing well 8 months post-release at Mt Gibson. He came from the Taronga breeding program and was released as part of our reintroduction of quolls to the sanctuary. ⚠️ Handled for monitoring purposes with the appropriate training and permits ⚠️

Last week we conducted the first intentional releases of Woylies (Brush-tailed Bettongs) OUTSIDE our feral-predator free area at Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary. I'm incredibly proud to have been a part of this project which has been years in the making. au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-resea...

🐝Why do 5 #Melbourne trams have a bee logo? Because back in 2008 during a patronage surge, the government leased 5 surplus trams from Mulhouse in France. They were shipped over and put into service in their original yellow livery, for which they were nicknamed “Bumblebees”.

With (in)appropriate animal handling in the news this week, I prepared these graphics to explain why and how me and my colleagues handle wildlife. 🧵 (1/5)

Nothing better than a box of quolls! Spent yesterday at one of the sanctuaries that make up the Tasmanian Quoll Conservation Program, helping conserve both eastern & spotted-tailed quolls in the wild @utas.edu.au @tasland.bsky.social

A tiny, bouncy Bilby friend 💚 Caught this morning as part of a monitoring survey at Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary on Badimia Country. #WildOz

Early morning trapping surveys have their perks 😊

I'm going to restart my thread of posts using Badimia language from over on the other site. The words will primarily come from the Badimaya Dictionary published a few years ago.

Robin Sinclair@robinssci.bsky.social · last yr.

A Dhudhun-dhudhun (Badimia for gecko) outside my front door. It's a Bynoe's Gecko (Heteronotia binoei), one of the most widespread gecko species on the continent. #WildOz

The Badimia word for chicken is "dyugi" which is derived from the Australian-English "chook". (The 'dy' gets pronounced somewhat like the 'j' in 'jump')