Swan Estuary Reserves Action Group

09/11/2026

A good effort from our UWA student volunteers, clearing w**ds to give new plantings some breathing space.

Last event for the year so in keeping with tradition a bat box was installed in a tree in honour of our UWA coordinators.
This year it was Phylicia and Harsh*ta who kept everything organised from the UWA side.
The bat box was made and installed by Peter Seebeck.

Thanks also to Tim and Sue for keeping EVERYBODY (regularly over 20 people) fed at each event for the year.

06/11/2026

The migratory birds, flying in from thousands of kilometres away, are very vulnerable to disturbance.

Please see this animation from Birdlife Australia

The Far Eastern Curlew is one of Australia’s most threatened birds....

06/11/2026

The Fairy Tern fence at Point Walter has been reinstalled and will remain up until nesting in the metropolitan area has concluded.

Mat, a Senior Marine Ranger, has said this includes three white 'No Landing' markers on the North, South and West side of the sandbar.
Any damage or reports of disruptive behaviour are to be made to the City of Melville, or the Melsafe Rangers out of business hours

01/09/2026

Treemendous Tuesday in action!

18/08/2026

An excellent Treemendous Tuesday morning, along with DBCA staff, w**ding at Pt Waylen.
We focussed on areas sloping down to the river, in order that these more vulnerable areas won't need to be sprayed by contract sprayers. We tackled very large and stubborn flat w**ds, Euphorbia, Fumaria, lupins and more.
The after photo shows how we've cleared this area, giving the newly planted sedges and others a much better chance at catching and using whatever rain comes their way.

02/08/2026

First the w**ding and then the planting at Pelican Point last weekend

Thanks very much to the students from UWA and our regular volunteers

08/07/2026

We love celebrating our amazing volunteers and this domestic duck was Angela's first "leg line". Leg lining is a technique we use to catch birds that can't be caught in a hand net. It's not easy but Angela nailed it with the help of another amazing volunteer who also happens to be Angela. 🤭

While we focus our rescue efforts on native birds, if a volunteer has the time they will rescue a domestic in trouble if they have safe home for them to go to. Unfortunately most domestic ducks aren't lost pets but abandoned by their owners and released into the wild. This causes issues for our native ducks as domestics breed with them creating hybrids, the poor domestic duck hasn't had to fend for itself in the wild either so it wouldn't be having a nice time.

If you can no longer care for your pet ducks please surrender them responsibly and don't set them free.

08/07/2026

Ern Stapleton Reserve is a beautiful piece of remnant bushland in Attadale, remarkable for its diversity considering it is only 0.7 hectares in size.
Also remarkable for the number of w**ds choking that diversity, as the SERAG Tremendous Tuesday team found out when they assisted Friends of Wal Hughes and Ern Stapleton Reserves Coordinator Jennie Connolly.
If you would like to help, please contact Jennie Connolly through Facebook or messenger

08/07/2026

thanks very much to our UWA student volunteers and our regular SERAG volunteers for the Pelican Point planting
last Saturday, filling in an area made vacant with the removal of a w**d species of tree by DBCA

A nice sunny day too, good chance to air out the SERAG vehicle and trailer which tend to get some moisture in them at this time of the year, no leaks, just the nature of the work

30/06/2026

Significant progress is being made at the Point Waylen site, with Parks and Wildlife, and SERAG, back planting again today.

Thousands of plants have been planted, and a limestone pathway installed.

Rail and hail did not deter the planters today!