Robin Sinclair

Woylies jump at chance to leave bush sanctuary and take on feral cats Exposure to predators is the next key stage in the endangered marsupial's gradual reintroduction to country Western Australia.

Click through to read more about how and why we have conducted this translocation: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

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.
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⚠️ Animal handled for monitoring purposes with required training and permits

Honoured and humbled to join such a stellar group of people!

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Thanks! It was a very obliging subject ☺️

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.
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Melbourne tram with a bee logo

🐝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”.

For their sake and yours, please don't handle wildlife unnecessarily.

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When handling animals we: - Keep handling to the minimum required to collect the data we need - Follow strict protocols to ensure a high standard of animal welfare is maintained - Have plans in place for if something goes wrong (e.g. injured wildlife)

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Importantly, all animals are handled: - For population monitoring and/or research purposes - By or under the supervision of trained professionals - With the required permits and approvals

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I'm very lucky to have a job where I get to do hands on work with wildlife, including endangered species. Occasionally, I will share pictures and videos of me or my colleagues handling wild animals as part of our work.

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A note on animal handling.

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.
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This week we're aiming to mostly finished by the time the sun rises at 6am. That pic was at our last trap site - we started our morning at 3am 😊

A group of quolls denning together in a nest box at a wildlife sanctuary

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
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Caught and handled as part of a monitoring survey by or under the supervision of trained professionals with the required ethics permits. Do not handle wildlife unnecessarily.

A tiny, bouncy Bilby friend 💚

Caught this morning as part of a monitoring survey at Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary on Badimia Country.
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Acacia shrubland with a sandy track running through it, off towards a gorgeous orange sunrise.

Early morning trapping surveys have their perks 😊

A segment of rainbow in a warm coloured sunset sky.

Warlandi = Rainbow
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Dyugi = chicken 🐔
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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.

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')

A gecko on a rammed earch brick wall. The gecko has rough skin, with orange on the tip of its tail and on the top of its head and transverse, dotted striped down its back of cream and brown on black. It's underside is pale.

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.
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The last fluent speaker of Badimia sadly passed away several years ago, but before their passing they and others poured hundreds of hours into documenting the language. The Badimia Guwaga Project team is clearly very passionate and I look forward to seeing what comes out of the project.

Badimia Barna (Badimia Country) covers an area of midwest WA from around Dalwallinu in the South and Mt Magnet in the North. I'm very lucky to live and work on this country. I'm going to try to redouble my efforts use Badimia Language when talking about my work and the things I see out here.

A projector screen with a slide reading "Badimia Guwaga Language Workshop, Mount Magnet, 26 Feb - 2 March 2025"

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending an introductory workshop for the Badimia Guwaga Language Project which aims to revitalise the critically endangered Badimia language. It was wonderful to see the enthusiasm in the community for keeping the language alive.

A small cliff of red orange stone with blue skies and eucalyptus woodland in the background.

The view from the top of a rocky outcrop, looking out over green eucalyptus forest and orange brown rocks.

A view between rocks and a small mallee eucalypt.

I'm a sucker for a good rocky outcrop.

📍Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary, Badimia Country

Meet the people of AWC: Field Ecologist Robin Sinclair Get to know Robin Sinclair, Australian Wildlife Conservancy's Field Ecologist based at Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary in WA.

I'm the subject of this month's "People of AWC" article.
Click through to learn a little about me, my work and my background in conservation.
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