Hollows As Homes

This project aims to increase community awareness of the importance of tree hollows as wildlife habitat and to conserve habitat and biodiversity.

Hollows as Homes is a collaborative project working with Councils and the community to record the characteristics of tree hollows in their backyard, street, park, padock or bush and to monitor the use of the hollow(s) by wildlife.

The aim of this project is to provide an assessment of the number, type and distribution of hollow-bearing trees, and their associated hollows across Australia. This data can then inform Councils, and the communities, efforts to retain habitat, plan supplementary habitat and plant future habitat.

The following is a quote from the ‘Loss of hollow-bearing trees – key threatening process determination: ’ “In NSW, terrestrial vertebrate species that are reliant on tree hollows for shelter and nests include at least 46 mammals, 81 birds, 31 reptiles and 16 frogs. Of these, 40 species are listed as threatened on Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of the Threatened Species Conservation Act” (http://www. environment. nsw. gov. au /determinations /lossofhollowtreesktp. htm).

Hollows as Homes is supported by the Sydney Coastal Councils Group through funding from the Australian Government (2016).

This project relies upon community participation, please get involved on-ground or by sharing our posts with your network.


Thanks
John Martin (Royal Botanic Garden & Centennial Parklands)
Adrian Davis (University of Sydney)
Charlotte Taylor (University of Sydney)
Richard Major (Australian Museum)