Notamacropus rufogriseus

Red-necked Wallaby at Hackett, ACT

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Identification history

	Notamacropus rufogriseus	15 May 2017	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	14 May 2017	Qwerty

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5 comments

waltraud wrote:

16 May 2017

Very clear, thanks for the photo Qwerty. There were doubts until a year ago or so that rednecks occur on Mt Majura. I see them occasionally particularly on the ridge and east slope usually when I'm on weed patrol and don't have a camera with me. I have the impression that numbers have increased over the past few years...

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

16 May 2017

Red necked are also relatively new on Red Hill - not sure what is guiding their recovery/expansion but a good sign

rosiecooney wrote:

11 Jul 2017

I was really surprised to see at least 8 of these high on the east side of Mt Ainslie a few days ago. I've recently returned to Canberra after 20 years away and I had never seen them there before.

waltraud wrote:

11 Jul 2017

Rosie, the redneck wallabies have certainly increased in numbers. Several years ago I spotted perhaps one per year on Mt Majura now I see one or several once a week on my daily walks.

Michael, although it is nice to see recovery of this species I am concerned. Being uncontrolled the impact of these browsers on the natural regeneration / recruitment of trees and shrubs as well as ground cover can be tremendous as they expand. I don't have proof but i think that the lack of regeneration / recruitment of certain species such as Drooping she-oak, Silver wattle and a variety of shrubs is not only due to rabbit and hare grazing but (increasingly) to wallaby grazing.
The people running the winery on Mt Majura have complained about the wallabies years ago and contacted me to suggest that Friends of Mt Majura help the vineyard operators to chase them and the Eastern Grey kangaroos from the vineyard into the nature reserve, an offer that I politely declined for a number of reasons.

As we all know, if conditions for certain native local species are highly beneficial for this species such as food supply and lack of predator, the species can increase to numbers that have an diametrical impact on its environment and other species.
Waltraud

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

12 Jul 2017

Rosie
The Red-neck Wallaby is making a come back across Canberra Nature Park. There was once a lose theory that foxes were keeping the numbers down, but I don't think there has been a big recent change in fox numbers to account for the increase. Waltraud yes one to watch.

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