European Rabbit at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | 22 Sep 2025 | DonFletcher | ||
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | 21 Sep 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Oryctolagus cuniculus | 21 Sep 2025 | rhyshardy |
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4 comments
waltraud
wrote:
22 Sep 2025
yes recorded multiple times including with Field Maps; a notorious site easy to dig, lots of rabbits signs in the surround including digging, buck heaps etc
DonFletcher
wrote:
22 Sep 2025
@waltraud I will vote for the politician that lets you Parkcarers do the rabbit control, as long as they also let you use explosives to destroy warrens located among vegetation or rocks (like PCS did until the hospital demolition disaster) because that is the most environmentally friendly way that works efficiently.
waltraud
wrote:
22 Sep 2025
Well one of my favorite rangers used that method long time ago to collapse warrens ;-) Seriously I don't know the best method. When we started rabbit control in 2008 / 09 after I lobbied for funding, some of the warrens were huge with over 30 active entries mainly in the horse holding paddocks and generally lower slopes and drainage lines; the paddocks were destroyed and various means used to kill the rabbits. We repeated every season, I trained up to 58 volunteers a season to map with Garmin GPS until 2012/13 when budget wasn't come forward. There was a significant drop in numbers judged by drop of rabbit signs and new recruitment of trees. I invited CSIRO experts on site, worked with Fenner school academic and students who studied (lack of) tree recruitment and documented the rabbit damage to argue the case.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.170743-35.227681
- Altitude 636.4m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 21 Sep 2025 12:03 PM Recorded on
- rhyshardy Recorded by
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Collections
rhyshardy NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Oryctolagus cuniculus Rabbits & Hares Mammals
Species information
- Oryctolagus cuniculus Scientific name
- European Rabbit Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1909.02m Recorded at altitude
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