Ben Parkhurst

Ecologist @BushHeritageAus living on Eurardy Reserve & working across mid west WA. Amateur wildlife photographer.

[Ben Parkhurst @ParkhurstBen]

Who says cockroaches are are ugly. Mitchell’s diurnal cockroach (Polyzosteria mitchelli) at Charles Darwin Reserve. #WildOz

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@nvolpewild Same thing in beautiful Cape Range national park as fires push a sea of buffel into spectacular haitat for spinifex birds, rufous crowned emu wrens and rock wallabys among others

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[Nick Volpe @nvolpewild]

The end begins now.🚨
I am not being dramatic.

Buffel Grass is worse for the environment than every feral animal combined. ❌
These photos only taken 5 years apart from my visit to Central Australia.
Australia boasts the most biodiverse arid eco-systems on earth, mainly due to Spinifex grass (pictured left). Now it is ALL Buffel Grass.
Every single fire now spreads Buffel even more. Central Australia is burning more and hotter than it ever has right now as we speak.

This should have been a national priority years ago. Pastoralists are still spreading and trading this grass as it is not even listed as a weed.
@tanya_plibersek get your head out of the sand, stand up to the cattle industry and SAVE our most biodiverse eco-systems!
I am going to witness a complete collapse in my life-time and it is unthinkable what the next generation will face.

[Tina Parkhurst @Tina__Schroeder]

Cover picture thanks to @ParkhurstBen featuring our study on soil nutrients in restored old fields @RachelJStandish @SuzanneProber @BushHeritageAus @carbonneutralAU #GenerationRestoration

[Tina Parkhurst @Tina__Schroeder]

Enhancing revegetation of old fields in Western Australia https://t.co/rUrF4uwyeJ via @physorg_com

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@DeanMowat @BushHeritageAus Cheers Dean

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Check out this chunky ringed brown snake (Pseudonaja modesta) in amongst the wildflowers @BushHeritageAus #HamelinStationReserve. #WildOz #AustralianReptiles #Elapidae #venomous #snakeinthegrass #wildflowers #Cephalipterum

[Tina Parkhurst @Tina__Schroeder]

New paper on vegetation recovery in old field restoration. Thanks to @BushHeritageAus and @cpositiveaus for funding support

[Bush Heritage @BushHeritageAus]

Ch-ch-ch-CHUDITCH! 🐾

That’s what our team at Eurardy Reserve in WA have been exclaiming following the exciting discovery of a #WesternQuoll (or #Chuditch in Noongar language) for the first time EVER!

Read the full story on our blog https://t.co/EPc2xNxkol

[Tina Parkhurst @Tina__Schroeder]

#metaanalysis shows incomplete recovery of soil conditions and invertebrates after #ecological #restoration #phdchat #ERC #GenerationRestoration

[Ben Parkhurst @ParkhurstBen]

@RichardMcLellan @BushHeritageAus @ilwscsu Hi Richard, you've got a sand goanna there (Varanus gouldii)

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@Loberd3 @ToadallyPriya @BushHeritageAus Baby

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This gorgeous, tiny, Jan's Banded Snake (Simoselaps bertholdi) was found in one of the volunteer rooms @BushHeritageAus #Eurardy Reserve. The smallest one I've ever seen. #WildOz #AustralianReptiles #Elapidae #tinysnake #bandedsnake

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@wendy_lorimer @SCalliss @BushHeritageAus About 30cm is a good adult size

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@Dr_Rob_Davis @D0CT0R_Dave @BushHeritageAus Depending on what's in season and with enough notice, yes @Dr_Rob_Davis I will find a venomous animal to put in your room **subject to availability, terms, conditions and a small surcharge will apply**

[Ben Parkhurst @ParkhurstBen]

@DianneCostin @Wolfie_Rankin @BushHeritageAus It’s part of the family that has Australia’s most venomous snakes but this species is considered probably harmless

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A young spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis) from @BushHeritageAus #HamelinStationReserve trapping last year. #WildOz #NativeRodents #AusMammals #CuteRodents #Minimouse

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@DeanMowat @BushHeritageAus @J_Stingemore @MichelleLHall6 @RichardMcLellan Lovely shot of it

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@ManuSaunders Juvenile Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

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@BiostatPL @BushHeritageAus Ahh Coburn definitely makes more sense

[Ben Parkhurst @ParkhurstBen]

I found this spectacular Catasarcus weevil @BushHeritageAus #HamelinStationReserve last week. Any experts out there have an idea on species? Could it be carbo or perhaps just undescribed? #Wildoz #invertebratesarecool #punkweevil #weevilrockyou #Mulganacountry