Don Reserve, a Tasmanian Wildlife Film
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- This film documents the biodiversity in a remnant forest patch known as the Don Reserve in north west Tasmania, Australia - land of the Punnilerpanner people.
Despite the tranquility portrayed, dogs let loose, feral cats, weed infestations, illegal firewood harvesting, gradual vegetation removal, litter, and noise pollution, all continue to threaten and erode the ecological integrity of this reserve. The main forest type of the Don Reserve (Eucalyptus ovata forest) is classified as threatened, and the Friends of Don Reserve (FODR) are the frontline in preserving this habitat - actively undertaking landcare work.
This forest like so many others, is adjacent to an urban centre and not inside a designated conservation area. The film features 60 native vertebrate species (50 birds, 6 mammals, 4 reptiles) and native invertebrates and flora, showing that even in a modest, fragmented forest like the Don Reserve significant biodiversity continues to exist - although often out of sight, and under increasing pressure.
Wildlife was filmed on a Canon 5D Mark IV with Tamron SP 150-600mm lens.
List of animal species which feature
(grouped, and in order of appearance):
Birds
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) Endemic
Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus)
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) Endemic
Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus)
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)
Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus)
Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis)
Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus)
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
Tasmanian Nativehen (Tribonyx mortierii) Endemic
Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang)
Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica)
White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) Vulnerable
Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor) Endangered, Breeding Endemic
Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla)
Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus)
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus)
Grey (White) Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae) Endangered
Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
Yellow-throated Honeyeater (Nesoptilotis flavicollis) Endemic
Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla)
Grey Butcher (Cracticus torquatus)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) Introduced
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) Introduced
Black-headed Honeyeater (Melithreptus affinis) Endemic
Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
Grey Fantail (Rhipidura albiscapa)
Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)
Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
Little Black Cormorant (Phalacrocorax sulcirostris)
Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dusky Robbin (Melanodryas vittata) Endemic
Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella)
Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
Tasmanian Scrubwren (Sericornis humilis) Endemic
Grey Carrawong (Strepera versicolor)
Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus)
Mammals
Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
Tasmanian Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii) Endemic
Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorus tridactylus)
Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus)
Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
Reptiles
Mountain Dragon (Rankinia diemensis)
Metallic Skink (Carinascincus metallicus)
Tasmanian Tree Skink (Carinascincus pretiosus) Endemic
White’s Skink (Liopholis whitii)
Invertebrates
Semaphore Crab (Heloecius cordiformis)
Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae)
Brushed Jumping Spider (Jotus sp.)
Proszynski’s Peacock Spider (Maratus proszynskii)
By far the most diverse animal group, many more invertebrates were filmed but not identified or captioned
Other vertebrate animals observed during filming
Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Shining Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus)
Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax) Endangered
Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
Flora
Numerous native flora featured throughout the film but were not captioned
Congrats on the award Tom!
Thanks Daniel
Unreal job mate, the amount of hours put into this is mind blowing.
Thanks mate, enjoyed filming every bit of it
Thanks for the amazing film. It’s my childhood wrapped up in 20 minutes. I lived over the road from this reserve and it evokes so many memories…. Thank you!
Reminds me of a beautiful month I spent in Tasmania camping my way around. Nice music too.
Awesome work Tom! I love Don Reserve and along with Kelcey Tier they are the main reasons I’ve bought a block just outside Devonport and I’m chomping at the bit to move over there from Melbourne, join the friends groups and enjoy the incredible wildlife... The range of wildlife on my block just a few minutes from the centre of Devo is amazing!! What a place to live!! 👍
Awesome mate, the friends group could do with some additional members! You’d be most welcome
@@tomsayers3488 As soon as I can sell up here and get over there I’ll be in touch! Just been reading the council plans for Kelcey Tier and the Don Reserve. They seem a bit sparse?!
Just a heads up. Devo is an insult to some in Devonport. There is a place called devonfield where they have disabled residents. If you did something "retarded", you'd get called a devo. Not nice or pc, but true.
Truly exquisite and beautiful - wow - this has uplifted my spirit watching this through lockdown how wonderful - Greetings and Blessings from Cornwall UK. I do hope in the near future this will be protected - it's fabulous. Thank you for filming this as a window into how fabulous your part of the world is - what a gem. It seems we are losing at a fast rate forests all over the World, in Cornwall we are trying to save what little we have left it is such a battle all over the World. Once lost - lost forever we humans never learn. Our Beautiful wildlife and forests going in our lifetime - unforgivable.
Thanks, I really appreciate your comment :)
Brilliant Tom! Thoroughly enjoyed watching this the whole way through. Great footage and love the gentle pace.
Thanyou Tom Sayers. An inspiring production.
Thanks Peter
Thank you for such a beautiful documentation of the wildlife in this area. We live on the fringe and I have just learnt the names of some of the birds I have been watching for a few years now. There are a pair of the Grey Goshawks and also a pair of Sea Eagles that frequent the area, the other animal that is in this area and is gorgeous to watch is the Tasmanian water rat. I hope you do another one. This is just beautiful.
Thanks Katie, I was hoping to get the water rat!.. but haven't seen one in the river for a while
A work of art, brilliantly compiled. Congratulations.
Truly phenomenonal work.. Such a steady hand and patience. A recorded gift to nature..
Hello from Finland! I've spent my life being surrounded by the taiga woodland, and I've visited northern temperate and Mediterranean ecosystems. I've never seen a woodland plant community like this. It's very otherworldly and enchanting.
Ripper of a film mate, thanks very much for sharing
Thank you for making this beautiful film and soundtrack. I really appreciate you naming all the wonderful birds I see in my area too. I learned something special today.
Fantastic film of our local reserve👏💖
I grew up in Devonport and spent many happy hours in the Don Reserve as a child and teenager. Thank you so much for creating this beautiful tribute. My hope is that it will inspire others to care for this special place into the future. Now living on the 'mainland', this made me very homesick.
Fantastic video! Really shows the importance of maintaining intact bush right alongside suburbia 👍 well done all involved.
Magnificent footage! Thanks for your efforts in capturing this Tom, I hope that it draws attention to the often-overlooked unique value of peri-urban spaces found here in Tasmania.
Thanks Kris!
Yes Tom this is just awesome . I live on this river and walk the reserve almost daily. It’s a beautiful tribute to where we live. Thank you so much!
It's truly fabulous
Absolutely stunning video. Thank you.
Wow, being a Devonport resident for 54 years I love taking photos of birds and landscapes at the Don reserve, this video is fantastic, must have taken awhile to get all the footage, my hat goes off to ya, well done.
Thanks Shane, took a while, but enjoyed filming every bit of it
Superb work! I feel privileged to live here on this country surrounded by so much beauty. Thank you for the wonderful reminder to just breathe and observe nature's magnificence.
Tom, this is wonderful beyond words. You have brought out the character of this beautiful reserve. What a gift you have given to those of us who love this place, its plants and its wildlife.
Thanks Angela, I thought the reserve deserved some promotion. Its such an overlooked gem in Devonport
@@tomsayers3488 it sure is but also our history at Don Heads.
Absolutely stunning mate! It totally warms my heart, bringing back so many memories when I use to explore the reserve in my teens as an escape. I really appreciate all your time and effort in producing this! Your video got flagged in my RUclips feed once I had uploaded one of my older songs featuring pics of the reserve, so glad it did!
WOW & WOW! this is absolutely stunning in its concept, useful information, photography, editing & production! THANK YOU Tom! I hope to meet you someday to congratulate you!
Thanks Diane, really appreciate that
Excellent work Tom!
Fantastic Video,I have spent many hours in the Reserve and not observed that many, do get several in my Garden, not those wee Birds, however.
Beautiful! The hours of hard work really show in the quality of footage.
Beautifully done. I spend a fair bit of time there photographing those things that catch my eye, and it was a delight to be able to share this video with friends who know it exists from my photos, but haven't been here.
Thanks Trevor, appreciate that
Absolutely stunning Tom. I do hope this beautiful tribute to Don Reserve and it's flora and fauna, helps to reinforce to the public just how precious this wonderland really is. Thank you so much :)
Same here, thanks
Reminder of what we have so close to home ,wonderful photos and what patience thankyou
Stunning and so special I really enjoyed it so much. Thank you 🌈❤️
Thanks Denise
Wonderful work.Thank you!
Stunning - just stunning.
A thumbs up from me 👍🏼 That was so easy and relaxing to watch and just had to share with my friends....... Awesome Job!! And thank you for sharing 😁
Thanks for this brilliant documentary
Absolutely beautiful, I can appreciate the work that has gone into making this. Great job!
excellent. I love currawongs, and I have not had luck yet seeing the sacred kingfisher.
This video is excellent and hard to do. You have a gift and I hope you do more just like it. Tasmania is a truly fascinating place.
Awesome video I will add this spot to my itinerary when I am visiting TAS next week.
Absolutely amazing
Absolutely stunning, Tom.
Thanks Jen!
Far Out You've Done This Town Such A Service By Creating This Documentary Ive Always Tried To Tell People Just How Amazing And Important The Don Reserve is Ive Seen The Small Group Of Swift Parrots Once And Had Think the Council Should organise a program to Monitor Them As A Group Ensuring There Survival As A Species... Ive Seen A Pair Of Sea-Eagles Up Close A Few Times On The Walking Track From Don Heads To Paradise Cove Anywayz Two Thumbs Up Hope To See More Future Videos Of Our Beautiful Island
Only one problem with this beautiful film: the musical soundtrack is FAR TOO LOUD! I wanted to turn the volume up to listen to the wonderful birds, but I found the soundtrack monotonous and intrusive. Magnificent photography.
Hi Tom, excellent video but the bird , animal etc. title descriptions don't stay on the screen long enough to read properly but otherwise , 👍.
Update on one of the cast members - the tawny frogmouth youngster was found on the ground this arvo and placed back in the nesting tree but lower down - Friends of Don Reserve are endeavouring to ensure its wellbeing as the area is frequented by dogs
Update - parents and youngster found together in a different nearby tree safe and sound
Owners of unrestrained dogs should watch this!
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