Ipswich in Autumn 2022

If you haven’t yet met some of the Ipswich Nature Centre’s newest arrivals, now is the perfect time to do so. Toward the end of last year, the centre welcomed twin bilbies. The two little girls – Violet and Bilbina – were born in the centre’s world-class bilby breeding enclosure, which is a part of the National Recovery Plan for the species. Roni, the father, was born at the centre during 2020 with Juniper, the mother, new to the centre. The Ipswich Nature Centre has bred bilbies successfully in the past, with female triplets born in 2017. TWIN BABY BILBIES BORN AT IPSWICH NATURE CENTRE

Bilbies born in Ipswich have been released at the Save the Bilby Currawinya and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy Mt Gibson sites, and are said to be thriving in these specially protected areas. Bilbies are one of the fastest breeding mammals on earth with a 12-to-14-day pregnancy, but their survival in the wild is fragile, mainly due to introduced predators.

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