Tuesday 26th July 2022. 1350 – 1455 hrs

Weather

0.5 mm of rain in the gauge. Overcast with some sunny periods. Light SE breeze. Track dry. Water level falling slowly. Moon – New on 29th July

Wildlife Report

On arriving at the entrance to Allumbah Pocket I almost immediately spotted the same Green Ringtail Possum in the same location as on my last visit. Surrounding foliage was still a problem and I was not able to establish a definite identity. I did note however that there appeared to be some chronic damage to the right ear which makes it more likely to be a male Possum as a result of fighting in the mating season.
I continued searching for my regulars but found another unknown Green Ringtail a short distance up the path from the Picnic shelter to the Volunteers storage shed in a hitherto unused tree.
I was able to obtain a better view from the path to the Old Boiler House but I could still see no distinguishing features.
I continued down the path and in the tree where I have often previously seen Possums I found a spotted Catbird which was remarkably unperturbed and allowed me to take a selection of shots during which it hardly moved.
Along the informal path opposite the Snodgrass’s Pool sign I saw the same Possum as on Sunday. I could again see little of it but doubt that it was “Whitespot”.
As I approached the base of Log Jam Peninsula I came across a group of visitors watching a Platypus as it foraged along the far bank. It was heading upstream so I got ahead of it and obtained some excellent shots as it surfaced almost at my feet. It swam on to the log Jam Pool where it remained for some time giving the tourists a splendid display.
At that location I also photographed a Saw-shelled Turtle on the most prominent Log.
At Platys Pool I again saw the large Eastern Water Dragon on a high horizontal branch of a tree on the far bank.
At that point I received a phone call and had to rush home to accept a courier delivery but on the way I snatched shots of the Golden Orb-weaver Spiders in the Lomandra clump and the roosting Large-footed Fishing Bats under the Highway Bridge.
Good old reliable “Tatty” the Coppery Brushtail Possum had returned to her regular roost but was still only prepared to show us her back!