Grab your friends and family and help count Western ringtail possums in the area, by joining this year’s Ringtail Tally.
Whether you live on an urban block with a small garden; adjacent to an area of bushland or have a large rural property, you can contribute to Western ringtail possum conservation by counting the possums you see.
The Tally is carried out every year in April-May
and we ask participants to count ringtails on at least one occasion over 4 weeks.
So get your family and friends involved and get out at night and see how many ringtails you can spot. A guide to Western ringtail possum spotlighting can be downloaded below.
Western ringtail possums are critically endangered so every survey counts.
The results are shared with the wider community and recorded on the WA Threatened Species Database. The information gained from the Tally is building a reliable set of observation data that will improve our knowledge about where Western Ringtail Possums are found and in what numbers. This information is then used as a reference for population trends, future planning decisions and conservation projects. The data becomes more valuable each year the Tally is repeated.
The Tally has expanded beyond the original Geographe Bay Catchment area, to now include Nature Conservation Margaret River, Leschenault Catchment Council, Wirambi Landcare and Oyster Harbour Catchment area. Making it a truly regional event and an opportunity to be involved in something bigger.
See more about how it originated: https://www.geocatch.asn.au/living-with-possums/possum-tally/
Whether you live on an urban block with a small garden; adjacent to an area of bushland or have a large rural property, you can contribute to Western ringtail possum conservation by counting the possums you see.
The Tally is carried out every year in April-May
and we ask participants to count ringtails on at least one occasion over 4 weeks.
So get your family and friends involved and get out at night and see how many ringtails you can spot. A guide to Western ringtail possum spotlighting can be downloaded below.
Western ringtail possums are critically endangered so every survey counts.
The results are shared with the wider community and recorded on the WA Threatened Species Database. The information gained from the Tally is building a reliable set of observation data that will improve our knowledge about where Western Ringtail Possums are found and in what numbers. This information is then used as a reference for population trends, future planning decisions and conservation projects. The data becomes more valuable each year the Tally is repeated.
The Tally has expanded beyond the original Geographe Bay Catchment area, to now include Nature Conservation Margaret River, Leschenault Catchment Council, Wirambi Landcare and Oyster Harbour Catchment area. Making it a truly regional event and an opportunity to be involved in something bigger.
See more about how it originated: https://www.geocatch.asn.au/living-with-possums/possum-tally/
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What’s New in 2022?
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Participants will now have the option to log individual sightings and complete the form on a mobile app or online through ArcGIS Survey123.
The app and online option will provide an alternative to paper-based forms and allow for accurate locations to be logged. For help with conducting the Ringtail Tally via Survey123, click the links below to download a User Guide or view our instruction video: 
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Did you know The Ringtail Tally has been delivered in other hotspots since 2016? The popular event is now been expanded to include Albany and surrounds and others cover across the range of the western ringtail possum using the same methodology.
Those who participate as citizen scientists are contributing invaluable data to help further conserve this species into the future. Find out about other tally events occurring in the range of the ringtail and about how the tally started here: https://bit.ly/3paqheL |
We acknowledge the Minang Bibbulmun people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live. We pay our respects to the Elders, past, present, and emerging and to the wider Bibbulmun community.
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