Camp Movements within the Reserve

Flying-fox camps occupy different parts of the available habitat over time. In the 1970s the flying-foxes were camped at the western end of the Reserve, by the 1980s the camp had expanded eastward to utilise the tributary valley known as Flying-fox Creek. In 1990 the camp moved further east to the middle of the Reserve. The camp is still in this position. In the eastern part of the Reserve, Stoney Creek flows south and the valley is narrow with steep slopes. From observations of many camps, it is considered unlikely that the flying-foxes would occupy this part of the Reserve.

Most of the time, the camp occupies two to three hectares of the Reserve. In contrast, during abundant flowering events of native trees in the Sydney region, flying-foxes from other regions move into the camp, swelling numbers by two or even three times. Then they roost more densely using trees at many different heights above the ground and the camp spreads over a larger area of the Reserve.

Last modified by Nancy Pallin on 2009/03/17.