Gluepot Reserve


Gluepot Reserve is a private protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the gazetted locality of Gluepot about north of the town of Waikerie.

History

Gluepot was established by Birds Australia in 1997, by a purchase, through a public appeal, of Gluepot Station, a pastoral lease with an area of in the semi-arid Murray Mallee region of South Australia. The decision to purchase Gluepot Station, Birds Australia's first reserve, was taken in order to protect its outstanding floral and fauna values, under threat because of an application by the lessee to burn the property to provide grazing for sheep.

Birds

Nearly 200 species of birds have been recorded at Gluepot Reserve. These include the nationally threatened malleefowl, regent parrot, red-lored whistler and black-eared miner. A further 33 species are considered to be regionally threatened. Scarlet-chested parrots are known to have bred on Gluepot Reserve in the past, and still visit the reserve.

Conservation

Gluepot Reserve has a protected-area-status due to being the subject of a native vegetation heritage agreement created under the Native Vegetation Act 1991 where its owner, BirdLife Australia, has agreed to protect the property's native vegetation in perpetuity. Gluepot Reserve is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area. Gluepot Reserve is within the extent of both the Riverland Biosphere Reserve and the Riverland Mallee Important Bird Area.