FREE Community Vine Planting Day, Logan
Click here to register your interest to attend Join Wildlife Queensland’s Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network (RBCN) and Logan City Council for a FREE birdwing butterfly vine planting event at Cornubia Forest Park on Saturday 24 September 2022 from 9:00-11:00 am....
Community Birdwing Butterfly Workshop
Register on Eventbrite here Join Wildlife Queensland’s Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network (RBCN) and Redland City Council at a Community Education Workshop all about the Richmond birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera richmondia) on Saturday 10 September – and...
Wildlife Queensland’s Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network works with Redland City Council to bring back the Birdwing
© Canva NFP © Canva NFP 16 August 2022 In association with Redland City Council, Wildlife Queensland’s Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network (RBCN) is undertaking two new projects to help recolonise Vulnerable birdwing butterflies on the Redland Coast. Creating...
Richmond Birdwing Butterfly Vine Planting Project
Join the Crosby Road Bushcare – Brisbane Habitat Group and Matt Cecil from the Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network to help bring the rare and beautiful Richmond birdwing butterfly back from the brink by getting involved with butterfly vine planting at Ascot!...
We need birdwing vine fruit (seed pods). Can you help?
Updated 13 March 2023 Wildlife Queensland’s Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network (RBCN) distributes tens of thousands of seeds of the caterpillar food vine Pararistolochia praevenosa annually to aid recovery of the endangered Richmond birdwing butterfly...
Sightings Soar as Birdwings Return
9 December 2021 Summer is now upon us, but throughout late winter and spring, Wildlife Queensland’s Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network members have been eagerly watching their vines for signs of Richmond birdwing butterflies and their larvae. Anecdotal sightings...
RBCN: Planting Vine Corridors to Connect Vulnerable Birdwing Butterfly Populations in SEQ
Wildlife Queensland’s Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network (RBCN) and Moreton Bay Regional Council (MBRC) hosted a birdwing butterfly vine workshop earlier this month for Land for Wildlife property owners in the Moreton Bay region. Held at Woodfordia, the event was...
Birdwing butterfly takes part in national wildlife vote to shine a spotlight on endangered species
6 August 2020 The Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland has listed the Richmond birdwing butterfly in a public vote to highlight the plight of our unique native species. The Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (Wildlife Queensland) along with more...