Flying foxes are being driven further west in search of food and shelter. Camps have been found west of Adelaide for the first time.
A researcher says the animals are heading further west for food and shelter as more habitat is lost across the country.South Australians are being asked to embrace the protected native bats as new residents.
There are well-established populations living along the country's east coast and camps have also been spotted in Katherine in the Northern Territory and at Port Augusta and Port Pirie in South Australia. "It is just something new for many South Australians that they haven't grown up with, which probably many of our younger generations are now sort of starting to get used to," Dr Hillyard said.Sightings far and wide in South Australia
There have also been reports of small camps of around 100 to 200 grey-headed flying foxes at Port Pirie, Port Augusta and Mount Gambier."The grey-headed flying foxes that are being reported on Eyre Peninsula have likely travelled from the Adelaide area ... in search of food," Dr Hillyard said. Radio tracking also showed that the bats followed established bird migration paths and used features in the landscape such as roads or railway lines as guides."Habitat loss, climate change, is putting some stress on those populations," he said.
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