LandSentinel
Vegetation cover increased. Woody structure is returning in patches.
BioSentinel
Did life return? Colonisation by generalists: yes. Recruitment of specialists: not demonstrated. Persistence: not yet.
Shanes Park / Wianamatta woodland restoration
colonisationThe biological test of restoration success.
- baseline→
- intervention→
- colonisation→
- recruitment→
- community development→
- persistence
Native canopy return
partial
Planted eucalypts establishing. Not old-growth structure.
Pollinator return
insufficient evidence
Flying-fox foraging is landscape-scale, not a site success metric.
Bird occupancy
generalists colonising; specialists rare
Compared with Mulgoa reference.
Fauna recolonisation
fox present; small mammals insufficiently surveyed
Camera events ≠ community recovery.
Functional diversity
not restored
Bark-foraging and understorey insectivores remain thin.
Invasive pressure
olive on margins
Reinvasion risk after control.
Breeding success
insufficient evidence
Detection is not reproduction.
Similarity to reference
low–moderate
Closer to Prospect parkland than to Mulgoa interior.
Baseline
Cleared and degraded shale/alluvial woodland. Woodland-dependent birds sparse; weeds and edge on three sides.
Intervention
Revegetation, olive control, fencing, and connectivity plantings as part of the broader Cumberland corridor.