HUNTER WETLANDS (wetland environment)

Gee wizz, talk about insects. As soon as i arrived at the wetlands, it was early in the morning around 8, it was insects galore. Everywhere i looked there were little insects buzzing around me. It was disguisting, i'm like totally against animal cruelty but i like killed 1000 insects :) haha

Anywho, when i first arrived, besides getting attacked by insects i went fishing :)
gee that was fun, i think i caught a cold along with a couple of little fish that i threw back immediatly. I felt guilty the whole time, knowing i had put a little living fish through pain having a hook through its mouth, i gave up, i couldn't do it although i had to as it was part of the program i signed up for.

Anyway, after my fantastic fishing experience, i went and had lunch. I got a little sandwhich which probably had a couple of insects squished into it. YUMM?

My sandwhich was quite tttt...tasty? YUCK!

Anyway, i learnt a fair few things about Wetlands and here they are:

- There is an estimate of 213 different species of birds around the wetland.

- There are more then 150 native and exotic floral species recorded within Hunter Wetlands.

-There are four main types of wetlands Floodplain Wetlands, Dunal Wetlands, Upland Wetlands and Estuarine Wetlands

Foodplain Wetlands;

These are wetlands that occur on the flat floodplain of a river or stream. Although their origin and form are determined by the flooding of the river, regular water maintenance is usually from local catchment runoff.

Dunal Wetlands;

These are wetlands that occur on coastal dunes where the main water influence is groundwater.

Upland Wetlands;

Although Australia has few true mountainous regions, there are a number of distinct wetland types that are restricted to upland environments. The main water influence is local catchment runoff.

Estuarine Wetlands;

These occur in the intertidal zone of embayments whch are sufficiently protected from oceanic waves to allow the accumulation of stream-borne sediments.