Gluepot Reserve

{{about|the private protected area in South Australia|the associated locality | Gluepot, South Australia}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = protected

| name = Gluepot Reserve

| state = sa

| iucn_category = III

| iucn_ref = {{cite web|title= Terrestrial Protected Areas of South Australia (see 'DETAIL' tab)|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/d00ca066-1c8c-412a-9e16-2a37647454a7/files/capad2014sa.xlsx|work=CAPAD 2014|publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment (DoE) |access-date=13 March 2015|date=2014}}

| image = Gluepot Reserve, South Australia.JPG

| caption = Vegetation at Gluepot Reserve, South Australia

| image_alt =

| coordinates = {{coord|33|45|23.75|S|140|14|47.39|E|display=inline,title}}

| force_national_map =

| relief = yes

| pushpin_map_caption =

| pushpin_label_position = left

| map_alt =

| nearest_town_or_city = Waikerie

| area = 541.16

| area_footnotes ={{cite web|title=Gluepot Reserve) Official Record for Unnamed (No.HA1196) |url= http://www.protectedplanet.net/555548824|publisher=World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), a joint project of IUCN and UNEP |access-date=17 September 2015}}

| established = {{start date|2000|06|27|df=y}}

| established_footnotes =

| visitation_num =

| visitation_year =

| visitation_footnotes =

| managing_authorities = BirdLife Australia

| url = http://www.gluepot.org

| footnotes =

}}

Gluepot Reserve is a private protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the gazetted locality of Gluepot about {{convert|40|km|abbr=off}} north of the town of Waikerie.{{cite web|title=Search result for " Gluepot (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067066) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"|url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|work=Property Location Browser|publisher=Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure|access-date=26 September 2015|archive-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/|url-status=dead}}

History

Gluepot was established by Birds Australia (now BirdLife Australia) in 1997, by purchase, through a public appeal, of Gluepot Station, a pastoral lease with an area of {{convert|540|km2|abbr=off}} 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.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

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 in the past, and still visit the reserve.{{cite web|title=Scarlet Fever |url=https://www.birdlife.org.au/australian-birdlife/detail/scarlet-fever|author1=Tzaros, C.|author2=Waanders, P. |publisher=BirdLife Australia|access-date=15 July 2022|year=2012}}

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 (SA) where its owner, BirdLife Australia, has agreed to protect the property's native vegetation in perpetuity. It is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area, and lies within both the Riverland Biosphere Reserve and the Riverland Mallee Important Bird Area.{{cite web|title=Gluepot|url=http://birdlife.org.au/visit-us/reserves/gluepot|publisher=BirdLife Australia|access-date=4 February 2015}}{{cite web|title=Important Bird Areas factsheet: Riverland Mallee|url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id=24572|publisher=BirdLife International|access-date=2 November 2014|date=2014}}{{cite web|title=Protected Areas of South Australia September (Map) 2014 Edition|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/bf6977cb-f1f9-4700-9b5f-a35500fda94f/protected-areas-of-south-australia-map.pdf|publisher=Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources|access-date=15 April 2015}}

Climate

{{Weather box|width=auto

|metric first=y

|single line=y

|collapsed = Y

|location = Gluepot Reserve, elevation {{convert|57|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1999–2025 normals and extremes)

|Jan record high C = 46.9

|Feb record high C = 47.5

|Mar record high C = 42.5

|Apr record high C = 40.0

|May record high C = 31.1

|Jun record high C = 26.5

|Jul record high C = 27.0

|Aug record high C = 31.2

|Sep record high C = 38.0

|Oct record high C = 41.0

|Nov record high C = 45.0

|Dec record high C = 48.6

|Jan record low C = 6.0

|Feb record low C = 6.0

|Mar record low C = 3.1

|Apr record low C = -2.0

|May record low C = -5.5

|Jun record low C = -6.7

|Jul record low C = -6.5

|Aug record low C = -6.3

|Sep record low C = -4.0

|Oct record low C = 0.0

|Nov record low C = 1.6

|Dec record low C = 3.6

|Jan high C = 34.0

|Feb high C = 32.8

|Mar high C = 29.5

|Apr high C = 24.9

|May high C = 20.5

|Jun high C = 17.2

|Jul high C = 17.1

|Aug high C = 19.1

|Sep high C = 22.7

|Oct high C = 25.9

|Nov high C = 29.1

|Dec high C = 31.7

| year high C = 25.4

|Jan low C = 16.0

|Feb low C = 15.2

|Mar low C = 12.4

|Apr low C = 8.6

|May low C = 5.9

|Jun low C = 4.2

|Jul low C = 3.7

|Aug low C = 4.4

|Sep low C = 6.5

|Oct low C = 8.8

|Nov low C = 12.0

|Dec low C = 13.9

| year low C = 9.3

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 17.4

|Feb precipitation mm = 19.7

|Mar precipitation mm = 12.0

|Apr precipitation mm = 20.4

|May precipitation mm = 17.6

|Jun precipitation mm = 23.7

|Jul precipitation mm = 18.5

|Aug precipitation mm = 18.6

|Sep precipitation mm = 24.7

|Oct precipitation mm = 24.6

|Nov precipitation mm = 32.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 27.9

|year precipitation mm = 258.1

| unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 3.5

| Feb precipitation days = 3.0

| Mar precipitation days = 3.3

| Apr precipitation days = 5.1

| May precipitation days = 7.3

| Jun precipitation days = 8.7

| Jul precipitation days = 9.5

| Aug precipitation days = 8.3

| Sep precipitation days = 6.5

| Oct precipitation days = 6.5

| Nov precipitation days = 6.3

| Dec precipitation days = 5.0

| year precipitation days =73.0

| humidity colour = green

|Jan afthumidity = 26

|Feb afthumidity = 29

|Mar afthumidity = 32

|Apr afthumidity = 37

|May afthumidity = 45

|Jun afthumidity = 53

|Jul afthumidity = 52

|Aug afthumidity = 41

|Sep afthumidity = 37

|Oct afthumidity = 32

|Nov afthumidity = 28

|Dec afthumidity = 27

|source 1 = Australian Bureau of Meteorology (humidity 1999–2010){{cite web

| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_020028_All.shtml

| title = Climate statistics for Australian locations- GLUEPOT RESERVE (GLUEPOT)

| date = 2 March 2025}}

}}

References

External links

[http://www.gluepot.org/index.html Gluepot Reserve's official website]

Category:Private protected areas of South Australia

Category:Protected areas established in 2000

Category:2000 establishments in Australia

Category:Murray Mallee