Flying foxes inundate peaceful Australian country towns

 

For 38 years Sue Bailey has lived by an avenue of European trees just off the New England Highway at Tenterfield.

A camp of grey-headed flying foxes has settled in the trees of Millbrook Park each spring since 2019, denuding trees and defecating on infrastructure, until cooler weather sees them leave in autumn.

Bailey, a retired teacher, estimates the colony has expanded to cover about 25 acres in the past three years, encroaching on her garden and a nearby aged-care facility……………………...

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