Field Work · Pest Intelligence
A field guide to the vertebrate pest and wild game animals that damage pasture, crops, livestock and native habitat right across the country — and how quickly their numbers build when they're left unchecked.
Rusa unicolorThe big one. Hard country, wary animals, and herds that compound fast when left alone.
Cervus elaphusClassic roaring-stag country; the autumn rut brings stags out of the thick timber.
Dama damaOften the first deer landholders notice — and the quickest to colonise new country.
Axis porcinusSmall, low-slung and built for thick coastal scrub — easy to underestimate.
Macropus giganteus · Macropus fuliginosusManaged under ATCW authority where numbers impact production — positive ID, always.
Sus scrofaRooting rips up cultivation ground, spreads weeds and preys on newborn lambs.
Vulpes vulpesA single fox working a lambing paddock can take a lamb a night through the season.
Oryctolagus cuniculusRabbits strip pasture to the roots and undermine tracks, sheds and dam walls.
Lepus europaeusExplosive speed across open paddocks — a spotlighting staple on night runs.
Canis familiarisWild dogs harass, maim and kill stock — often without feeding on the carcass.
Capra hircusMobs strip ground cover bare and open country up to weeds and erosion.
Felis catusThe silent pressure on ground-nesting birds and small native mammals.
A Note On Our Records
Client field records, tallies and imagery are private — shared only with the landholder, in writing, after every job. The population and damage figures above are national estimates drawn from published government and industry sources; the pressure on your ground is its own number. A property assessment puts a real figure on it.
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