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Western grasswren returns to Dirk Hartog Island for first time in a century

The call of the western grasswren once again quivers on the winds across Dirk Hartog Island in Western Australia, breaking a century of its absence. 

The rare species was recently translocated to the island – known as Wirruwana by the Malgana People – with wrens from two distinct areas in Shark Bay. 

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