26 February 2023 The February field outing was to Point Peron, on the coast of Rockingham. Point Peron is a reserve that forms part of the Rockingham Lakes Regional Park, and its coastline is within the Shoalwater Marine Park. Nine members met at the car park on a warm, sunny ...
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and Friends of North Ocean Reef. February 12, 2023 Following a successful pairing last year for a Young Nats Snorkel and Beach Discovery Morning, the Friends of North Ocean Reef – Iluka Foreshore again invited the NSB to participate in its Free Family Discovery Morning, where the emphasis this time ...
Read more →March 3, 2023 Our speaker was ornithologist and conservation biologist Dr Claire Greenwell, who has a passion for seabirds. Claire has recently completed her PhD on the conservation of Australian Fairy Terns (Sternula neiris neiris) and is the convenor of the WA Fairy Tern Network. Fairy Terns are the smallest ...
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Read more →When one of our members, ecologist Kit Prendergast, was surveying native bee populations in Perth’s Kings Park botanic gardens, the last thing she expected to discover was a new bee species — with a very distinctive snout. Leioproctus zephyr – Image by Kit Prendergast
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 15 February 2023 The 140 km long Rudall River starts and ends in the Karlamilyi National Park in the remote East Pilbara region. The park lies approximately 300 km East of Newman and 90 km south of the Telfer gold and copper mine. The history and exploration ...
Read more →DRBNats, 10 February 2023 Distinguished Professor Emeritus Byron Lamont AO presented his talk on Pollinators and Pollination in Southwestern Australian Flora on Friday, 10th February 2023, as the first speaker of the year at DRB. His presentation was colourful and spectacular, with many specimens of flowers for people to examine ...
Read more →Main Club February 2023 Our speaker was Dr Holly Bradley, an ecologist with a keen interest in conserving and managing threatened species and bringing Western science and traditional knowledge together. Holly has been a DRB Nats’ Club member for many years. For her honours degree, she studied Honey Possums – ...
Read more →By: Tony Start, Kevin Thiele Paperback | March 2023 | $ 59.99ISBN: 9781486316144 | 152 pages | 245 x 170 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingColour photographs, Illustrations, Maps These are some of the questions that are addressed in this interesting book, which begins with an overview of parasitic plants in general. It not ...
Read more →KRM Branch 21 November 2022 A total of 11 members attended the KRMB AGM. Our Chairperson, Chris Punter, opened the meeting by welcoming everyone. He then read the minutes of the 2021 AGM and then gave a summary of the branch’s activities for 2022. The Treasurer, Norman Aitken, then presented ...
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