DRB Nats, 8 September 2023 There is more to the birds of the Broz Park Wetlands than is first obvious to the eye. “It just looks like a bit of ordinary parkland”, Rachel explained, “but there are more birds there than we imagined, and we’ve seen birds we’ve rarely seen ...
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Contains reports from meetings and excursions
KRM Branch,18 September 2023 The speaker at the September meeting was Daniel Heald, who delivered a presentation entitled ‘A Madness Most Discrete – Gall Biodiversity’. Daniel explained that galls are the lumps found on branches or leaves of trees or shrubs and that there is an enormous variety. He then ...
Read more →DRB Nats Excursion – 19 August 2023 The park offers a variety of bushwalking trails that cater to different preferences and fitness levels. One of the popular trails is the Wildflower Walk Trail, which spans approximately 4.6 km. It is a grade 3 trail that features short, steep sections and ...
Read more →KRM Branch, 29 September – October 2023 Thirteen members, plus two visitors, were present for the weekend stay at Dryandra Woodlands and assembled at the Lions Village on Friday afternoon. After a members’ get-together, we all went for a short night walk near the Lions Village. A possum with a ...
Read more →Grasstrees of southwestern Australia Main Club, 6 October 2023 Distinguished Prof Emeritus Byron Lamont is well known to our club for his botanical work and previous fascinating talks. This year, his work was recognised with a lifetime achievement award from the International Association of Fire Ecology. He will travel to ...
Read more →Main Club 9 September 2023 There was a crash of thunder as we started our walk, but luckily, the sun came out, and the twelve of us enjoyed our walk in this beautiful Wandoo woodland halfway along the Brookton Highway. It was led by John Cresp, a naturalist and member ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch 23 August 2023 Golly! A surprise before we even started. As six of us (Jenny caught up with us later) were about to set off, a woman preparing to walk her dogs asked if we were off to spot birds. She then told us she had seen ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 27 August 2023 Eleven members attended the excursion to Karnup Nature Reserve on a fine late winter’s morning. We headed off along the Don Shepherd Nature Walk, named after one of the founding members of KRMB. Just inside the gate, we spotted Cockies’ Tongues (Templetonia retusa) ...
Read more →Bushwalking Group, 10 September 2023 Well, it was another fabulous weekend away for our group of 13. Unfortunately, several people were sorry that they could not attend because they were on holidays elsewhere. We arrived on the Friday night, staying at the caravan park and hotel. Amazingly, the weather was ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch 21 August 2023 The August meeting was a Members’ Night, with three members delivering presentations. First up was Norm Aitken, who showed some images plus a video, taken in Scotland, of a Hummingbird Hawk Moth rapidly flying between flowers to get nectar. The video highlighted the ...
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