ANNOUNCEMENT Back-issues of The Western Australian Naturalist are available The Club is doing a stock-take of old issues of the journal at the Beaufort Street office. For a limited time, for club members, we are happy to offer – free of charge! – any issues that you might need ...
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Darling Range Branch 10 July 2026 Lois Gearing presented at DRB in July 2026 information on the remote habitat, discovery, and conservation of the Naretha Bluebonnet Parrot, emphasising its ecological and historical significance. Wayne answered questions on the logistics of the endeavour. Saltbush and Silence: What Remoteness Has Protected – ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 20 July 2026 The July General Meeting was a Members’ Night. The first presenter was Daniel Heald, who gave a short presentation on Glow Worms of New Zealand. Daniel provided the following summary of his talk. There are a wide variety of bioluminescent microorganisms and animals ...
Read more →Main Club, 7 August 2026 Our speaker was Lou Scampoli, an active member and volunteer with Birdlife WA. He has also been active on the Executive Committee of the Conservation Council. He spoke about the amazing voyages that birds take. Scientific studies have told us a great deal about how and why birds ...
Read more →Main Club, 9 August 2026 John Cresp, a member of Birdlife WA, led this walk on a beautiful, sunny, though chilly, Sunday morning, starting from the car park off Moondine Drive, an area dominated by Flooded Gum and Swamp Paperbark, where he spends a lot of time birdwatching. His knowledge and ...
Read more →Consider adding your observations to our member observation page. See WA Naturalists’ Club members’ observations iNaturalist Identifiers Survey What was the survey about? The December 2025 iNaturalist Identifiers Survey collected feedback from nearly 2,500 prolific identifiers (users with at least 2,000 identifications) to understand their motivations and challenges. For your ...
Read more →MAIN CLUB, 3 July 2026 If you find it hard to tell one Xanthorrhoea species from another, you’re not alone. The classification of the species is not straightforward, as our two speakers are finding out. Recently, Geoff Cockerton, Linda Dalgliesh and their team of botanists were doing botanical surveys in ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 21 June 2026 The June Excursion was to the Inglehope Arboretum at Etmylin near Dwellingup. A great turnout of 22 members and visitors gathered at the car park for a walk around the reserve. The reserve was a new venue for most, if not all, of ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 15 June 2026 The topic for the June Meeting was the WA Seabird Rescue Group, and the speaker was Barbara Manson. There were just ten members present for Barbara’s talk on the Seabird Rescue. She said she had been involved in the Rockingham area for the ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 16 June 2026 Dr Coupland began by outlining how climate change, poor urban planning, and the Polyphagous shothole borer have led to decreased canopy cover across Perth, decreased biodiversity, and even a possible increase in mental distress and anxiety. She then introduced the Miyawaki method by explaining ...
Read more →DRBNats, 8 MAY 2026 Mike Griffiths presented an overview of the Peel–Yalgorup wetlands, tracing their transformation from early colonisation to modern environmental management. His talk was supported by his photographs and historical references, including those from Keith Bradby OAM’s 1997 book Peel-Harvey: The Decline and Rescue of an Ecosystem. Historically, ...
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