Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 24 March 2024 The March field excursion was to Creery Wetlands at the northern edge of the Peel-Harvey Estuary in Mandurah. Our group met at the car park near the main entrance on a fine morning. We were unsure what we might see in the reserve ...
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KRM Branch, 18 March 2024 Our member, Daniel Heald, was the speaker for our March meeting. Daniel’s presentation covered fauna, flora, and natural aspects that he (along with Desiree) encountered on a short stay in the Canberra, Cooma, and Tumbarumba areas over Christmas, followed by a more extended trip exploring ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 20 March 2024 NSB member Don Poynton stepped in as our guest speaker in March when the scheduled speaker was unavailable. Don’s presentation was based on a cruise he had undertaken to some of the reefs and islands of the Kimberley coast in 2023. He introduced each ...
Read more →Main Club 5 April 2024 Our speakers this time were two young naturalists from the DRB, Andrew Wallace and Charles Porter. They told us some surprising facts about some invertebrates that can be found in autumn. Charles took the floor first. We learnt why witchetty grubs – the larvae of Swift Moths ...
Read more →Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 19 February 2024 Ten members attended the February meeting. As it was the first meeting since November 2023 there was much discussion about the 2024 Calendar of Events plus other Branch business. There were many interesting sightings over the summer reported by members. The remainder of ...
Read more →WILDLIFE OF VICTORIA’S SOUTH-WESTA Guide to the Grampians-Gariwerd, Volcanic Plains,Melbourne, and Surrounds.By Grant Palmer and Jules Farquhar Paperback | February 2024ISBN: 9781486313051 | 416 pages | 245 x 170 mmPublisher: CSIRO Publishing ePDF | February 2024ISBN: 9781486313068 This informative book covers native and introduced fauna across a large part of ...
Read more →KRM Branch, 26 February 2024 KRMB’s first excursion for 2024 was a beach sweep at Woodman Point. A group consisting of 7 members plus a visitor, Margaret Owens, met at the carpark at the end of Woodman Point View on a slightly overcast morning that was a welcome relief from ...
Read more →Main Club, Young Nats 11 February 2024 This event was put in place to coincide with Darwin Day, a day to celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday on 12 February 1809, and by promoting science in general. But more for the Club, it was an opportunity to explore the diversity of marine ...
Read more →DRB Nats, 8 March 2024 Dr Thorn is a technical officer at the Western Australia Museum, where she manages the terrestrial vertebrate collection (birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians). She shared her love of vertebrate palaeontology with descriptions of early 1900s explorations and her own experiences in caves up and down ...
Read more →Main Club, 1 March 2024 Our speaker was Emerson (Em) Lamond, an amateur bryologist. A bryologist studies bryophytes, which are mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. These are non-vascular plants, which means they have no roots or vascular tissue but instead absorb water and nutrients from the air through their surface. Because ...
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