DRBNats 9 December 2022 Ask people what their favourite Australian bird is, and many will answer “the maggie”, the Australian Magpie. Indeed, even those who profess no interest in birds can almost always name this one. But for all their ubiquitous popularity, there’s a lot we don’t know about them, ...
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Main Club 4 November 2022 Dr Boyd Wykes started his career early, as a child, banding birds. During his studies, he did a PhD on the Helmeted Honeyeater, then had a career as an ornithologist, which brought him to WA. In retirement, he indulged his passion for birds by investigating ...
Read more →The club is supporting Nature Walk Challenge 2023 and would love for you to join us! You can make a donation to Nature Walk Challenge 2023 online, just click on the button for further details. Thanks for all your support!
Read more →Former president of the club, Kevin Coate wishes to advise members that Yvonne Coate has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Our condolences to Kevin from the Council. The Funeral Cortege for Mrs Yvonne Coate of Canning Vale will arrive at FREMANTLE Cemetery, Carrington Street, Palmyra at 10:30am ...
Read more →One of our long-term and Honorary Life members, Anne Mueller, passed away at the age of 91 on the 21st November in the company of her husband Otto and daughter Claudia. Anne was a very active member of the Western Australian Naturalists’ Club, having been one of the founding members ...
Read more →KRM Branch 23 October 2022 Only a small group of seven members met at the ticket kiosk for our trip over to Penguin Island, with the grey overcast sky and the threat of showers possibly keeping others away. KRMB traditionally schedules a visit to Penguin Island each year in early ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch 26 October 2022 GOLLY walk Fourteen members and visitors joined us on a bright sunny morning for our Kulbardi Walk through a lesser-visited part of Bold Park behind the Bold Park Aquatic Centre. The Kulbardi Walk is part of the Whadjuk Trail Network that links remnant bushland ...
Read more →KRM Branch 17 October 2022 The October General Meeting saw guest speaker Tammy Goad, who stepped in when the scheduled speaker was called away to do a survey and deliver a PowerPoint presentation on Reptiles. Tammy works within the Native Species Breeding Program as part of the Perth Zoo Science ...
Read more →Northern Suburbs Branch, 19 October 2022 Our theme for the year, Anything Marine, finally got back on track in October when we were privileged to have Monique Barker and Talitha Wolfe from Save Our Marine Life come along to talk about marine parks in general and the proposed review and expansion of the ...
Read more →DRB Nats 21 -23 October 2022 This intergenerational weekend offered the 19 participants a variety of opportunities to see the Dryandra woodland featuring the largest remnant of native vegetation in the western Wheatbelt. It’s a valuable and diverse conservation area. Well-signed walking trails guided us through magnificent open eucalypt woodland. The tall, white-barked wandoo and the mallet trees are impressive. ...
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