KRM Branch Excursion – 21 Nov 2021 Our November field outing was to Lake McLarty, and a group of ten met up at the southern entrance on a fine morning. We found large numbers of waterbirds present. Conditions were also unfavourable for the smaller waders (Pied Stilts were the only ...
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Main Club Excursion 10 Oct 2021 A mixture of members and visitors gathered at the Lions Lookout car park on the sunny morning of October 10, 2021, to learn about the pollination of native plants from Prof Byron Lamont and Dr Phil Groom. As is usual on such excursions with ...
Read more →NS Branch ,15 Dec 2021 The Northern Suburbs Branch’s AGM held on Wednesday 15th December was well attended. Don Poynton (branch chairperson) advised the unusual coastal plant he showed the last meeting had since been identified by Greg Keighery as Roepera fruticulosa (Shrubby Twinleaf). Prior to the AGM, Don Poynton ...
Read more →One of our members, JOHN GORDON LEWIS, passed away peacefully on 8 January 2022, in the company of his daughter Sue. Sue said that he enjoyed his walks and travels with the Naturalists’ Club enormously over the past twenty years. She also said that his was a long, adventurous and ...
Read more →Australia has unique natural biodiversity. Reports indicate that about 94% of amphibians, 46% of birds, 93% of flowering plants, 69% of mammals and 93% of reptiles in Australia are endemic. In addition to climate change, the risk of harmful exotic invasive species (biological threats) entering, establishing, and spreading is the ...
Read more →KRM Branch 15 November 2021 A small group of regulars attended the KRMB AGM. With all committee representatives agreeing to continue in their roles and no other nominations, the meeting was in favour of the incumbent committee continuing for another year. The Committee is: Chairperson: Chris Punter Secretary: Ailsa Rabone ...
Read more →Australia has never contributed a major food crop to the world. The only Australian native plant food developed and cropped on a large scale is macadamia nut. Though there are hundreds of Australian native plants that have been used as a source of food for a long time, none of ...
Read more →The club is very pleased to announce that the book it supported this year, Wally’s way home by Neeve Blackham-Jennings, has won the Whitley Young Author Award from the Royal Zoological Society of NSW. Congratulations to our budding author and illustrator! If you don’t already have a copy, it would ...
Read more →Hardback | May 2021 | $ 44.99ISBN: 9781486315307 | 192 pages | 254 x 203 mmPublisher: CSIRO PublishingColour photographs, Illustrations WA Naturalists’ Club accession number A4046 Bird Talk is illustrated with beautiful colour images and clear explanatory diagrams, and it is a pleasure to peruse. Seven theme-based chapters follow an ...
Read more →KRM Branch 24 October 2021 The October field outing was to Yanchep National Park and a small group met near the Visitor’s Centre on a beautiful warm morning. We were pleased to have Jolanda join us on our walk and she reminded us that it was the Great Southern Bio-Blitz ...
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