November NS Branch Meeting Report Club members and presenters Andrew Cummings and Ben Schneider have travelled thousands of kilometres around the state collecting land snails; many are new species which will take years to describe. Andrew informed us that there are an estimated 2500 – 3000 native species in Australia. These make ...
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Read more →Kings Park will again light up from 8 – 11 February, to tell the story of our unique biodiversity as part of Perth Festival. This year there is a new, on-ground component called Boodja Djena: Ground Beneath Our Feet, and you can be involved. Many Nats members are already doing ...
Read more →Slime Mould Aficionado and Club Member Margaret Brims became known to the Fungi Group of the club in 2004 when she provided much needed expertise on a group of organisms that we came across during our fungi forays. They weren’t exactly fungi, but while looking for new things we found ...
Read more →DECEMBER 2019: CHRISTMAS LUNCH a KRM Branch Report There was a good turn-out of members for the Christmas lunch at Lake Richmond on December 16. It was especially good to catch up with some old friends that are no longer able to participate in our activities, such as Margaret Shepherd ...
Read more →December KRM Branch Excursion After our last two outings were rain affected the weather gods were finally with us for our outing to Penguin Island and 13 attendees met at the ticket kiosk on a warm sunny morning. Upon arrival on the island we spotted large numbers of Bridled Terns ...
Read more →November KRM Branch Excursion Report Coodanup Foreshore and Creery Wetlands are good locations to spot some of the thousands of migratory shorebirds that make the long trip from their Arctic breeding grounds to spend the southern summer feeding on the Peel-Harvey Estuary’s rich mudflats. Despite the threat of heavy rain ...
Read more →NS BRANCH Excursion Report Our November GOLLY Walks—the last of the year—are always along the coast, usually combining a mix of paths and beaches. This year we started from last year’s finishing point, Hillarys Marina, and walked approximately 3km south to the old Department of Fisheries laboratories at Watermans. Prior ...
Read more →NOVEMBER 2019 The meeting for November was also the AGM for the branch. Outgoing Chair Bert Rabone read the minutes of the previous AGM and also gave a brief summary of the branch’s activities for 2018. The election of the committee saw only one change with Bert Rabone standing down ...
Read more →The Northern Suburbs Branch held its AGM on the 19th December. Prior to the AGM, branch Chairperson Don Poynton gave a brief presentation on Christmas Spiders (Austracantha minax), which are endemic to Australia. They are the only members of their genus and belong to the orb-weaving family Araneidae. For some ...
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