The topic for our July meeting was a presentation of the results of the Shorebirds 2020 Count for the Peel Yalgorup Ramsar System. The presenter was Bob Patterson, the coordinator of the Mandurah Bird Observers Group, the Peel branch of Birdlife WA. Shorebirds 2020 is a program underway at ...
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NSB July 2016 Golly Walk What I advertised as a 45-minute walk on July 27 ended up taking more than double that time, as we found numerous things to look at. Before the walk began Ann Clarke, co-ordinator of the Friends of Carnaby Reserve, outlined how community-led changes to the positioning ...
Read more →The Winter 2016 Newsletter is now online The latest edition of the Urban Bush Telegraph can now be downloaded from their website. Click here… What’s in this Edition? A crossroads for Carnaby’s cockatoo, a flagship species on the brink Operation Rainbow Roost needs help Viveash subdivision squabble Fate of the Darling Range ...
Read more →NSB Visit to Battye Library, 20 July 2016 The following are the notes provided by Steve Howell, Senior Subject Specialist at the Battye Library. Botanical Material Relating to WA William Dampier William Dampier (1651–1715) was an English navigator, explorer, privateer and writer. He had numerous swashbuckling adventures around Central and ...
Read more →The June excursion was a Fungi walk in Paganoni Reserve, Karnup. Seven members and eight visitors attended the walk. It was especially pleasing to have so many visitors attend, having learned about the walk via the Internet. Our walk commenced at the main entrance off Paganoni Road and we headed ...
Read more →The topic for our June meeting was Fungi and Colin Prickett delivered a slide show depicting the diversity and beauty of the fungi that is to be found in the South-west of WA. The photos depicted a wide range of species found in various locations around Perth and the lower ...
Read more →The May excursion was a visit to the Academy of Taxidermy, which is also the home of the Museum of Natural History, in James St, Guildford. Nine members made the trip up and enjoyed a very sociable morning. The Museum has over 2000 taxidermy items on display, which enables visitors ...
Read more →The guest speaker for our May meeting was Kate Brown from the Department of Parks and Wildlife who presented a talk entitled “Restoration of native plant communities and critical habitat on Penguin Island and the reintroduction of a species that has disappeared from Penguin Island – Native Hollyhock (Malva preissiana)”. ...
Read more →30 April- 5 May 2016 It had been many years since the Naturalist Club had organised a trip to the Houtman Abrolhos Islands so it was not surprising that our quota of 25 was filled rapidly. Only two members had previously visited the islands – David Goodall AM who conducted ...
Read more →Prof Don Bradshaw presented a talk on this tiny, rare WA mammal that is neither a possum nor a devourer of honey. Professor Don Bradshaw, Chair of Zoology and Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Animal Biology at UWA, presented a talk on Honey Possums to a well-attended meeting on ...
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