KRM Branch, 20 April 2026 The April Meeting featured a Members’ Night theme, and several members shared photos of recent sightings. The first to present was Pauline Dilley, whose photos included some of a red mushroom with white lumps (Amanita muscaria?). There were also some Blue-banded Bees and a small ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 19 April 2026 The April Excursion was to Bibra Lake, and 10 members met at the car park on a fine morning. The lake had reasonable water levels for this time of year (thanks to the wet period in late March) and was supporting large numbers ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 6 February 2026 Belinda, our guest speaker, was up first with her very interesting talk on Fish with Stripes. Many of the fish mentioned were Red Morwong, Striped, Banded Sweep, Old Wife, Striped Trumpeter, Sea Trumpeter, Red-Striped Cardinalfish, Crested Morwong, Western Talma, Zebra Fish, Silver Banded ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 22 February 2026 The February Excursion was to Point Peron in Rockingham. Nine members attended on a beautiful morning with perfect temperature for our walk. We started from the car park closest to the school camp and made our way along the seaside footpath, with views ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 23 November 2025 The November field excursion was to Erskine Lakes in Mandurah. Erskine Lakes are situated within a green space now surrounded by housing. The lakes remain a haven for birdlife and, during spring, provide safe nesting habitat in the trees that border the lakes ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 26 October 2025 The October field excursion was to the Port Kennedy Scientific Park, a large reserve that forms part of the Rockingham Lakes Regional Park. It contains a Ramsar Convention Wetland of International Significance. An excellent turnout of 17 members and visitors met at the ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 27–29 September 2025 The KRMB field excursion for September was a long weekend exploration of the Narrogin region. There were twelve members of the Nat’s Club and two visitors from Queensland, Glen and Judy Burns, who are members of the Chinchilla Field Nat’s. We all met ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 22 September2025 The presentation for the September Meeting was on the Protozoa, and speaker Daniel Heald provided this summary report. Guest Speaker and member Daniel Heald discussed creatures quite a bit smaller (most of the time) than his usual insects, including their phenomenal diversity, intricate structure, ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 22 June 2025 The KRMB field outing for June was to Sullivan Rock. After a wet week that lasted well into Saturday, it was great to see 13 members turn up for the walk on an overcast Sunday morning with some rain clouds threatening to provide ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 19 May 2025 KRMB member Daniel Heald was the speaker for the May general meeting. He delivered a talk on Insects and Medicine, as outlined in the following summary provided by Daniel. Insects in Medicine The use of insects as medical treatments goes back to before ...