Report of Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch 21st March 2021 The March field outing was to Bibra Lake and ten members met at the main carpark on a warm, sunny morning. At this time of the year, Bibra Lake is usually a great place to see wetland birds as it generally ...
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Report of Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch 15th March 2021 The March meeting was a Member’s Night. The audience received presentations from three members. Chris Punter showed a number of photographs from a camping trip he made through the South-west. The trip took in Dryandra Woodlands, the Stirling Ranges, and Fitzgerald ...
Read more →21 February 2021 The first KRMB outing for the year was to Point Peron, Rockingham. A small group of nine attendees gathered at the car park on a beautiful morning. We commenced our walk along the track on the northern side of the reserve with views out to Garden Island. ...
Read more →– Daniel Heald 15 February 2021 Falling on the day after Valentine’s Day, it was apt that KRMB’s first meeting of the year should have a presentation on Insect Courtship and Reproductive Biology delivered by Daniel Heald. Daniel’s PowerPoint presentation outlined the intricacies of both courtship and reproduction in the ...
Read more →December 2020 It was good to have a total of 18 members attend the KRMB Xmas BBQ at Naragebup. It was especially pleasing to get together with some members that we do not see very often, as they are no longer able to participate actively in KRMB Meetings or outings. ...
Read more →6 December 2020 Our annual outing to Penguin Island during December, peak nesting season for Crested and Bridled Terns, has become a tradition. However, on this occasion, only a small group of five attendees met at the kiosk to get tickets for the first ferry over to the island. We ...
Read more →22 NOVEMBER 2020 Our November field trip was to Hamel Eco-Park, a small reserve near Waroona, which attracted an excellent turnout of 19 attendees. Our guide for the day was Heather Adamson. Situated on Burney Road in Hamel, the Hamel Eco-Park was originally known as the Hamel Nursery. Between 1925 ...
Read more →KRM Branch 25 Oct 2020 A good turn out of 11 members attended the October field excursion to the Spectacles Nature Reserve, Kwinana. The Spectacles is a 360ha reserve that is part of the Beeliar Regional Park system. Consisting of Banksia woodland and a central wetland fringed with Freshwater Paperbarks ...
Read more →The theme for this meeting was a Members’ Night. The first presenter was a new member, Malcolm Roberts, who showed a slide show featuring some photographs of a trip to Karijini NP, on which he was a guide. The photographs highlighted the spectacular scenery to be found in the many ...
Read more →Pied Cormorant attempting to swallow a large fish. Image: Colin Prickett KRM Branch 26-29 Sept 2020 Our field outing for September was a long weekend stay at Yallingup, with 11 attendees. Our base was to be a house on a large block that we had rented for the weekend. As ...
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