Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 25 May 2025 Initially planned for a walk at Lake Claremont, a late change saw us visit the Alcoa Wellard Wetlands instead due to advice that Lake Claremont was almost dry with few wetland birds present. A group of nine members attended the walk on an ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 27 April 2025 Our April outing to Goegrup Lake was attended by 18 members and visitors on a beautiful morning. Two Nankeen Night Herons, settling into the canopy of the tree next to the car park after a night’s foraging, captured everyone’s’ attention as we signed ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 23 March 2025 Our March outing to Lake Mealup was well attended, and it was a beautiful morning. For many in our group, this was their first visit to the property owned and cared for by the Lake Mealup Preservation Society. Thankfully, Heather Adamson was available ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 17 March 2025 Sophie Xiang was the speaker for our March General Meeting. Her topic was Wildflower Photography using smartphones. Sophie has built up quite a following on social media for her wildflower photographs, and she is regularly asked to deliver workshops on the topic at ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 23 February 2025 The February excursion was to Penguin Island. It was a pleasant morning, and twelve people took the ferry ride to Penguin Island. We found some construction work going on there, including decking around the picnic area and a few new seats. KRMB Committee ...

Kwinana Rockingham Mandurah Branch, 17 February 2025 A good turnout of members attended the February general meeting with a Members’ night theme. There were three presenters and new member Wayne Rigoll was the first up. He shared macro images of a fly, an Orchard Swallowtail Butterfly, a Mantis, a Feather-horned ...

KWINANA/ROCKINGHAM/MANDURAH BRANCH, 24 November 2024 The November field excursion was to Yeedong Nature Reserve in Falcon, Mandurah, and we had a good group of members attend on a nice, fine morning. Yeedong Nature Reserve is a coastal reserve in the dunes close to the beach. It was a new location ...

The KRMB 2024 AGM was held on Monday, 18th November 2024. Chair Colin Prickett opened the meeting, listed apologies, and read the minutes of the 2023 AGM. Treasurer Norm Aitken then reported the financial details for the year. Colin then gave a brief rundown of the branch activities for the ...

Kwinana Rockingham Branch, 27 October 2024 For our October excursion, we visited Sullivan Rock. Fifteen (15) people attended on that beautiful morning. After signing in, we made our way from the carpark, crossing the road to get onto the large granite outcrop that is Sullivan Rock. Our first impressions were ...

Kwinana Rockingam Mandurah Branch, 21 October 2024 At the October meeting, Daniel Heald and Chris Punter presented images of sightings from recent months. First up was Daniel, who showed a selection of photos from the many posts he made to iNaturalist during the Great Southern Bioblitz (GSB) 2024. The GSB ...