Main Club 5 November 2021 Our speaker was Dr Amanda Ridley, from the Centre of Evolutionary Biology at the University of WA. Mandy has been conducting behavioural ecology research for the last 22 years, studying Babblers in the Middle East and in the Kalahari, before setting up a Western Magpie ...
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PARTICIPANTS OBSERVATIONS Main Club, 10–13th September 2021 On Friday, 10th September, eight members and one visitor met for an afternoon walk in Christmas Rock nature reserve just north of the caravan park. This reserve contains a rich diversity of flora typical of the laterite soil of the region. Luckily, Jonica ...
Read more →Main Club, 1st October 2021 The speaker at our October meeting was Penny Hussey AM, a past president and long-time member of the WA Naturalists’ Club. Penny is very well qualified to speak on this subject as she has worked on roadside vegetation and Land for Wildlife whilst in CALM/DEC; ...
Read more →Western Australia has over the years made several good policies, plans, and investment decisions regarding the conservation of natural environment and biodiversity. One such recent decision included plans to end native forestry logging. From 2024, timber taken from native forests will be limited to forest management activities that improve forest ...
Read more →Main Club 3rd September 2021 At our September meeting, our speaker was botanist Professor Byron Lamont. Byron entertained us with the pollination of the plants of South-Western Australia. There are three main groups of pollinators: insects, birds and mammals. Each plant species has unique traits designed to improve pollination efficiency: ...
Read more →Tonight, Kingsley talked about the impact of “European fire” on our Australian ecosystems – the subject of a talk that was given in part at the Fire and Biodiversity Forum at Margaret River in June, called “Fire in the Age of Extinction”.
Read more →The Late Mrs. Loisette Matilda Marsh AM. Loisette was a long-term and well respected member of the WA Naturalists’ Club. She died peacefully at home with her daughter Jenny on 21st May, aged 92. Her funeral was held on 1st June at Karrakatta. “To be known as a sea cucumber ...
Read more →Main Club 3rd – 7th May 2021 The Notley Late Easter Camp this year, ably organised by Jolanda, was held at Nature’s Guesthouse in the Tone-Perup Nature Reserve. It is an area of State Forest, mostly Jarrah and Marri with areas of Wandoo and Paperbark. It’s east of Manjimup and ...
Read more →Main Club Excursion 14th – 16th May 2021 Did you know the WA Naturalists’ Club owns the Yunderup Nature Observatory on Cooleenup Island on the Murray River delta of the Peel Inlet? It was built by club members on land vested in the Club in trust as a field station ...
Read more →Main Club meeting 4th June 2021 Our speaker was Dr Neville Marchant. Neville worked at the WA Herbarium from the age of 15 as assistant to Government Botanist, Charles Gardner, before graduating from UWA and then gaining his PhD in Plant Taxonomy at Cambridge. After that, he worked at the ...
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