The Young Naturalists had another great turn out for our March excursion to the Canning River Eco Education Centre (CREEC ). Located in Wilson, on the bank of the Canning River , CREEC is owned and operated by the City of Canning. The Centre was purpose built for facilitating nature ...
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Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre excursion, February 2012. In welcoming the Young Naturalists and their families to Kanyana, June Butcher expressed her delight at seeing so many young nature enthusiasts attending: our group totalled over 40 people, about two thirds of them children. June praised the parents for encouraging these children’s ...
Read more →Amazingly it was quite a horrible day, with clouds, murky water and blustery conditions. But we still had a very profitable morning and it just became a summer beach sweep. We were very lucky again to have Dr Anne Brearley volunteer her time again, and she started the children off ...
Read more →The 2012 programme has now been added to the website. Take a look at some of the exciting events we've got planned for 2012. And, if you're not a member, you are very welcome to come along to any of our events to see what we get up to. If ...
Read more →Armed with scoop nets and shod in Wellington boots, a small army of young naturalists and their parents waded into the shallows of Bibra Lake and searched for living things in the water. After good rains this winter, the lake was full, and the water was full of insect larvae ...
Read more →Karakamia Sanctuary is a 275ha piece of land, fenced off against cats and foxes, near Chidlow in the Jarrah forest east of Perth. It is owned and run by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. With the lack of predators, and the introduction of some native animals from elsewhere in the south-west, ...
Read more →First we walked down to the lake and saw a great many waterbirds. There were Black Ducks, Shelducks and Wood Ducks, Swamphens and Coots, White Ibis and a Black Swan on an island nest. A Kestrel was hovering over the lake and Swallows were flying around after insects. We then ...
Read more →On the bush walk at star swamp we spotted and learned about some native plants. It was interesting especially tapping the puff balls to see if the spores came out. We liked the bird and frog noises on the tape and enjoyed guessing them. The show and tell was fun ...
Read more →Penguin Island is different at every visit. Depending on the season, the weather and the tide, there are different things to see. At this time of the year (April) there is some courtship activity going on among the Little Penguins, and we managed to see and hear a few in ...
Read more →The Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre is near the eastern shore of Bibra Lake. Denise Crosby, the Centre manager, talked to us about the local frogs, before taking us for a walk at night. Moaning-frog Photo: Felix We learnt that the male Moaning Frog burrows backwards, digging a deep burrow. There ...
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