by admin | Jan 31, 2016 | News
A group of four Crested Pigeons visited our bushland in January. This is our 102nd bird species recorded in the area. Crested Pigeons are found throughout most of mainland Australia but must be near water as they have to drink every day. Their food, the seeds of...
by admin | Jan 1, 2016 | News
European wasps are native to Europe, northern Africa and temperate Asia but they have been introduced to much of the world, including Australia. They have become established in the eastern states but not in Western Australia. However, each year wasp queens arrive in...
by admin | Dec 6, 2015 | News
The word ‘bug’ is often used to describe all invertebrates, especially insects. But there is a specific group of insects to which the title of bug is properly applied. Bugs are in the order hemiptera and all have sucking mouthparts. These include insects...
by admin | Sep 26, 2015 | News
There are three species of kangaroo paw growing naturally in our bushland. The first to flower is the one commonly called cat’s paw, Anigozanthos humilis. It has red and yellow flowers that rarely reach as high as 50 centimetres. The next to flower is one that...
by admin | Aug 16, 2015 | News
Tawny frogmouths are easy to identify, but hard to find. There are probably many more around than are seen. We have just seen this species in our reserves for the first time. And we are very excited. Two months ago we found the remains of a tawny frogmouth (our very...
