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Sweet Bursaria
Plants

Flora Notes

In our coastal heathlands it has been wonderful to see so many bushes of Ixodia, Ixodia archillaeoides subsp. alata, with delightful clusters of small vivid…
1 March 2024
Bird Walks

Bird News

I participated in a shorebird count at Swan Bay on 4 February. We did a long walk beside the water’s edge, south from Andersons Road…
1 March 2024
Scorpion-tailed Spider
Wildlife

What is it: spider or scorpion?

Neil Tucker, Peter Forster and Scott Hives from the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority (GORCAPA) were inspecting progress of the Angair plantings at…
1 March 2024
Janet checking plants
News

Get ready for autumn planting

The Plant Propagation group will run our first Members’ Sale for the year on Sunday 17 March from 10 am-12 noon, followed by the public…
1 March 2024
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
News

Angair on demand

If you missed the Angair Talk on bird migration by Tania Ireton last November, you can catch up on the Angair Nature Show website. Tania’s…
1 March 2024
Hybrid Rosy Hyacinth
Orchids

An Orchid Challenge

They were growing in the Alcoa Conservation Reserve at Anglesea, flowering in December in the same area as Rosy Hyacinth Orchids, Dipodium roseum, and rare…
2 February 2024
Orange-bellied Parrot
Bird Walks

Bird News

Orange-bellied Parrots (OBPs) are the focus of ongoing conservation efforts. While Ellinor Campbell and I didn’t see any OBPs at Breamlea during last September’s survey,…
2 February 2024
Sea Box flowers and berries
Plants

Flora Notes

Time seems to be ‘out of joint’ for our plants as well as us. Spring flowering plants such as the low-growing guinea-flowers, the Silky Hibbertia…
2 February 2024